Who's said what...

 Deirdre Bounds was, without doubt, one of the best speakers I have ever heard and certainly one of the most motivational when it came to sharing her story with our readers at a "SHE Means Business lunch" in Henley-on-Thames in Nov 2009.  With her background as a stand-up comic, I knew she would have no problems standing up in front of a new crowd and her turn of phase can be highly amusing.  She is also a very pleasant person to work with and I am hoping to convince her to speak at future events in 2010.
Lara Dunn
SHE Business Experiences

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It was a master class in every sense of the word! The feedback from the delegates was incredibly positive. I had an Action Learning Set in the evening and all we talked about were the points you raised.
Tom Gorman, Runshaw Business School

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 I thought your speech was perfect – irreverent, natural, passionate, funny, connected and informative
David Thomas - World Class Motivational Speaker

 An Edinburgh business audience can sometimes be a challenging one but the level of engagement and participation that you enjoyed was testament to the quality of your delivery and the content level itself. I think that everybody is intrigued by entrepreneurs who have started with nothing more than an idea and taken that business concept to global proportions…………….your story was a fascinating one made all the more interesting by your humour and authentic delivery.
Robin Carson, RBS

 Deirdre speaks with an honesty and clarity that is both compelling and insightful.
Steve Munby, Chief Executive, National College for School Leadership

 Deirdre was absolutely one of my favourite guests to interview. She's a brilliant story teller, a huge amount of fun and a genuine inspiration but most importantly she has a very big heart and tells it as it is.
Mike Giles, Serial Entrepreneur and Founder of www.standingontheshouldersofgiants.com

Deirdre is a very amusing and energetic speaker. She has a great story to tell and is an inspiring and knowledgeable entrepreneur.
Michelle Storer, Ernst & Young

A naturally inspiring speaker, Deirdre "tells it like it is" in language which strikes a real chord with her audience. Her enthusiasm for business and for life in general is highly infectious!
Simon Hill, Yorkshire Forward

"Deirdre was an excellent speaker and really engaged the audience with a down to earth approach combined with a genuine passion for what we as an organisation are trying to do.

Feedback from delegates also suggests she delivered the right mixture of insight and observations and people felt they could both relate to her and learn from her in equal measure. I would thoroughly recommend her for any engagements that require an entertaining approach combined with the need for more serious points to be articulated."
Andrew Brocklehurst, Director, The Northern Leadership Academy

"In my experience, it is very rare to find a speaker that captivates and maintains the attention of the whole room and Deidre did just this.

Her animated and dynamic approach was refreshing and exciting. Her frank and honest account of her rise to success and the trails, tribulations and challenges on that journey was professional, and truly inspirational. The audience were poised for the next chapter and each account was punctuated with humour and passion.
Jenny Snell: Event Manager Trinity Mirror Group Business Awards

“Deirdre's presentation was absolutely inspiring, hugely engaging, directly relevant to the audience and most entertaining. She spoke honestly and openly about her experiences, gave us loads of ideas on how to be different and gave us affirmation that we were going in the right direction. You could just see the entire audience itching to get up and do something about their work and their lives about half way through the presentation.’

‘I think it goes without saying that Deirdre was utterly professional in her engagement with us, and I have no hesitation in recommending her to anyone who needs a keynote speaker of the highest calibre.”
Sarah Carroll: Conference Organisers Ireland

"Deirdre is a wonderful ambassador for World Vision and her ability to engage and inspire an audience has been deeply appreciated, people finding her to be both entertaining and very personable. She is also a delight to work with, being flexible and reliable, requiring the simplest of briefing and having the initiative and intuition to develop her presentations, even taking 'questions from the floor' and providing witty and informed responses."
Annette Humphrey: World Vision International

"I must write to say how pleased we were with your recommendation of Deirdre Bounds as speaker and host at our Awards Ceremony. She very quickly established a positive rapport with our team and with the audience. Her informal approach and sense of humour allowed her to get across a serious message in a very appropriate and well-received way."
George D: CEO, National Federation of Enterprise Agencies

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