The Speaking... What Clients Say

Thanet District Council
Our conference had come at a very difficult time for public sector employees, with an uncertain future and the real threat of big cuts ahead. There was a palpable increase in the energy level as soon as Adrian spoke his first word on stage, and from that point on we were treated to a highly personal and motivating roller-coaster of a speech. Adrian not only inspired our staff, but left us feeling proud to work for the council.

HSBC
The feedback I have had from those that attended Adrian’s presentation has been extraordinary - in fact the very best I have had, having run a number of similar events over the last 7 years.

Home Office
“To put it mildly, Adrian went down a storm”.

Proctor & Gamble
Adrian Webster was phenomenal, he made a real impact with the talk he did for us. The feedback our organisation gave, from fork lift truck driver to high level leadership, was great. He was energetic, funny and made every person in the room take a step back and think. A great message delivered from a great speaker.

Jobcentre Plus
Energy, emotion and some very powerful messages that resonated with the audience and most importantly, could be taken back to the workplace.

Molly Maid UK
I've booked Adrian for three different events in both a previous life and at MOLLY MAID. Adrian has an original style and infectious energy that will only motivate and charge up your organisation - something we all need in today's economy. We still talk about those TNT's.

First Wessex Housing Group
We took a long time to choose a guest speaker for our conference and in the end chose Adrian based on a recommendation and we were not disappointed. Our conference themes were focussed on teamwork and customer service and Adrian was able to blend his real life work examples, enthusiasm, humour and extracts from his Polar Bear Pirates book to deliver an excellent session three days in a row. His audience consisted of a real mixture of staff and via his unique delivery style Adrian was able to connect with all of them and leave a lasting impression, supporting the themes and reinforcing the goals of the organisation.

Environment Agency
Feedback comments about Adrian’s presentation included: “Adrian Webster - phenomenal!” "Great choice of speakers, he really lifted everyone" "Absolutely fantastic - How are you going to match it next year?"

FitPro
I wanted to thank you for your outstanding keynote presentation at the recent Fitness Industry Association Conference. Your unique ability to deliver a serious message in an extraordinarily energetic and humorous style inspired and entertained our delegates - most of whom are everyday people who want to make a difference - in a way that few others have achieved over the years. Never have Neg Ferrets, Bloaters, Head Treads, Sinkers and TNTs had a more enthusiastic audience. Everyone needs this stuff.

Kent Police
Adrian Webster delivers a first class presentation with huge energy and tremendous wit. This alone is highly entertaining, however, more significant is his ability to weave key messages on how to motivate and inspire staff to deliver and achieve at the highest level.

Oscar Pet Foods
In our business we encourage our franchisees to keep driving forward and succeed whilst maintaining a balanced outlook on life. Adrian's witty and passionate presentation was exactly right for us. I would have no hesitation in recommending him to any business or audience that want to be inspired, moved and exhausted all at the same time. A great speaker, a very funny guy with a very strong message.

Photographer at Johnson & Johnson Conference
“It’s rare that I stay for the whole after-dinner speech, but I was riveted!”

Huntingdonshire District Council
Adrian, I have to say that your presentation was the best I have seen in a very long time. It ended a long day of conference on a huge high.

Thomson Airways
Adrian, the guys are still talking about you.. thought provoking stuff which we were all able to relate too. Adrian was a huge success. Without exception all of the managers approached us following his presentation to congratulate us on finding a truly inspirational and very entertaining speaker.

Wessex Water
Adrian's talk instilled the motivation, desire and drive to go out and really push the boundaries. They are still buzzing about it today. He was a huge success. Without exception all of the managers approached us following his presentation to congratulate us on finding a truly inspirational and very entertaining speaker.

Headmasters
A huge thank you for coming along yesterday! It was a great day - we will certainly be recommending you!!

Rushmoor Borough Council
“You are truly the most motivational speaker I have ever heard.”

Jobcentre Plus (Scotland)
“Your session had a major impact on everyone, we’re really grateful for your contribution.”

Yellow Hammer Bars
I’ve had the pleasure of booking Adrian for two separate companies to do some motivational speaking. Adrian is without doubt the best at this type of task. He is very down to earth and connects with the audience mixing up the emotions of comedy and tragedy that keeps everyone engaged and hooked from the moment he starts. The key messages are delivered really well. The feedback from the audience was great and at both occasions has proved to be a real inspirational note to end the day session.

