An audience with Max Atkinson
Senator John Barrasso, a Republican in the US Senate, recorded this for a Zoom conference on 3rd March 2020, organised by the European Speechwriters Network.
Professor John Heritage, University of California, Los Angeles
Clark Judge, White House Writers Group, speechwriter for President Reagan
Caroline Johns
Lord Rennard
Carsten Wendt, Belgian presentation trainer
Claptrap – World in Action
Max Atkinson’s 
academic background:
From 1974-1986, he was a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, having formerly lectured at the universities of Lancaster and Manchester. He was a visiting professor at the Henley Management College from 1986 to 2006 and has also been visiting professor at Duke University, North Carolina and the universities of Vienna and Stockholm .
He was recently elected to a Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences and was given a lifetime achievement award by the UK Speechwriters’ Guild.
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Speaker-training for business leaders:
He’s helped managers in numerous companies and organisations in the UK and abroad to improve their presentations, often working individually with CEOs and other board level executives.
Speaker-training for political leaders:
In 1985, he ran a seminar on speech writing in the Reagan White House, and was a close advisor on presentation and communication to the late Paddy Ashdown throughout his leadership of the Liberal Democrats (1988-1999) and later when he was the international community’s High Representative in Bosnia Herzogovina.
“Neither politicians nor business leaders can lead today without the ability to communicate with audiences. They have two choices: (1) be born with the ability, or (2) read Max Atkinson’s books and learn.” – Michael Sheehan (speech coach to Bill Clinton and president, Sheehan Associates, Washington, D.C.)
“No one surpasses Atkinson in the rigor and clarity with which he spells out how to move audiences to applause, get quoted in the media and become known as the most brilliant presence on any podium.” – Clark Judge (former speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan and managing director, White House Writers Group, Washington, D.C.
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In February, 2021, Senator John Barrasso, senior Republican in the US Senate, recorded this for An Audience with Maxatkinson being organised by the European Speechwriters Network on 3rd March (details from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-audience-with-dr-max-atkinson-tickets-138753347999).
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Atkinson’s books include:
Lend me Your Ears: All you need to know about making speeches and presentations
Contact details:
Atkinson Communications, Rose Cottage, Perch Hill, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1JA