Speaking at Conferences and Seminars
Michael Ogilvie is a founder member
of the Professional Speakers Association, and regularly
speaks to Entrepreneurs at conferences and seminars
on business related matters.
Michael talks about how it is important to introduce a "Profit Culture" into a business for long term growth in profitability. Too many businesses believe that success is all about managing from the top. Michael will argue that you are only as strong as your weakest link and that long term success depends on gaining the hearts and minds of the whole workforce, not just the top levels of management.
If you would like a conference or seminar speaker who will help your audience to focus on how to increase their profitability, then Michael is an ideal choice.
If you have a need for speakers on other success related topics, we have access to a selection of superb speakers we can introduce to you.
To view clips of Michael in action, visit www.mikeogilvie.com
Michael’s Keynote speeches include:-
“The easiest way to increase your profits” (20 minutes)
“Profit is not a dirty word” (30 minutes)
“Why on earth should I buy from you?” (20/45 minutes)
“Busy is a four letter word” (45/60 minutes)
“10 Golden Rules for Increasing Profits” (45minutes/1 hour/5 hours)
“First understand your figures, then know what to do to improve them” (90 minutes)
“Attitudes are contagious – is yours worth catching?” (45/60 minutes)
Michael’s skilful story telling engages and enthralls the audience enabling his message to hit home in an amusing but memorable manner.
Workshops
Michael is happy to tailor any of his content into specific practical and interactive workshops and facilitated meetings, designed to increase the fundamental team elements of motivation, effectiveness and recognition.
In these workshops, Michael shows how profit culture is not only essential but also fulfilling and – guess what – fun!
In addition to the content of his speeches, Michael also runs a popular 3 hour workshop which he calls “An invitation to change – and have fun doing so”
More Profit? – it is up to you!
If you want your team to understand what they need to do to earn you and the business more profit, call us now to book Michael for your conference and/or workshops.
Just call Michael on 01323 724400 or email him at mo@theprofitteam.com.
Testimonials
Atussa - Aftabnet
Dear Michael,
This is to thank you so much for your nice being with us in Aftabnet this year's event. Your presence and your great lecture in fact was so heart warming and helpful for us and through the feedback we have had by now, for our clients as well. We thank you from the bottom of our heart, wish you more success in your life and business and hope to cooperate with you again in the near future.
Good luck and best wishes,
Atussa, International Affairs Director
Aftabnet
27th February 2009
Javad Varzidehkar - Golnaz Vegetable Oil Company
Dear Michael,
I am glad that, had the opportunity attended the conference at which you presented in Tehran and liked what I heard so much that I asked you to come and talk with the management team in my company, where your presentation was inspirational and extremely well received. Since then I have kept in touch with you, and I wanted you to know how much I have appreciated your friendliness and helpful constructive advice.
All the best wishes,
Javad Varzidehkar, Chairman & CEO
Golnaz Vegetable Oil Company
www.golnazgroup.com
06th January 2009
Majid Nekoodast - Hamayesh Farazan Co. Tehran-Iran
My Dear Brother and Friend Michael:
It was indeed a pleasure and an honour for me to have known you and to accompany you and indeed to get to know your ideas and opinions on different issues which were all enlightening. You certainly added values to our conferences. YOU not only through your humble character but also through your professional performance made us take advantage of our time and opened new horizons ahead of us. I will be more than happy if you accept our invitation to speak in another conference of us here in Tehran in 2008. God Bless My Dear Brother.
All the Best wishes,
Majid Nekoodast, Chairman
Hamayesh Farazan Co. Tehran-Iran
13th December 2007
Sepehr Tarverdian - Hamayeshfarazan Co. Iran-Tehran
Michael
I am writing to let you know that you were a massive success for us, as we have never had such a high rate of satisfaction among our audience. You were so motivational, leaving our delegates so energized at the end with lots of content and practical tips; you not only let the audience take advantage of your 3 wonderful speeches, but also you helped bring us profit by extending your stay to give profit consultation to some large Iranian firms. You are one of the best speakers we have hosted for our events which include famous speakers such as Brian Tracy.
We hope you will accept our invitation to speak at one of our future events.
Sepehr Tarverdian, Managing Director
Hamayeshfarazan Co. Iran-Tehran
www.hamayeshfarazan.ir
21st November 2007
Laura Morgan, Artist and Web Designer, Organiser of “Ecademy – Success in Sussex” business meeting
Mike's presentation to our business networking group was informative and lively. The audience took away a number of practical tips that are easy to understand and simple to implement and we'd be delighted to hear more from him about how to make our businesses more profitable.
25th October 2007
Richard Shelley Coaching
I met Mike recently at one of his "Why should I buy from you" workshops. He is an accomplished speaker who delivers a thought provoking session to business owners. He has the impressive credentials of being a qualified accountant and a skilled coach.
Thank you Mike there are things I will be doing differently having engaged with you.
Richard Shelley, Performance Coach
Richard Shelley Coaching
www.richardshelleycoaching.co.uk
26th October 2007
Juliet Yates - www.qualitycustomers.co.uk
Thank you for an excellent presentation on Thursday evening in Lindfield. It inspired me to consider my marketing tactics and what would make my business different to any other. Would you kindly send me the ‘Mind map’ presentation to me.
26th October 2007
Robert Rolih - Akademija Panta Rei, Slovenia
We organise more than 50 business events per year, a lot of them with the world's best speakers like Brian Tracy and Chet Holmes. Michael's seminar was one of the best we have hosted to date. It was straightforward, energizing and it left the audience wanting more. I highly recommend Michael as he gives more than you expect.
We can hardly wait for another seminar with him.
Robert Rolih , CEO
Akademija Panta Rei, Slovenia
14th March 2007
Jackie Appleton - Experience Holidays South East Conference for Entrepreneurs
Dear Mike,
I just wanted to put pen to paper (so to speak) to say how much we enjoyed yesterdays conference - enlightening, enjoyable and well organised!! Don't forget we are just up the road when you are ready to take a well-earned break!!
Kind regards,
Jackie Appleton, Director
Experience Holidays
www.experienceholidays.co.uk
14th November 2006
Avnish Goyal - Hallmark Healthcare Group
Michael,
I have heard you speak often and you get better every time. Your recent speech at the Care Home Conference at The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff challenged and entertained the audience so much, I know they will want you back for more.
Avnish Goyal, Managing Director
Hallmark Healthcare Group
27th October 2006
Angela - Pentlow Care Training Centre
Dear Michael,
I would also like to thank you for such a fantastic session, I also came away feeling very positive about myself, something which I really need at the moment as I am planning to get more involved in marketing Pentlow Training.
Thank you again.
Best wishes
Angela
Pentlow Care Training Centre
30th May 2006
Jeanette - Pentlow Training Centre Ltd
Dear Michael
Thank you for your impressive demonstration, convincing people that they can do anything if they've got attitude! As I said, you should invite the people who attend the breakfast meetings to do the same. The girl you worked with, really went through a complete learning process and came in today, to say how much you have helped her.
Thank you again.
Kind regards, Jeanette
PS Maybe I should try a thicker bit of wood - or even walk on hot coals. I have always learned when attending your sessions.
Pentlow Training Centre Ltd
26 Church Street
Eastbourne
East Sussex BN21 1HS
30th May 2006
Learning at Work Day
"ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING" with Michael Ogilvie
Personal Statement:
When I walked into the Pentlow Dining Room at the end of a busy afternoon, I had no idea that within the next hour my old pattern of negative thinking would be challenged and totally turned upside down.
I have attended many “self-help” workshops in the past and wasn’t expecting to learn anything new by this brief (30 minute) workshop. However, Michael was an entertaining and enthusiastic speaker. He asked us to look at someone successful, who we admire, and list their qualities (confidence, self believe etc.) We then talked about what got in the way of us reaching our goals (i.e. fear of failure, criticism.)
When Michael asked for a volunteer of break a piece of wood, 2 cm thick, with nothing more than the force of a bare hand I knew I had to do it. First of all, Jeanette our Pentlow Training Manager demonstrated how it should be done. Michael asked me to write my goal on the wood, as a positive affirmation that by breaking the wood I can break through my challenge to success. However, as I went to the front of the room my old habits came flooding back – “I can’t do it, I’m looking stupid, everyone’s going to laugh at me”. After two attempts I nearly bottled out completely but Michael was calm and encouraging. I knew he’d seen many people do it and he knew that I could. “You just need a bit more zip!” he said. I squeezed Jeanette’s hand for support, had a drink of water, closed my eyes, took three deep breaths and 1, 2, 3, whack, crack and I’d done it!
I was rather overcome, not only because I broke through the wood but because I had so publicly committed myself to a new course of action to make my goal a reality. I know that by making such a bold statement I am already halfway to making it happen and can remember that if I start to go off track. When the old “I can’t do it” thoughts come up I have my piece of wood as evidence that I CAN!
At the end of the session I was surprised to hear Michael was an Accountant. His “Attitude for Success” is catching – I think he should be working in the field of teaching others how to overcome their fears and reach for the stars. With his support and a positive attitude then anything is possible.
Sally, Home Carer
Pentlow Community Care Services
25th May 2006
David Brading - ApexIS Ltd
Breakfast Meeting at The Grand
I just wanted to say thank you for this morning's session. It was excellent. I can see how it will change my life dramatically.
Towards greater success!
David Brading, Sales Executive
ApexIS Ltd
25 January 2006
Marcus Klugman - HSBC Bank
I've been attending Michael Ogilvie's OBC Business Builder Forum which I have found very interesting and informative. I have learnt a lot about running and improving business and profit. I have been personally inspired to attempt to meet a personal goal.
Regards
Marcus Klugman
HSBC Bank
Lisa Wynn- Corporate Potential Coaching Systems Ltd
Dear Mike, Richard and Andy,
I just wanted to thank you for yesterday's BBF. In alignment with everything else you do this was focussed, practical and inspiring. I have always considered accountancy fees "dead money"; something I just had to pay. In the short while I have been a client of OBC I have been challenged to dig deeper on my business development, inspired to update my business processes and supported in boosting my profits. I (almost) look forward to paying the accountancy fees now.
Thank you
Lisa Wynn
Corporate Potential Coaching Systems Ltd
Patrick J Gilbert
MIWSc - Treads and Risers Limited
Thank you for your letter of the 28 January and
the enclosed receipt. We are not one of the 80%
who do not take action. We could have been ...
your seminar we attended spurned us on to greater
things or rather gave us a nudge in the right
direction which the writer should have done quite
some time ago.
We have studied at length your excellent CD; and have implemented strategy to a) increase our profitability, b) increase our turnover and c) diversify into new markets. We have also adopted new methods of generating leads that will turn into profitable work and are at present generating our own database for e-mailing to the decision maker in an organisation, using a proven marketing tool called ACT.
Once again, thank you for your presentation of an excellent seminar.
Patrick J Gilbert MIWSc
Treads and Risers Limited
11 February 2005
JIM FLETCHER - Marshall Tufflex Limited
Dear Mike,
Just a quick note to thank you once again for
your superb contribution to our sales conference
dinner. Your use of props has certainly made a
memorable impact - at least on the male elements
attending on the night! I just hope that the message
behind it is also remembered.
As discussed please find enclosed the SSTW disk.
We did review it at one of our team meetings and
found it quite interesting and useful and have
already developed some fresh ideas from some of
the results that came of it.
Once again, many thanks and regards.
Jim Fletcher, Commercial Director
Marshall Tufflex Limited
7 July 2004
Charlotte Hopes - Sussex Enterprise
Dear Mike,
Thank you for speaking at the Crawley Business Club at Ashdown Park.