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group PLC
Adrian, I wanted to drop you a note to thank you for the fantastic presentation which you gave yesterday. I know that I speak for many who found it truly inspirational. You had us in one minute both wanting to laugh and cry through a subtle mix of very powerful stories and amusing anecdotes.
The messages I took from you about having clear boundaries, TNT’s and engendering fun at work will make a real difference.

NHS SCOTLAND
Thank you for the excellent motivation session you gave at the closing event of the Unscheduled Care Collaborative Programme. We have now had all the evaluation forms back and collated and wanted to pass on a few of the many comments on how enjoyable, entertaining and of course motivational the delegates found the hour spent with you.

KPMG LLP
We have had extremely positive feedback, Adrian was very inspiring. One participant said she walked away a changed person!

Amtico International
Adrian recently attended the Amtico International Joint Sales Conference. We didn’t really know what to expect as he was previously unknown to us, yet, it’s highly unlikely, we’ll ever forget him!! - Adrian definitely exceeded our expectations.

Capita Symonds
Adrian was brilliant! He set us up so well for what turned out to be a great day.

Shropshire County Primary Care Trust
Adrian did a tremendous job at the conference and his contribution was very well received.The intention of the day was to motivate and inspire the staff and he certainly did that!!

Allianz Engineering
Adrian showed us he has an innate ability to captivate his audience. He was able to take us on an 'emotional' roller coaster ride, using energy, humour and insights drawn from personal experience he was a true inspiration to the team - absolutely fabulous!

BAE Systems (Operations Limited)
Feedback I have had from the delegates has been excellent.

IBM
Adrian Webster was a highlight of the day and kept me on the edge of my seat and thoroughly entertained, whilst also managing to put across several key messages on being a motivational leader.

Spire Southampton Hospital
Adrian’s presentation was so representative of real life, was incredibly uplifting, poignant, humbling and hilarious - we all felt at least 6 inches taller, and the management team was left with the sense that whatever the challenges ahead, we could not be defeated.

East Of England Development Agency
Everyone is still talking about your sessions at EEDA and one person who couldn't attend the all staff sessions said: "I have never seen some many people with a 'buzz' about them".

Virgin Media Group
Adrian, many people have said that it is the best Sales Event they have been to in
many years and this is in large part down to you.

Wirral Council
Just a quick note of thanks to Adrian for the truly inspirational session he delivered at the SDI conference in Brighton earlier this week. Amazing.

Telstra International EMEA
Adrian took on board Telstra International’s themes and messages by cleverly weaving them in to his ‘performance’. Adrian is clearly a business-savvy presenter, a great public speaker able to make the audience laugh and provoke deep food for thought.

Best Western Hotels GB
A really excellent speech which engaged and entertained the audience We definitely ended on a high!

Royal & Sun Alliance
I just wanted to tell you that I've run many of these events in the past,and often after a heavy night and the prospect of a half day and an early finish, delegates are often keen to get away. But yesterday most people were milling about for ages wanting to talk more about the conference and to share ideas on what they were going to motivate staff back in the office. Many thanks for your energy, passion and helping make our event a success.

HSBC
There's no doubting Adrian's ability to motivate individuals and teams. His world of Polar Bear Pirates resonated with every one of the Senior Managers who had the benefit of spending time in Adrian's presence. He filled the room with passion, emotion and energy and succeeded every time to inspire the leaders of our business to go back and make a difference - and the tangible results of that difference are already being seen.

Geopost UK
I have got back into the office this morning and been met by stream of great emails from the franchisees, they were particularly impressed with you and the characters you talk about. They left the room enthused and ready to take back your simple but powerful messages to their teams back at the coal face.

Federation Of Master Builders
On the recommendation of our National Vice President, we booked Adrian Webster for not one but two events; the annual Staff Conference and the members’ National Conference.

Our staff found his presentation entertaining, thought provoking and most certainly motivating! It provided a great opening for the business sessions at our three-day conference.

Taylor Woodrow Plc
Adrian Webster was highly recommended to us as a brilliant speaker. We were very unsure of using him because we’d never heard of him. We went ahead and used him…he was an absolute star.

HSBC
We started the year in last place. We took on board the Polar Bear Pirates concept, used it daily to motivate ourselves/the team and to ensure that we stayed focused. By June we were up to second and come year-end, we finished number one. It had a huge impact on our performance."

AXA PPP
Adrian really is one of the best keynote speakers I have ever heard. He manages to captivate every type of audience right from the moment he starts and always leaves them wanting more. Adrian has a unique ability to have his audience rolling around in laughter one minute to suddenly getting them to hang on to his every word where a pin drop could be heard.  The messages Adrian shares will stay with you for life as they are fundamental, full of common sense and yet really make the difference when it comes to bringing out the best in others.

