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Patrick Burke
Patrick has been a specialist coach and trainer in spoken communication skills for manyyears. He has worked with a variety of well known international companies throughout Europe. He has coached an...view morePatrick has been a specialist coach and trainer in spoken communication skills for manyyears. He has worked with a variety of well known international companies throughout Europe. He has coached and trained at all levels from graduate new entrant to Chairman and CEO.
He is an independent consultant but throughout his career in this field he has also worked for Speak First(www.speakfirst.com) one of the leading communication skills training companies in the UK and overseas.
Prior to this part of his career Patrick was the UK Director of Sales and training for the Personal Financial Services division of HSBC. In this position and more recently he has had extensive experience of speaking in public to a variety of audiences. He started writing and delivering speeches when he formed a train spotters club at the age of twelve! He wrote and published the club’s magazines which are still in his possession today and are an hilarious read although they were seriously written!
Patrick was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and now lives with his wife Anne in East Sussex.
Here are just a few comments from some of those he has trained :
• “ Patrick was excellent. Now that I have had this training, I feel I have overcome my fear of presenting” – H.Mckown. Building surveyor
• “ Patrick understands the whole idea of public speaking at all levels. He’s very knowledgeable and gave me confidence in him and his ideas” – M.Gardiner, Govt.Agency
• “Excellent in his knowledge of the subject and ability to put it across, very empathic, K.Poole, Public utility supplier and manufacturer.
• “ He was a good example of the subject” – K.Peel, Advertising executive.
• “He gave me increased confidence and support, very knowledgeable and positive” – C. Harris, Public relations and advertising company
“Thanks for taking the heartache out of giving presentations .Everyone in the company should attend your training” – M.Donn, International Battery manufactures.view less
Books by Patrick Burke
Richard Kearney's Anatheistic Wager: Philosophy, Theology, Poetics Exit Velocity: An Entrepreneur's Quest to Financial Freedom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAccelerate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpeaking in Public: Incompetence to Confidence in Only 6 Weeks! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTear Down the Walls: White Radicalism and Black Power in 1960s Rock Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 10 Biggest Business Mistakes: And How To Avoid Them Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThere Is No Us in Business: A Practical Guide To Knowing When to Take On a Business Partner (And When Not To) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings