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Laurie Taylor Biography
Laurie Taylor is an academic, broadcaster, writer and brilliant speechmaker. Laurie Taylor has addressed well over five hundred major national and international companies with keynote and after dinner speeches. He is a charismatic, funny speaker, who is able to touch the hearts and minds of every memer of the audience with his huge intellect and incredible wit.
Academic
Laurie Taylor is visiting professor in the department of politics and sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London. He was recently made a Fellow of Birkbeck College and also holds visiting professorships at the London Institute and Westminster University. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Leicester, Nottingham and Central England. His contributions to social science were recognised in 2003 by his election to the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences. His contribution to business development was recognised last year by his appointment as an ambassador for Investors in People.
Early Career
Before entering academic life, he had eight years industrial and sales experience, worked as a librarian in Liverpool, taught in a London comprehensive school, and was a professional actor with Joan Littlewood's famous Theatre Workshop Company at Stratford East.
Writer
He is the author of fourteen books on motivation, change, communication, and personal identity, and is a regular contributor to the New Statesman, The Independent, and The Times. His weekly satirical column on university life has been appearing in the Times Higher Education Supplement for the last twenty years. His most recent book (written with his son, Matthew) was called What Are Children For?
Television & Radio
For the past twenty-five years he has been heard on BBC Radio 4 in such programmes as Stop the Week, The Radio Programme, News Quiz, Speaking as an Expert, Afternoon Shift, and Room for Improvement. He can currently be heard every Wednesday afternoon on R4 presenting Thinking Allowed, a programme devoted to society and social change. To listen to the latest edition, just click here.
His most recent films (broadcast in December 2003) was a C4 documentary on the meaning of celebrity and a highly acclaimed one-hour documentary on death and dying (On Pain of Death) broadcast in July 2005. His most recent film for Channel 5 was ‘A Very British Apocalypse,’ a study of apocalyptic ideas in religion and science was screened in 2008.
In his new and highly praised Sky Arts television series In Confidence, he conducted extended interviews with Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Miller, Kathy Burke, Will Self, Lily Allan, Anne Widdecombe, Damien Hirst, Tom Baker, Martin Rowson and David Starkey.In the last twenty years he has addressed over five hundred major national and international companies on such topics as change, motivation, teamwork, new technology, risk, and communication.
Speaking Topics
- Coping with Change
- Building Employee Motivaton
- Leadership & Teamwork
- Future Trends in Business & Leisure
- Improving Communication
- Selling & eCommerce
- Communication
- New Technology at Work & Home
- Understand Customers
- Risk taking
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Laurie Taylor News
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Radio 4 Presenters do Comedy Stand-up for Comic Relief
27th February 2009
Four BBC Radio 4 presenters - Libby Purves, Evan Davis, Laurie Taylor and Peter White are being coached as comedians for Comic Relief by Milton Jones, Paul Merton, Shappi Khorsandi and Josie Long. "Being funny is no joke" says Libby Purves.
G8 Leaders Join Forces to Discuss Syria
19th June 2013
This year’s G8 Summit took place in Northern Ireland, eight of the world’s leaders joined forces to discuss the Syrian civil war.
Ted Global 2013 Takes Place in Edinburgh
11th June 2013
This year’s Ted Global conference is taking place in Edinburgh at the Edinburgh International Conference Center. Some of the world’s most accomplished speakers will take to the stage to talk about the political, economic and environmental issues that we face in today’s society.
Katie Derham on Living with an Entrepreneur
6th June 2013
TV Presenter and awards host Katie Derham wrote recently about the realities of being married to an entrepreneur after reading ‘Start Up Life: Surviving and thriving in a relationship with an entrepreneur’ written by married couple, Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor.
Stoke Newington Literary Festival Begins
3rd June 2013
The Stoke Newington Literary Festival is back in June for its fourth year running, today’s brightest thinkers will come together to share insights, stories, debates and opinions with audiences.
Chris Anderson Advises on Killer Presentations
30th May 2013
TED Curator and keynote speaker, Chris Anderson, has given his advice and knowledge on how to give a killer presentation.
Self-Help Books; A Billion Dollar Industry
30th April 2013
Self-help books are increasingly popular among the British public than ever before and an increased number of us are turning to self help books in the hope that they will solve lives problems.
Jo Johnson Appointed Policy Role
29th April 2013
MP and Keynote speaker, Jo Johnson has been appointed as the head of David Cameron’s new policy unit.
Noreena Hertz Finishes New Book
4th April 2013
Keynote speaker and leading futurist, Noreena Hertz has finished her most recent book, which will be published in the US and the UK in September 2013.
Rory Bremner Investigates Scottish Politics
1st April 2013
Awards host and impressionist, Rory Bremner is going to present a TV programme about the Scottish referendum.
Laurie Taylor Reviews
Laurie Taylor has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Laurie Taylor for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Laurie Taylor for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
Laurie Taylor was extremely personable, gracious, interested and friendly before and after his after-diner talk. Overseas guests were entralled at this lasting English tradition and rthe crowd were in fits of laughter throughout. I couldn't recommend him more highly. Thank you Prof Taylor!
Laurie hit the right note in terms of content, 'level' and entertainment factor. He provided an excellent finale to our conference.
You don't need me to tell you that the reception to your presentation was first class and you struck exactly the right note to launch the Conference. The whole day has been very well received and a great deal of the credit for that must go to the stimulating tone you set
Laurie was very professional in his approach and went down fantastically well with both audiences. He is a great character and deserves a medal for talking for 55 minutes with nothing to drink and limited time for breath!!!
Congratulations on a tremendously entertaining finale to the BOSS conference. You were terrific and simply brought the house down. We were all exhausted and our sides were aching from laughter. You were brilliant. Thanks once again.
Laurie Taylor was terrific and simply brought the house down. We were all exhausted and our sides aching with laughter. He was brilliant.
I do not think I have ever seen a speech delivered with such energy and enthusiasm - a truly inspirational experience
Laurie Taylor achieved a superb balance between humour and relevance, it's not often in this day and age we see hardened sales consultants laughing until they cry.
Thank you for your stunning performance at the Media Society Awards.
Feedback and reaction from our dealer colleagues was simply outstanding
Many thanks for your superb presentation last week for Securitas. The feedback has rated you as 11 out of 10, with some going even higher!
What can I say....thank you very much for your superb performance at the Fiat Dealer Conference.
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