Lever Faberge
The brief for a “motivational speaker” was more than fulfilled as Adrian’s energy, humour and superb insight into the real world of sales had everybody mesmerised and entertained from the moment he walked onto the stage. Life hasn't been quite the same since as we all now aspire to permanently
residing in Fat City and living as Polar Bear Pirates!

Siemens
You had me listening to every word and taking in every word you spoke.

Yell Group
Adrian came along to our annual National Telesales Managers Conference last Friday, and I am delighted to report that he went down a storm.

Chair Women In Business Association
I was really blown away by Adrian – what a great guy – like a younger Rick Stein but with a passion for people rather than food!!

BT PLC
Adrian was fantastic! A style which I have never seen used so effectively. He had us in hoots but could change within minutes to deliver a very serious message with such feeling and power. Without a doubt the guy had everyone in the room hanging on every word for the full speech. Added to that, he was such enjoyable company.

South West London Health Authority
I just wanted to drop you a line to thank you again for your excellent presentation at the radiography event on Monday. We have taken a quick peek at the delegates' evaluation forms and there are just far too many positive comments for me to forward on.

IBM
Adrian exceeded our expectations. The overall consensus is that Adrian came across as a breath of fresh air and it was totally different to any other speech delivered to an IBM audience. I have never attended a meeting at IBM before where people have laughed so much. He definitely made a big impact at IBM and we would welcome him back tomorrow if we had the chance. The only complaints we have had are from people who were unable to see him in action.

Nationwide Building Society
What really impressed me about Adrian’s presentation was that there were key messages that everyone could take away about how they as individuals could make a difference in their world, irrespective of where they were in our structure.

St James Group
Adrian was absolutely fantastic last Friday at our Seminar.  It's not easy to win the hearts and minds of a room full of people in the building industry.  Many come having already decided they would rather be somewhere else, or that this sort of thing is for office staff only, etc., but Adrian won them over hook, line and sinker! He talks in a language that everybody can relate to. Adrian is highly entertaining but much more, he has the ability to make you think.

Bodylife UK Ltd
We have worked with many of the country’s leading keynote speakers over the years and they have all been good, but in many ways Adrian surpassed them all.

KPMG
Adrian’s speech really lifted the day: it created impact, raised energy levels materially, while giving our team much of value to reflect on. Everyone left at the end of the day in an upbeat and positive “can do” frame of mind.

Brook Street
We booked Adrian Webster although we had only seen the video clip of his performance and possible content. He was an excellent speaker. His enthusiasm and wit were a breath of fresh air and his inspirational and poignant messages made a huge impact. Thoroughly entertaining and thought provoking, Adrian left a lasting impression with our 600 strong audience with his powerful messages that could be related to our workplace.

SSL International
Stunning, funny, interesting and relevant. I cannot say much more.

McCarthy & Stone
Adrian listened to our requirements , understood our remit and delivered an impeccable presentation. The audience were spell - bound and would have listened all day. Fantastic!

Hewlett-Packard
Adrian, You were superb. The feedback was very positive and many were inspired by your speech as well as royally entertained.

David Lloyd Leisure
On feedback from 200 conference delegates, Adrian averaged a score of 5 (on a 1 - 5 scale of poor to excellent). The feedback was phenomenal, not one negative comment.

Thomas Sanderson
There is so much good stuff to take on board. I remember having tears in my eyes three years ago when you first talked to Thomas Sanderson and this time it was a case of even more tears.

Richmond Events
What a performer! Adrian provided the closing keynote presentation onboard the recent IT Director's Forum. His boundless energy and powerful use of humour and emotion kept the audience highly entertained and wanting more. I would thoroughly recommend Adrian Webster to anyone looking for a truly motivational speaker.

Parcelnet
Adrian was a major hit at the Conference. Everybody was so buoyed up by the speech and full of motivation and vigour - just as I had hoped.

Prime Business Solutrions
Adrian really brought some life and thought inspiring moments to our day and more importantly had us all in stitches.

Wavin Plastics
In 17 years of being informed and entertained by a wide variety of speakers, no one has engaged, entertained and motivated a Sales Team more than Adrian Webster. Truly inspirational.

Anderson Anderson & Brown
Adrian's presentation was absolutely excellent and motivated the entire room to get down to business later on that day. We have also taken back Adrian's message to the workplace and we are using this to make our firm a first class place to work.