On the evaluation forms that we collected after the event last week there were no specific comments regarding your presentation but all our delegates scored you at 4 or 5 (5 being totally satisfied), which indicates that that they found the presentation enjoyable and informative.
I hope to see you at other Sussex Enterprise events in the future."
Best regards,
Charlotte Hopes, Events Executive
Sussex Enterprise
Derek Arden - UK Specialist
Speaker on negotiation skills.
Mike Ogilvie spoke at the
London Chapter of the Professional Speakers Assn
- last Saturday.
He was excellent holding
the audience captured by his powerful style of
storytelling and the critical message that you
have to brand yourself properly. An excellent
business and personal development speaker I would
recommend to anyone.
Derek Arden
14 October 2003
Mo Shapiro - Speaker & NLP Coach
Hi Mike,
Great to see you on Saturday. Enjoyed your session
very much. Had me thinking about my branding and
pricing policies.
Please could you send me a copy of the mind map,
it will help me remember.
Thanks
Laughs and smiles
Mo Shapiro, Emotional Fitness Specialist
NLP Master Practitioner & Coach
www.inform-global.com
14 October 2003
CIMA - The Chartered Institute
of Management Accountants
Dear Mike
As promised I enclose the speaker feedback from
the attendees at our recent annual conference
at Heythrop Park.
The feedback we have had from delegates, speakers
and exhibitors has all been very positive, with
many comments about the high quality of speakers.
I am sure you will be delighted to see that you
were voted top speaker overall by our delegates
with a score of 84.9%.
On behalf of the conference committee, I would
like to thank you again for doing the final keynotes
presentation and for sending our members off in
such a positive and enthusiastic frame of mind.
I hope we may call on you again to speak for us
in the near future.
Kind regards
Yours sincerely
Julia McDaid
Conference Chairman
MRS D J MORRIS - DJM FINANCIAL
SERVICES
Just a short note to say how much I enjoyed your
presentation at the CIMA members in practice conference.
This was my first attendance having only been
self employed for eighteen month.
The whole conference was extremely informative
and interesting. However, I would have to say
that both your debate and also the Gordon Gilchrist
presentation proved for me personally, to be the
most inspiring - so thank you for this.
I came away with lots of new ideas and I found
it very useful to talk to other members in practice
and hear about their own personal experiences.
So once again thanks very much - I hope you will
be available to provide further support to this
conference in the future.
Mrs D J Morris
DJM Financial Services
CIMA - The Chartered Institute
of Management Accountants
Dear Mike
I just wanted to write and thank you personally
for taking the time to come and speak at the CIMA
Members in Practice Conference last weekend. I
trust that you enjoyed the event and everything
was as you expected.
The feedback we had from delegates, speakers and
exhibitors has all been very positive, with many
comments about the high quality of speakers. Your
input to that is very much appreciated by the
entire committee.
I will circulate copies of the delegate feedback
as soon as I receive it, and if you do not receive
this, or if you have any other comments or thoughts
please email me on julia@resultsfactory.co.uk.
Once again, many thanks for your time, and I hope
we may be able to call on you again at some point
in the future.
Kind Regards
Yours sincerely
Julia McDaid
Conference Chairman
IAN LUCAS - EASTBOURNE BUSINESS
CLUB
Just a quick line to thank you very much
for the excellent talk you gave to the Eastbourne
Business Club on Thursday at the Hydro Hotel.
It was an excellent occasion, with nearly 100
people there. Your speech was excellent, and very
topical.
Congratulations on what you have achieved, in
both your roles, and I look forward to seeing
you again before long".
Ian Lucas
Eastbourne Business Club
Henry
Stewart Conference
Dear Michael
Firstly, you will recall we met recently at the Henry Stewart Conference when we were fellow presenters (I am with Bank of Ireland). I have been meaning to write to you for some time to express my gratitude to you for one of the best and most inspirational talks that I have heard for many years.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Thomas
11 October 2000
