Dr Max Atkinson's original research into public speaking and presentation skills training first came to public notice when a televised experiment showed how he coached a novice with no previous experience of public speaking to win a standing ovation at a political party conference.
He was formerly a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and a visiting professor at the Henley Management Collage, has taught at universities in Europe and the USA.
He has acted as a consultant on presentation skills, public speaking, speech writing and speaker training for numerous companies and organisations in the UK and abroad, often working individually with CEOs and other board level executives.
In 1985, he ran a training seminar on speech writing in the Reagan White House, and was a close advisor on presentation and speech writing to Paddy Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrats.
PRESENTATION SKILLS TRAINING & SPEECH-WRITING COURSES
One and two day courses for small groups of six or twelve delegates, and shorter seminars and workshops for larger numbers. As well as running courses throughout the UK, we have worked for companies in Belgium, Cayman Islands, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Spain the USA and Zimbabwe.
KEYNOTE SPEAKING
Max Atkinson is also a regular keynote speaker at business and academic conferences.
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And, if you've ever wondered whether a completely different style of speaking can ever be effective, click on the picture of the Queen.
ANNIVERSARIES IN 2009
25th:
Max Atkinson's first book on public speaking, Our Masters' Voices: The Language and Body Language of Politics was published on 23 September, 1984, in London and New York by Methuen (and is still in print with Routledge, a division of Taylor & Francis).
30th:
To mark the 30th anniversary since Margaret Thatcher became prime minister in 1979, Max Atkinson's blog began the year with some postings on the 'evolution of charismatic woman' based on one of the chapters in Our Masters' Voices, foollowed by some comments on Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin during the 2008 US presidential campaign.
5th:
Max Atkinson's book, Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need to Know about Making Speeches and Presentations, was first published in 2004 and rose to second place in the Amazon UK bestsellers list in September 2006, and was reprinted for the second time a week later.
Click here for more detais, or click on one of display boxes to order from Amazon (the UK and US editions are identical apart from the different covers):
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" No one surpasses Atkinson in the rigor and clarity with which he spells out how to move audiences to applause, get quoted in the media and become known as the most brilliant presence on any podium." CLARK JUDGE (former speechwriter to Ronald Reagan and Managing Director, White House Writers Group, Washington, D.C.).
THE
FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF UK SPEECHWRITERS on the theme
"Why is there no British Obama?" will be held on 18th
September, 2009 at Bournemouth University
(click on logo
for more details).
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