Office Friendly Dealer Association
A brilliant presentation which had all of us engaging every emotion. Last year Kris Akabusi was our 'motivational' speaker and we didn't believe we could top an Olympic Gold medal winner. Well, we don't believe that now. You're an Olympic Champion in your chosen profession.

Travel & Personal Underwriters Ltd
Arian Webster really was just fantastic. Although I had booked Adrian and, as such, had done my homework and even read his book, I really had no idea that he would actually be as side-splittingly funny as he was. I now realise that when you book Adrian you get a top notch comedian and a motivational speaker for the price of one! His energy and enthusiasm for his subject were utterly infectious (you get out of breath just watching him!) and his ability to have his audience choking on the brink of tears one second and then crying with laughter the next must surely be second to none.

East Sussex CC
"Adrian's speech was superb, and just what I needed!"

Danwood Group
Thank you, you were awesome! The guys are still talking about you! The impact was pitched at the right level and was perfect.

Network Rail
We have had some terrific feedback on your slot which is well earned from our "conservative" teams!

The Diamond Trading Company
You energy, enthusiasm and humour were infectious -- it was evident so many people were inspired by what you said.

Anchor Trust
I would just like to say that after seeing you at the HDi conference as a conference speaker in April, I had though that seeing you for a second time at the Anchor Dinner that I would switch off, but NO... for a second time, you had me busting my sides with laughter. The way that you can take an audience from tears of laughter and within seconds can you turn the audience to more sombre subjects is an amazing skill you possess.

Jardine Lloyd Thompson
I have never seen my sales team so speechless and enthusiastic about using some of the thoughts and ideas you gave to the team during your presentation.

Tellabs UK Ltd
What a phenomenal... lasting impact! Adrian spoke at our EMEA conference in Malta just over three months ago. The effect of his speech has been quite remarkable, our people are still talking about it today

Car Care Plan
Adrian was one of the best keynote speakers we have had in our 28- year history.

Allan Bignell - Conference Producer
Adrian is the greatest on message deliverer that I've ever had the privilege to witness. Through twenty years of producing corporate live events I have never seen such an extraordinarily electric effect on an audience as I did during Adrian's keynote speech. Adrian has taken the subject of motivation and stripped it of its clichés and psycho -babble and placed it in the tough world that people live and work in today. Aching ribs and tear stained note pads were the order of the day.

Courts (UK) Ltd
He gave a superb performance, which exceeded all our expectations. In a matter of minutes Adrian managed to achieve the aim of our sales conference - to motivate and energise our managers into action.

Xplor UK
The first day started with an excellent motivation speech from Adrian Webster. When it came time to thank him I was lost for words - a rare occasion I hear you mutter. He was simply brilliant.

HSBC Invoice Finance
Adrian understood our requirements perfectly and delivered - the feedback received has been fantastic - Monday morning and we have a group of people fired up with enthusiasm.

Business Link Wessex
Thank you for making our event so successful - we had some really good feedback, and our clients all went away with happy faces! Everyone found something to relate to in Adrian's talk whether from a work or home situation. Thanks once again for a great performance, I also wish I had half Adrian's energy!!

Lorri Delahunty - Conference Producer
Adrian is the most wonderfully original presenter/motivator/enter-trainer I have ever encountered.

Manchester Chamber Business Enterprises
I would like to thank Adrian for such an entertaining and informative performance. Every evaluation survey returned has marked Adrian as Excellent... the best of any speaker we have had previously.

Anglia Cooperative Society
I've been lucky enough to see a lot of motivational speakers over the years, but Adrian must be up there with the best. It's rare for a speaker to be able to take you from 'belly aching laughter' to 'shivers up the spine' within such a short period of time. A rare skill.

Compass Group
Your talk last week was superb and absolutely hit the mark. You picked up on all the key points of the conference, you obviously listened to and read the briefing notes and all I can say is you were a superstar.

Hyde Group
The feedback I have received has been excellent and it ranges from "fantastic" to "outstanding speaker" and "can he please be invited back again".

Thomas Sanderson
Thank you for a hilarious and fun packed hour at our National Sales Meeting in Warwick. There were moments when I literally had tears streaming down my face. The feedback from the guys was "that was as good as it gets".

Jardine Lloyd Thompson
I have never seen my sales team so speechless and enthusiastic about using some of the thoughts and ideas you gave to the team during your presentation.

British Association of Removers
Adrian was excellent and it has been said that he is the best speaker we have ever had at a BAR conference.

Simon Edwardes - Conference Producer
The biggest compliment I can pay is that even 'off - duty' technicians were transfixed, which certainly doesn't happen too often.