Scamp News

Phil Olley is a sought-after inspirational speaker and international author, who works with companies and individuals throughout the world to help them dramatically enhance performance, improve results, and achieve their goals. Phil has been busy delivering talks and coaching online and has recently updated us with a full list of his speaking topics – with detailed descriptions of learning takeaways.

Summer holidays are over and schools are back and great to see events really starting to come back in either in person, virtually, or hybrid formats. This is our September speaker news round up and this month we feature new books by Rohit Talwar and Bianca Miller Cole, updated presentations by Roberta Lucca and Martin McCourt and welcome Andrew McNeill to the Scamp Speakers website

Black History Month runs from Friday 1st October 2021 to Sunday 31st October 2021 in the UK. The month celebrates the contribution and achievements of black people not just in the UK, but throughout the world with its aim to educate everyone on black history.If you are looking to plan an event this year to mark Black History month these are just a few of the inspirational speakers we work with that you might like to consider.

James Poulter and his Vixen Lab team are pleased to announce their first podcast series – Talking Shop, Making Voice Work For Marketers. A weekly podcast hosted by Vixen Labs CEO and leading speaker on Innovation, James Poulter, the show unpacks the latest trends in voice technology and consumer attitudes towards voice assistants across the board—smart speakers, mobile, web search—in the UK, US, and Germany.

Our September book of the Month is “World Class : How to Lead, Learn and Grow Like a Champion” by Rugby World Cup Winner Will Greenwood and Ben Fennell. WORLD CLASS demonstrates how much elite sport can teach us about high-performance leadership by uncovering the principles that unite all top-level performance, both on and off the pitch.

Before the end of term my son and a group of his classmates had a school project to pitch an idea of their own new marmalade brand to the class and the best pitch won. They came up with Golden Bear Marmalade and came second in the whole year – which was fantastic. The impact of the pandemic has seen a growth of people starting their own businesses and whilst Golden Bear Marmalade may not ever hit the shelves (who knows!), we do work with a number of speakers who have taken an idea and build their own businesses – sometimes from their basement at home.

Dominic Colenso knows a thing or two about the highs and lows of performance. By the time he was 26 he had flown a Thunderbird, lost one million dollars, and been fired by Simon Cowell. Beginning his career as a professional actor, he worked extensively on stage and screen before training as a director at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Returning to the front of the camera again, Dominic has sent us his latest showreel about his speaking work. 

This is our August 2021 Speaker News Round-up. Traditionally a quieter month for speaking events, this month we feature new books from Helen Richardson Walsh and Chris Lennon, have feedbacks from Anthony Bennett, Matt Ellison, and Eddie Edwards, as well as updates from Chris Roebuck and a link to a recent article by Warren Knight.