Alan Stevens is an exceptional International speaker. In recognition of this, he became one of an exclusive group – a Global Speaking Fellow – an exclusive group of fewer than 40 speakers worldwide. In 2008 he served as PSA President. He is held in high esteem internationally by the Global Speaking community – so much so that he was elected to serve as President of the Global Speakers Federation in 2010-2011, a term he served with distinction and remarkable dedication, literally putting his own successful career on hold for a year. 

He has attended dozens of professional speakers conventions globally and has witnessed many of the world’s very best and highest paid speakers strutting their stuff in front on the toughest audience imaginable – fellow professional speakers. So on the topic of speaking, Alan’s opinion and advice carries substantial weight.

A journalist with 40 years experience including well over 2000 interviews on TV and radio as interviewee, Alan Stevens is known internationally as The Media Coach. He spent 21 years with the Consumer’s Association appearing on BBC TV News, CNN, Bloomberg, Sky News, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 5Live. He’s appeared on every ITV regional programme, dozens of local radio stations and has been quoted in every UK national print newspaper, as well as The New York Times, Forbes magazine and The Economist.

He is the author of several business books, including The Pocket Media Coach (2006), Ping (2009) on practical social media tips, and Media Masters (2009) with Jeremy Nicholas. He is an addicted twitterer, serial blogger, and active participant in top level discussion groups relating to professional speaking and media. He publishes 5 daily electronic specialist newspapers. His Media Coach email newsletter has  arrived every Friday since October 2003 in the inboxes of his devoted subscribers.

Alan’s client list reads like the Who’s Who of the United Kingdom, including the Cabinet Office. He speaks regularly at conferences and meetings all over the world on Reputation Management, Media, Presentation, Interviewing Skills and Social Media and has been doing so for more than a decade. 

When away from home, Alan usually packs his running shoes and can be seen loping about town at a respectable pace for an hour or more at a time on his own personal unguided tour. “On foot is the best way to get to know a place” he claims “and running you cover more ground than walking.” He also has the quirky habit of visiting the quaintest back street coffee shops and breakfast nooks, because (he states) that’s where one finds the best Eggs Benedict and the strongest coffee. It is usually after one of his international speaking trips that one can expect an update to the “Tall Traveller” blog. Few shabby establishments escape a rap over the knuckles, but he’s quick to complement those that fixed the shower nozzle high enough. 

Alan lives in London, England with his wife Heather. His six-greats aunt was Mary Shelley, writer of Frankenstein. 

Alan can be contacted at alan@mediacoach.co.uk.  Website:  www.mediacoach.co.uk.