Simon Hall

Course creator/leader, Compelling Communication Skills, University of Cambridge, (Learning Technologies Gold Award, (the Oscars of the industry)). Lecturer/mentor, Cambridge Judge Business School ~ Master of Business Administration (the Cambridge MBA) ~ Master of Studies (MSt) in Entrepreneurship ~ Supervisory Tech (SupTech) Lab ~ EnterpriseTech, and EnterpriseTech Star programmes. Director, Creative Warehouse ~ a communication, media, design, websites, and video production consultancy, specialising in helping startups, small businesses and entrepreneurs. Keynote speaker on ~ storytelling ~ public speaking ~ science communication, including for ~ the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association and ~ Alzheimer's UK. Communication trainer and consultant, from public speaking and presentations to writing skills and storytelling. Clients include: the London Stock Exchange ~ Microsoft ~HSBC ~ government departments ~ the NHS. Journalist of 25 years' experience, mostly as a News Correspondent with the BBC, working across TV, radio and online, specialising in business and economics. Article and opinion writer ~ Times Higher Education ~ Management Today ~ Business Weekly ~ Business Digest ~ StartUps magazine. Author of 13 non-fiction books: - Compelling Communication (Cambridge University Press, to accompany my University course) - Accelerating Your Business Through Communication ~ Perfect Public Speaking and Presentations ~ The Business of Blogs ~ Making a Mark in the Media ~ Media Training and the Art of Being Interviewed ~ Leadership Communication ~ The 20 Secrets of Success ~ Winning Your Way ~ Writing to Impress, Influence and Inspire ~ The Business of Storytelling ~ Strategic Communication ~ Public Relations for Sticky Situations (Bookboon) In fiction, eight novels: The TV Detective ~ The Death Pictures ~ Evil Valley ~ The Judgement Book ~ The Balance of Guilt ~ The Justice Mirror ~ The Dark Horizon ~ The Editor Course creator/leader, Effective Communications Skills programme, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. Also: - Executive coach - Speechwriter and consultant/trainer - Startup mentor My principles: - excellence in everything - integrity, industry, humility - I don’t have customers, I have partners And finally: Lover of words, thoughts, feelings ~ shameless storyteller ~ and wild swimmer!