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Marc Hogan
Fee band from £ 2000 - 4000
To book Marc, please
call us on +44 (0)20 7247 1193
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Background
Marc Hogan has gone from sales and communication skills trainer to stand up comedian in less than 9 months. Marc fuses psychology, common sense, and humour with real life business examples and tales from the comedy circuit that engage with any audience.
In an ever more challenging business environment he will inspire and empower your people to make the changes necessary to achieve a real and lasting competitive advantage.
An ex-sales and marketing professional with over 10 years experience, Marc’s S.A.L.E.S. and Inspirational Communication programmes have inspired audiences across the UK to improve their communication and influencing skills. They love his unique approach to personal and business achievement underpinned by his 7 Keys for Success.
But how does a communication expert really prove his skills? Marc was challenged by Jim Lawless to put his communication skills to the ultimate test - Perform a one man comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival.
Marc set out to conquer his fears and prove his 7 Keys. The result is his inspiring presentation Funny Business: “What comedy taught me about business and what business taught me about comedy”.
Areas of Expertise
Marc's hilarious and thought-provoking journey into comedy with its set of practical tools, complete with setbacks, triumphs and even a few tears and tantrums, shows just how the skills of stand-up comedy will not only change the way you present, it will change the way you look at business and life, forever.
Marc learnt the hard way that the key to successful comedy and also business, is preparation and planning. Imagine attending 30 hours of comedy school, just to develop a 3 minute stand-up routine! Knowing what to say, when and in the right way, is the difference between entertaining an audience, and being booed off the stage. Very much like business presentations / client proposals, communication and timing are the keys to success.
Marc has used his expertise from what he learnt in the comedy circuit, allied to his business experience, to produce 3 distinctive presentations;
Funny Business:
What comedy taught me about business and what business taught me about comedy.
Can a man who can barely remember a joke have a successful one man show at the Olympics of Comedy – the Edinburgh Festival? His only weapons in the cut throat world of comedy are his 7 Keys for Success, developed during 10 years of business experience.
Marc’s 7 Keys for Success
1. Opportunities are all around us.
2. Edit your editor (change your mindset)
3. Ask and you’ll receive.
4. All the world’s a stage.
5. If at first you don’t succeed... review!
6. Take risks (little ones).
7. Be a compass not a weathervane.
S.A.L.E.S
Whether you are conscious of it or not, we all sell everyday. Some of us are paid to sell a product or service to our customers, others need to present our ideas to the Board, ask for a pay rise, or even try to convince our children to eat their greens.
No one likes to be “sold to” and God forbid that somebody tries to “close” us. So, what if, rather than your customer being “sold to” you could solve their problems for a fair and reasonable fee?
Marc’s 5 step S.A.L.E.S. system will not only inspire your team, improve their communication skills and increase their sales. It will also ensure that they and their customers enjoy the process a whole lot more!
Marc’s 5 step S.A.L.E.S. system
1. Solve people’s problems
2. Align values
3. Language that builds trust
4. Elicit and understand their needs
5. Solutions that benefit both parties
Inspirational Communication
We all know that we communicate with our body, voice and words but what about our attitude?
Your attitude to presentations, meetings, customer service, networking, negotiations or even other people, affects your body, voice and words and more importantly, how the person you are communicating with perceives you!
The first step to Inspirational Communication is to understand and if necessary challenge those attitudes. The second step is to learn the communication skills that inspire others.
In this dynamic and interactive course, Marc utilises cutting edge psychological techniques complemented by good old fashioned common sense, to leave audiences excited and energised, ready to put their improved communication skills to use back in the work place.
Client Comments
"Amazing! Marc challenged, provoked and entertained our International Technical Team, no mean feat since the 20 high ranking delegates were from all over Europe and Asia. We all left the training with a new perspective and we have all put the skills to good use since the event!"
Liz Kynoch - Group Technical & Trading Law Director, TESCO plc
"Marc was our guest speaker at our parties to celebrate becoming the National Customer Service Team of The Year. It was really going to take something special to engage this team. Marc was able to provide a fresh spark of inspiration and provoke people to think beyond their favoured ways of thinking. Engaging, energetic and inspirational - great stuff!"
Richard Brown - Head of Operations, BAA (Heathrow Express)
"The feedback we have had from participants has been extremely positive and some of your techniques could be witnessed in action during the day and later in the evening. We have all come away from the day feeling energised, motivated and more connected as a group. We really value the input you had into making this day a success."
Gwyn Griffiths - National Risk Manager, Deloitte
"Marc's presentation at our breakfast seminar was immensely enjoyable. His engaging and inspirational presentation style had the whole audience spellbound. Through his humorous and interactive approach, he motivated every single audience member and gave them skills to take away and practice."
Sandy Jarrett - Head of Marketing and Communication, Select Group
"Very funny, interesting, useful, and most importantly different."
John Penny - General Manager, Reebok Sports Club London
"Marc was definitely the best guest speaker we have ever had presenting at our User Group meeting, which is quite a feat considering we have had guest speakers who have climbed Everest and sailed around the world! - I can't praise him enough."
Tony Flanagan - Marketing Manager, ASR Computers Ltd
"Faultless! I have seen many presenters and to put it simply Marc Hogan is easily up there as one of the best. I always recommend Marc to any of our clients who want to learn the really useful skills in a dynamic, interesting and most importantly fun way."
Paul O'Neill - Director of Operations, The MotivAction Group plc
