What messages do businesses need to think about when staff are worried about job security during the Cobid-19 crisis. How do organisations overcome fear and anxiety? And what motivational boost will we all need when this unprecedented time of uncertainty is finally over? One person who perhaps has the answers to these and other questions is Nick Gold, Managing Director of Speakers Corner, the leading international speaker’s bureau. Entrepreneur Nick over the years has seen the world of business change considerably since the dotcom bubble burst in the 90s and knows what it takes to create an inclusive culture within an SME motivating a workforce to go above and beyond.
It was fantastic to spend time catching up with Nick and if you would like to know more about Speakers Corner, take a look below and we have also put a link to their website for more information:
More About Speakers Corner
With a firm belief that successful events which deliver maximum ROI for both attendees and organisers can be held anywhere, even a cow shed, Managing Director of Speakers Corner, Nick Gold draws on his 20+ years consulting experience working with 7,500 speakers and servicing 1,000+ events per year to address the pain-points and opportunities that exist for event professionals.
With a background in the era of the first dotcom boom and bust, and then some more ‘grounded’ work life with a major FTSE100 company in IT and project management, Nick found himself in the mid-1990s looking for the opportunity to grow his own company and create something new.
And so his story with Speakers Corner began. Initially a bespoke entertainment bookings agency, Nick has turned the business into a market-leading speaker bureau and consultancy working with 6,500+ speakers and servicing 1,000+ events each year, which sits at the heart of the events industry
Nick also manages the business with his brother Tim, which also makes him well placed to comment on how family and business can work together!
Nick Gold is President Elect of the International Association of Speaker Bureaus (IASB) and will officially become President on 01 May 2020. He will be the first British national to hold the role.
Nick was formerly the Chairman of the EASB (European Association of Speaker Bureaus). He has spoken at major industry events including Confex and The Meetings Show, and has been published extensively across UK media outlets, including: The Telegraph, City AM, Huffington Post UK, GQ.com and Raconteur. He has also been interviewed by the BBC and LBC radio.
Before his Speakers Corner adventure began in the mid-1990s, Nick previously worked in the energy sector at Power Costs Inc. (PCI) and Centrica, where he specialised in project management, business development, business analysis and bid tendering.
A warm character who speaks with passion and authority on content, the events industry and measuring ROI, not to mention entrepreneurship, managing SME’s, creating an inclusive culture and motivating a workforce to go above and beyond, Nick inspires audience interaction with questions from the floor during his sessions and delights in sharing stories with delegates after the talk has finished.