Something different for your conference
Does your conference need something different to inspire delegates, set the mood of the day or send them home smiling? Would you like to book an after dinner speaker with a difference for your gala dinner?
I am an experienced performance poet and love using my skills to entertain, inform, inspire and challenge as a conference poet and after dinner speaker. I can work in different ways, performing poetry from my collections, writing and performing poems on the theme of your conference or meeting, or reflecting conference events, themes or topics of discussion. I can meet and interview you or your colleagues in advance in order to reflect your industry, your company or topical themes.
Recent engagements have included British Guild of Travel Writers Gala Dinner 2016, Social Travel Summit Inverness 2016, BritMums Live 2016, Social Travel Britain 2016, British Guild of Travel Writers AGM, BritMums Live 2015 and TravelEdge.
If you are looking for a different way to engage an audience at a business meeting, conference, blogger gathering, awards evening, or travel and technology meet-up, then why not consider booking me?
Example 1: A set-piece conference key note
In this example, I perform a poem written especially for the BritMums Live parent bloggers conference. The poem addresses the question “What do Mummy Bloggers do?”
What they said
@familyonabike stole the show then! Amaaaazing! #BritMumsLive
— Dad Creek (@costyy2k) June 20, 2015
Funny, poignant and utterly wonderful keynote from @familyonabike #britmumslive pic.twitter.com/EWZW3Vy80Y
— Hannah (@BuddingSmiles) June 20, 2015
Great start to the bloggers’ keynote with @familyonabike #BlogOnMOSI Awesome poetry x
— Colette (@Lollinski) June 20, 2015
Example 2: Informal after dinner performance
Here’s an extract from my performance at the gala dinner of the British Guild of Travel Writers AGM in Tenerife where I entertained with three poems including this one, commenting on change within the industry.
What they said
One of @TravWriters fab new members Kirsty Pelling describes the changed world of #Travel, in poetry.. #poetinmotion pic.twitter.com/cGGmhTzG2n
— Jan Fuscoe (@janfuscoe) January 23, 2016
Example 3: Small informal conference performance
For Social Travel Britain I wrote several poems about the use of social media in travel, including this one about first tweets which I researched and customised to mention specific members of the audience, for added impact.
What they said
Inspired by @thepoetinmotion – really different ways of working with brands #STBBristol
— Four Travel (@FourTravelNews) April 22, 2016
Fab! @thepoetinmotion #poetinmotion #STBBristol pic.twitter.com/1Rk9csyO5V
— Sophie Collard (@sophontrack) April 22, 2016
For more information
Contact me to discuss your conference now.