Ian Hughes | SpeakerHub

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Ian spent over 10 years with The Royal Shakespeare Company after winning the 1st Ian Charleson/Royal National Theatre Award for Best Actor - presented to Ian by Sir Alec Guinness. Ian has worked in every aspect of the industry from Radio & Voice-over work, West End Musicals and TV and film. His TV work includes Dr Who, Eastenders, Ransom, White Gold, Gavin & Stacy, Robin Hood, Torchwood, Doom, The Road To Guantanamo and Stella. Ian's voice-work includes TV commercials, computer games, animations and narrating over 70 TV documentaries. He draws on his background as an actor, a teacher of acting, University Lecturer to provide valuable , practical keynotes that enable delegates to gain a competitive edge.

Current position (1)

Keynote Speaker, Presentation Training

Speak-The-Speech

Degrees (1)

Drama & Theatre BA Hons (1st), Shakespeare MA (Dist.)

University of Birmingham

2010 to 2012

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Presentations (4)

The Lost Art of Connection

As we increasingly rely on technology to interact with each other, this keynote is a timely reminder about the importance of face to face connection and the techniques we can employ to enhance it.

Speak Up: The Power of Speaking Well

Speaking up matters. The ability to speak well can transform our business and our personal lives. Speak Up! reveals the five steps of successful speaking and how these can transform the way others perceive you.

Shakespeare & The Power of Story

Story, we know, has a far greater impact on listeners to convince, persuade, motivate and engage in a way that facts and statistics alone simply cannot do. What story-telling secrets can we learn from the greatest storyteller that ever lived?

Shakespeare & The Story of Leadership

At the heart of Shakespeare‘s work is an exploration of leadership and what it means to lead. 400 years after they were written the modern business leader can still learn much about their own leadership style from Shakespeare‘s plays. The leadership lessons contained in the plays provide a template to write a more engaging business narrative.

Past talks (10)

Shakespeare & The Power of Story

PFS National Symposiums

London, Edinburgh, Newport, Birmingham

December 31, 2015

Shakespeare & The Power of Story

Invesco Perpetual

London

December 31, 2016

Shakespeare & The Power of Story

Lantmannen Unibake

Milton Keynes

December 31, 2015

Speak Up: The Power of Speaking Well

ITM

St Andrews

December 31, 2015

Shakespeare & The Story of Leadership

The Welsh Assembly Government

Cardiff

December 31, 2015

Speak Up: The Power of Speaking Well

Evcom

Birmingham

December 31, 2015

Shakespeare & The Story of Leadership

IBM

London

December 31, 2015

Shakespeare & The Story of Leadership

Eventia

Birmingham

December 31, 2015

Speak Up: The Power of Speaking Well

The Welsh Assembly Government

Cardiff

December 31, 2014

Shakespeare & The Story of Leadership

MPI

Istanbul

December 31, 2014

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PR & Communications