Mark Jeffries Biography
Mark Jeffries is an established keynote speaker, motivational speaker, and conference facilitator. As a former Merrill Lynch stockbroker Mark has become a trusted adviser and communications consultant to some of the world's largest and most successful corporations, agencies and partnerships. Dividing his time between The United States, Canada and Europe, Mark is invited to be a speaker and facilitator at major corporate conventions, conferences and meetings.
He is also retained to coach many senior executives, CEOs, MDs, partners and sales teams, from clients across diverse industries and organizations including:
Ernst & Young, Motorola, IBM, Cognos, PWC, Freshfields, Microsoft, Bank of America, Royal Bank of Canada, United States Congress, GSK, Astra Zeneca, BAE Systems, and HSBC.
Mark Jeffries as Motivational Speaker & Conference Facilitator
As an economist, former stockbroker and TV host, Mark brings a wealth of knowledge, personality and experience to the events he speaks at and facilitates. A true all-rounder Mark is a ‘unique’, entertaining and experienced ‘MC’, and an incisive and knowledgeable facilitator quickly able to master the intricacies of business within any industry. Whether in front of internal or client-based audiences, Mark brings together thoughts and ideas and ensures that your people’s message is remembered and your objectives are achieved.
He is also a popular speaker with a “hugely entertaining” and “immensely practical” keynote presentation entitled “Smart Communication in Tough Times” - How to harness today’s profit opportunities.
When facilitating, Mark will extract some of the most thought-provoking and inspirational elements of that speech to add even more practical value, color and pace to your event’s running order.
Author and Television Commentator
May 2008 saw the publication of Mark’s first book, “What’s up with your handshake?” (Amazon No. 1 Best-seller in the Sales Skills Category.) It’s a toolbox of innovative communication ideas designed to grow your business success. Mark has also put his innovative keynote concepts into a book entitled 'The Art of Business Seduction' (released July 2010).
Discussing the power of ‘Strategic Communication’ and ‘Soft Skills’, Mark appears regularly as an expert guest on NBC’s ‘Today Show’ CNBC, History, BBC News, ITN, Sky News and ‘Oprah and Friends’ (on XM/Sirius).
Mark Jeffries - Keynote Speaker Topics
“Smart Communication in Tough Times”
Subjects covered in this practical, invaluable and entertaining presentation include:
- Soft Skills - How to influence others
- The golden rules of networking
- Boardroom etiquette
- Making more powerful and effective presentations and pitches
- How to plant the seed of an idea
- Reading other people
- Techniquette—the etiquette of technology
- Language – the power of words
- How to alter the way others perceive you
- Understanding your image
- The secret messages you really convey
This presentation is truly universal and has already proven a big hit with Senior Executives, New York and Tokyo lawyers, accountants, marketing and sales teams, Audit consultants, Advertising executives, ITusers, pharmaceutical sales teams and politicians.
As Mark will create an independent and unique presentation from his core keynote for every different client, you can guarantee a session that will feel absolutely dedicated to your people, targets and objectives.
For further information or to book Mark Jeffries, call us on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
Mark Jeffries News
A selection of relevant news related to Mark Jeffries, Conference Facilitators, Keynote Speakers and Motivational Speakers, Business Speakers and Sales/Customer Service stories. For more information on Mark Jeffries or details as to how to book Mark Jeffries for your corporate event, please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
The Apprentice Returns for 2013
8th May 2013
The 2013 series of The Apprentice has begun and Lord Alan Sugar had this year’s hopefuls selling a host of items including toilet roll, high visibility jackets and Chinese lucky cat statuettes.
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.
Danny Cohen Appointed Director of BBC Television
25th April 2013
It has been announced that BBC One Controller, Danny Cohen has been appointed as Director of BBC Television.
Mike Forde Links Business to Football
18th April 2013
Business speaker and one of the UK’s leading sports executives, Mike Forde has compared the ideas and practices used in professional football to those used in business environments.
Willie Harcourt Cooze Releases New Chocolate Range
16th April 2013
Entrepreneur and star of Channel 4 show ‘Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory’, Willie Harcourt Cooze, has recently released a new range of chocolate desserts and gifts, which are now available all over the UK.
Sir Terry Leahy Adjusts to Life After Tesco
11th April 2013
Business speaker and former CEO of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy stepped down from his position at Tesco in 2011 at the age of 55, he has since started working with several charities, invested in small businesses and written a book.
The 2013 ‘Women in the World Summit' Takes Place
10th April 2013
The Daily Beast’s annual ‘Women in the World Summit' took place this week; launched by the publications editor-in-chief, Tina Brown, in March 2010.
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.
Will Whitehorn Appointed as Chair of Catapult Board
27th March 2013
Keynote speaker and former President of Virgin Galactic, Will Whitehorn, has been appointed as chairman of the new Transport System Catapult.
Greg Dyke to Become Chairman of the FA
22nd March 2013
Business speaker and former Director General of the BBC, Greg Dyke is set to become the new chairman of the Football Association.
Mark Jeffries Reviews
Mark Jeffries has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Mark Jeffries for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Mark Jeffries 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
Mark ability to understand our business and incorporate that into his keynote made for an excellent session. All of our people were talking about it afterwards and the time with Mark has truly helped to focus our people on the importance of Image, presentation and soft skills and using those skills to grow our business and client relationships.
Having seen many facilitators at other events across the IT industry, I can confidently state that I have never seen one as effective, impressive and ideally suited as Mark Jeffries. Mark was able to perfectly connect our sales and marketing people to our message. With his ideas, humour and questions he turned our kickoff event into a huge success.
Along with delivering a bang-on message you were able to suffuse it with intelligent humour and seemed to have the majority of the audience eating out of your hands!
What a fabulous gift! I hope to see you at future events in the Vancouver area.
In front of our multi-national audience of more than 2,000 people, Mark Jeffries displayeda rare ability to connect with everyone, and to deliver so many truly valuable tips onsmart business skills and Networking, in an entertaining and engaging way.
Mark keynote focused the minds of our people and got them thinking more about their interactions with others both internally and externally. The importance of the tiny differentiators was a welcome angle and we were very pleased at how our people responded to this key messaging. Mark has an impressive talent for truly capturing an audience. A valuable and entertaining session.
A thoroughly entertaining and hugely practical presentation. Mark impressive ability to take a group of financiers through his range of communication and soft skills thinking in such a professional, captivating and relevant style exceeded all of our expectations. We will find it hard to beat the impact and value of this session at next year event.
For further information or to book Mark Jeffries, call us on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
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