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
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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.
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.
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.
Lynne Franks Returns to PR
6th March 2013
Entrepreneur and lifestyle guru Lynne Franks is set to return to a career in PR after 19 years out of the business.
Simon Calver Becomes an Author
28th February 2013
After dinner speaker and current CEO of Mothercare, Simon Calver, has decided to write a book about his time working as the head of Lovefilm, the movie rental service.
Barry Gibbons: Small Business Advocate
17th July 2012
Barry Gibbons speaks to Jim Blassingame, on his Small Business Advocate website, about his theories on the Universal Laws Of Business.
Tim Waterstone says “Amazon is Discounting us to Death”
29th June 2012
Waterstones founder Tim Waterstone tells the Guardian that Amazon is “smart, single-minded and ruthless – and it is destroying Britain's book industry.”
Sir Terry Leahy Delivers New Management Book
12th June 2012
Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco, and consummate keynote speaker, delivers some simple truths in his new book, Management in 10 Words.
Tom Pellereau’s Business Plan
19th March 2012
The 2011 Apprentice winner Tom Pellereau has secured a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar for his nail file business plan, a project he began working on before he starred on the BBC One reality series.
Mike Southon Presents Richard Branson at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress
14th March 2012
Richard Branson greeted hundreds of entrepreneurs and delegates at the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Liverpool. The event’s facilitator was Mike Southon, serial entrepreneur and best-selling author.
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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