- Conference Speakers
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- Motivation & Teamwork
- Security & Risk
Joe Simpson
JOE SIMPSON has drawn from his experiences as one of the world's most successful and respected mountaineers to become a leading author. 'Touching the Void', the story of his amazing survival, having shattered his leg and been left for dead in a crevasse high in the Andes, has sold over a million copies worldwide.
Inspirational Presentation
He now brings his knowledge and powerful stories to the corporate sector in an amazingly inspirational presentation that can be tailored to provide relevance and motivation for virtually every type of business audience. His presentations can be focused on a variety of topics including: - Teamwork, Leadership, Personal development, Risk assessment, Management style, and Training.
"Having completed his first corporate speech Joe received phenomenal feedback: - "I am writing to heap enormous praise on Joe Simpson for the incredible presentation he gave. Joe added a new dimension to our meeting, not just through the power of his story, but also through his inspirational speaking qualities. We would have absolutely no reluctance in recommending Joe to anyone.”
Hoechst Marion Roussel
Touching the Void - the Film
Following the sale of the movie rights of Touching the Void to Tom Cruise's and Sally Field's movie company, the rights to a 90 minute drama documentary were sold to the independent producers Darlow Smithson, working for Channel 4 and PBS. It has been distributed in the UK cinemas by Pathe and in the USA by IFC. The drama documentary film of ‘Touching the Void’ won the 2004 Baftas Outstanding British Film of the Year beating ‘Cold Mountain’, ‘Love Actually’ and ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ and The Evening Standard Best film of the year 2004. It is now officially the most successful documentary in British cinema history.
Promotional work for the film included extensive interviews on BBC World News Hardtalk, Letterman and Oprah.
Joe Simpson - the Author
'Touching the Void', the best-seller was translated into 14 languages, won the Boardman Tasker Prize 1988, NCR Non fiction Award 1989, Deutches Literaturpries 1990, and Premio del libro do Montagna 1993. It has sold over one and half million copies world wide.
He is also author of the novel 'The Water People' and “The Beckoning Silence”, non-fiction works include 'This Game of Ghosts', 'Storms of Silence' and 'Dark Shadows Falling'. To date all his books have been short-listed for the Boardman Tasker Prize.
Joe Simpson - the Motivational Speaker
Joe Simpson has developed a reputation on the speaking circuit, which is second to none. Having spoken to a wide variety of audiences of varying nationalities, Joe has consistently exceeded all expectations. His presentation is supported by an "all action" introduction video and stunning photography.
Touching the Void - the Speech
Joe Simpson’s presentation, ‘Touching the Void’, has become one of the all time classics of mountaineering, hailed as an account of psychological, even philosophical witness of the rarest compulsion.
It is a tale of two men thrown into a nightmare of terrifying life and death choices and heartbreaking decisions. It is about agony and terror, courage and weakness. It tells of trust and friendship tested to the very limits of human endurance.
You need no special knowledge of mountain climbing to understand the many inspirational messages to be found in the telling of this powerful human drama.
It is about the triumph of the human spirit, the immense instinct to survive and the innate strength we have within us to succeed.
The appeal of Joe as a speaker is that he tells his story in an unassuming, articulate and often humorous style. He refrains from giving patronising analogies between his exploits and the jobs of the people in the audience, preferring that they draw their own conclusions from the multitude of key messages that are wrapped up in his story. The overriding feeling is one of total amazement and that no matter how tough things may get, there is a way to not only come through it, but to achieve even greater goals.
Joe is able to do a certain amount of fine tuning, but it would not be possible to, for example, make the talk all about teamwork. You will find that his presentation deals with many issues that are important in just about every event, and certainly in the lives of every individual.
Touching the Void deals with planning, strategy, teamwork, goal setting, leadership, responsibility, decision making, motivation and our ability to reach beyond what we thought was possible.
Clients
Clients include. – BMW – Proctor & Gamble – Hewlett Packard – Financial Times – JP Morgan – Accenture – AstraZeneca – Saatchi & Saatchi – Sony – Lloyds – Pfizer – L & G – Vodafone – BP – Deutsche Bank – Million Dollar Round Table – Veritas – Russell Investment
Accolades
- Speaker of the Year 2003
- Touching the Void – BAFTA, Outstanding British Film of the Year 2004
