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David JP Phillips

International speaker, author, coach and a global authority on public speaking, communication and self-leadership.

In Person

£14000 - £16000

Price based on UK delivery

Virtual Event

£6500 - £8000

David was recently awarded as global communication expert No 8 by global gurus. He is best-known for his three TEDx-Talks, the first one being ”How To Avoid Death By PowerPoint”, the second  ”The Magical Science of Storytelling” and the third, “THE 110STEPS of excellent communication” together accumulating a total of 12 million views. Add to that 200 million views on social media in the last 2 years and the best selling book “High on Life, translated to 34 languages we have ourselves quite the rockstar. Welcome up on stage, put some energy in those claps, David JP Phillips!

He revolutionised public speaking and is on verge of doing the same in self leadership. He has 3 kids, a wife and an awesome team of 15 people and lives in Sweden. But who is he?

David grew up in ”Edsbyn” a small quaint village in the middle of Sweden. His father was English, his mother Swedish. Which to a certain extent explains his initials JP. You see, Anna, his mother loved the works of Jean-Paul Sarte and proposed the idea of giving David, the middle name of “Jean-Paul”. His father, Duncan, being the proud English chap he was had apparently exclaimed “Over my dead body, his name shall be English – let’s compromise and call him ”David John Paul Phillips. And so it was agreed.

He was always an entrepreneurial, curious and creative and whatever everyone else did, he did the opposite which he has kept on doing ever since. For instance, did you know that he has never read a book or attended a training on communication, public speaking or presentation skills? The reasoning was that if he did, his works and training would just become a copy of others. Instead he choose to and still applies the same 4-step method today of: “Observe, Analyse, Apply, Document”. And by so created material the world had never seen before – materials which have led to recipes which can create world class talks.

His first job at 18 was actually at Microsoft, as a support technician! He was incredibly tech savvy you see. One thing led to another and he started his own IT company when he was 20 which became a brilliant success in just two years. But then suddenly one day, his partner fled with all the company money and the dream came to an end. This however led to him being headhunted to teach his tech skills to groups, something he did with passion and excelled in. He realised that all you had to do was be good at the skill of teaching and that could be learned by anyone.

At 26 years of age he had finished the training job, got a job in London as an e-learning director and headed up that department for a couple of years before the telecom-crash came knocking on the door. So he headed back to Sweden where he now started his own training company and decided then and there to build the best “Presenter Mastery” course the world had ever seen – all based on what he had “Observed, Analysed, Applied and Documented”. His training has since then evolved according to the same principle and is used by the likes of Google, Microsoft, Oracle and many other top tier companies around the world.
But then came darkness… At around 39 years of age he realised that he had been depressed his entire adult life. And upon that realisation he applied the same 4-step method to this “problem” and hacked his own depression within 12 months. This at the same time unlocked the final key in public speaking, a key he had been looking for but never before found. The key to mastering your own mind, your own internal communication. And so he created a new training program called ”WOW Life Mastery” which thousands of people attended in just a couple of years. This then led to him writing a book on the subject called “High On Life”. The book became an immediate hit and is currently being translated into 30 languages and will be published to more then 2.5 billion people.

The story goes on.

High On Life / Neuroleadership / Angel’s & Devil’s Cocktail

David’s latest keynote based on his Best selling book by the same name, published in over 30 countries. The talk is a mindblowing experience of how easy it is to change mental states in yourself and others – this in order to on command create motivation, connection, pride, drive, creativity, focus and much more. The key to the ultimate organisation from a biochemical and neuroscience perspective. 

The Magical Science of Storytelling

Storytelling is one of the worlds most ancient but at the same time most influential communication techniques and works wonders in sales, leadership and marketing! We follow the story, not the person. This talk is the worlds most viewed TEDx-talk and will give a tremendous insight WHY storytelling is king and HOW to get it right from a science perspective. 

Presentation Skills / 110STEPS / Communication Skills

The most important skill of all skills is the ability to communicate! To make your voice heard so that people believe in you and your ideas. In any organisation, the greatest communicators are also the greatest winners. In this talk David summarises his greatest learnings he has taken with him during his 20 year career as a communications expert! You will for sure get mind blowing insight, humor, aha-moments and plenty of practical tips and tools which you can apply immediately!

“I booked David JP Phillips to join us at our most recent conference, and he brought the house down. It was absolutely incredible. Not only did he do a phenomenal keynote, the content of which was just unbelievably valuable and the audience loved it, but I’ve never seen anything quite like what happened at the end of his presentation. He began to wrap up, said to the audience that he was coming to the end of his time, and the entire crowd of five hundred people were shouting “we want more, we want more”. I’ve never seen it before, ever. It was such a good presentation. The value was so high. He even had everyone on their feet shouting and roaring at the top of their lungs. It was incredible. If you have a chance to book David for your conference of any kind, you shouldn’t even think about it, get him booked on your calendar, you won’t be disappointed.”
“Wow! What an incredible last session you hosted. Our team was extremely moved by the Your Story segment and I so appreciate your flexibility to incorporate that topic during a time when our team needed it most.”
“My head is still spinning around all the concepts and tips about how to communicate better. The best money that I have invested in the last few years!”
“Your session is making the two day storytelling course that I’m on at the moment look extremely pedestrian and a poor time investment. Keep doing what you’re doing, it’s excellent.”
“It was such a pleasure to hear your storytelling talk today! It was really inspirational and I will for sure share links to your talks with colleagues of mine who couldn’t be there.”
“What a wonderful experience. I learned so much from this great storytelling masterclass. David JP Phillips, fantastic job! I highly recommend to everyone!”

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