DAVID THOMAS

Businessman      Speaker      Author      Media personality      Guinness record holder      International Grandmaster of Memory

Imagine a speaker who can motivate, educate and entertain all at the same time. David Thomas brings all these and more besides to create humorous and engaging presentations that your delegates will never forget.

Motivation - his life is a triumphal story of success over adversity. His mother was an alcoholic, he was an academic failure at school and became a fire-fighter at 20. At 27 he taught himself how to improve his memory, came 4th in his first World Memory Championships and has gone on to become one of the most successful and talented memorisers in the history of memory sport. His main memory feat is to have recited Pi (3.14159) to 22,500 digits without error.

Education - David is the world's leading authority on memory skills. He will give delegates an insight into their own unlimited mental potential. They will learn practical skills that will enhance their professional performance.

Entertainment - David believes in using a lot of humour to get his message across. He is a gifted storyteller and has many hilarious anecdotes from his 11 years as an operational fire-fighter that have to be heard to be believed. He also gives demonstrations of his own phenomenal skills. A man who walks his talk.

Keynote Speech
Playing the cards 
It's not the cards you are dealt in life, but the way that you play them! David shares with the delegates his winning formula for taking himself from academic failure at school to a Guinness Book of Records record holder inside two years of spending GBP6 on a memory book. An unbelievable and truly inspirational presentation.
.Success is not a gift from the Gods
.Attitude is everything
.Don't blame the system
.Mistakes are learning lessons for success

Keynote Seminar
You are what you can remember
Our memories are at the very centre of our professional performance. Yet, most people use less than 5% of it's capability. As the world's leading expert on memory skills David will give the delegates an insight into their own awesome untapped potential.
.The power of the brain and memory
.Simple techniques that can be applied to any industry
.How to use mental skills in the workplace
.Learning is the engine for commercial progress 

What others have said

"David Thomas is a very special person. As an International Memory Grandmaster his achievements are awesome. While, as a speaker, he successfully mixes humility and humour to captivate, educate and amaze his audiences. Everybody who is serious about their success should move mountains to hear him."
Steve Pipe
Chairman of AVN, the largest network of accountants in UK
Entrepreneur of the Year
Author of 101 Ways to make a Profit

"David is a very real person. He is humorous, honest and completely genuine. I never realised that such a successful person could be so real that I could find comparisons with myself. That is what David's presentation enables you to discover. Success is not magic, it is not a gift from the Gods. Success is something that we can all achieve. He made me realise that success does not have to be a spectator sport."
Helen Jones
Armature

"I simply want to thank you for your presentation during the programme. I felt privileged to be sharing the same room as someone who is living evidence of what can be achieved by strength of mind. This created a sort of magic which made you realise that all things are possible if you can direct your mind in ways which you clearly demonstrated."
Phil Jeffrey 
Senior Consultant, Pole Arnold Chartered Accountants

"David's enthusiasm and style of presentation were a joy to behold and very refreshing. The practical uses of his techniques make them essential to persons from all walks of life and his demonstrations of his own skills had to be seen to be believed. A brilliant and inspirational performance."
Assistant Divisional Officer James Snowdon 
West Yorkshire Fire Service 

"If you are someone who believes that there are limits to what you can achieve and that you are near those limits then you really need to see David Thomas to blow your mind right open. He will take you so far beyond what you thought was possible with the human mind that you will question why you have trouble remembering anything."
Tim Cave 
Baan Global Support 

Presentation Points

David Thomas brings the following experiences and expertise to the platform to deliver his speeches with passion, humour, interaction, humility and fun:
o Businessman.
o One of only 15 International Grandmasters of Memory in the world.
o World Memory Championships medallist.
o International media personality with over 100 media interviews as far afield as South Africa, Bermuda and Canada.
o Experienced and accomplished speaker.
o Author of book Improve Your Memory by Dorling Kindersley which will be published in 40 countries and 20 languages.
o Author of audio CD program Max Your Memory on how to improve your memory.
o Founder member of the Professional Speakers Association Europe.

Satisfied Clients

.KPMG 
.Royal Sun Alliance
.University of Leeds 
.University of Huddersfield 
.CitiGroup plc 
.PricewaterhouseCoopers
.Barclays Bank
.Fire Service
.Marriott hotels 
.Spring Ram plc
.Careers Service 
.Institute of Directors 
.TEC International 
.Business Link
.Executive Association of Great Britain
.Inter-Alliance

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