Francisco Mahfuz | SpeakerHub

Personal Details

Bio

Francisco Mahfuz has always loved speaking, even before he had anything useful to say. He's been telling stories in front of audiences for a decade, and even became a National Champion of public speaking.

Today, Francisco is a keynote speaker and storytelling coach and offers communication training to individuals and international organisations, and his clients include Pepsi, HP, the United Nations, Santander and Cornell University.

He's the author of "Bare: A Guide to Brutally Honest Public Speaking”, the host of The Storypowers Podcast, and he teaches communications at IESE, one of the top 10 MBAs in the world.

Current position (1)

Storytelling Keynote Speaker | Trainer

Francisco Mahfuz | Storypowers

Achievements (1)

National Champion of Public Speaking 2016 (Spain)

I have won the Division award (national) from Toastmasters International for both the Humorous Speech and Table-Topics (Improvised speech) in 2016, as well as runner up on the same year on International Speech and Evaluations.
I've also won a number of other speaking awards throughout the years.

Degrees (1)

BA English Literature

Birkbeck, University of London

2002 to 2005

Presentations

Presentations (3)

Storypower Your Culture: How to drive engagement, purpose and performance

Poor communication costs large organisations millions every year. Leaders don't inspire, employees feel disengaged, teams underperform and it all feeds into a negative company culture.

As a result of this keynote you’ll be able to:

- Find and nurture the stories that make your culture
- Use stories to create a mission and purpose everyone in the company can get behind
- Improve meetings, presentations and the way you communicate company strategy and values
- Communicate with employees in a way people feel heard, valued and inspired to act

Every keynote is tailored to meet your specific objectives and match your audience.

Find Your Storypowers: Engage, sell, and inspire through intentional storytelling

Facts tell, stories sell. Not even the best ideas work if no one pays attention, remembers or cares about what you said. If you want to have impact, you need the power of stories.

As a result of this keynote you’ll be able to:
- Understand the science behind storytelling—why it works and how you should use it
- Find the stories within each individual or brand
- Understand the stories all businesses need to tell
- Add value to your product and service in a way that will make price irrelevant

Every keynote is tailored to meet your specific objectives and match your audience.

Storypowered Change: Gain support, overcome resistance and create lasting impact

It takes more than a story to create long-lasting change, but you can’t achieve it without a story. A story can create focus and give meaning to change, help spread it and overcome objections.

As a result of this keynote you’ll be able to:
- Find and nurture the stories that inspire change
- Communicate in a way that is memorable and overcomes resistance
- Use stories to get everyone in the organisation pulling in the same direction (including senior management)
- Use stories to power your company strategy and values

Every keynote is tailored to meet your specific objectives and match your audience.

Past talks (3)

Storypowered Change: Gain support, overcome resistance and create lasting impact

Forward Summit by Management 3.0

Berlin, Germany

December 2, 2022

The Stories that Drive Employee Engagement, Purpose and Performance

World Story Telling Webinar 2020

Online

October 12, 2020

Storypower Your Culture: How to drive engagement, purpose and performance

World CIO Summit 2022