Client feedback
Testimonial - CFSMA Leadership Conference – click to open
Testimonial – After Dinner – Proven Track Record – click to open
Testimonial – Annual Glass Industry Health & Safety Conference – click to open
“Your keynote speech was truly very entertaining, thought provoking and inspirational all at the same time. You were voted the Number ONE speaker at the conference, excellent considering the entire audience was made up of people who run small businesses AND speak professionally for a living. What’s more your delivery and message helps change behaviour in business to make people more successful.”
Derek Arden, President, Professional Speaking Association
“Your confident, reassuring and friendly style won the audience over very early on and the feedback from them afterwards was without exception positive. From my own point of view, I was delighted that you were able to get over all the messages we had discussed in the briefing meeting an hopefully this will influence our members in their management and leadership roles for many years to come.”
David Dearnley, Immediate Past President – Co-operative Funeral Services Management Association
“I was one of those fortunate enough to be in the audience when John Hotowka delivered his keynote speech at the PSA Convention in Coventry. It was a vintage performance combining humour, great presentation skills and a simple powerful message. A key feature was his seamless transfer from serious to funny and back to serious again. From raucous laughter one moment, you could have heard a pin drop the next. He had my attention 100% for the entire duration of his keynote. As a professional speaker and presentation skills coach I have no hesitation in highly recommending John.”
Paul du Toit, CSP, author and presentation skills coach
“And deliver you did… The background information you researched from David and I left the audience feeling you understood our industry and their issues. Thanks largely to your professionalism, both as a speaker/entertainer and businessman, your after-dinner speech set the tone for the following days programme perfectly, making the whole event look thoroughly thought through and joined-up.”
Nick P Atkins, Director, Proven Track record Ltd
“I needed someone that could put an interesting spin on our subject of health and safety which can be perceived as being a bit dull. Our main speaker would need to entertain, motivate and relax the audience whilst keeping the focus on our main objective which is education.
On the day you turned up and were everything I hoped you would be and then 50% more on top for good measure. You not only stepped up and filled the slot at short notice but you were so well received that it set our event off on a very positive note.”
Declan Moore, Health and Safety Manager, Glass and Glazing Federation
“I was delighted with your presentation, which got our delegates on their feet, in a positive frame of mind and motivated – ready for the rest of the day.”
Philip Marsh, UK Health & Safety Manager, British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation
“John was absolutely first class in his manner, attitude and execution; the feedback from the team has been terrific, and we would have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending him to entertain any audience.”
Frank Staniland, Sales Director, AmbiRad Group
“… I thought you would be perfect for our conference and, even though I say it myself, I was right! The theme of the conference was ‘people’ and your style and performance matched that perfectly. Informal but ingenious. I think the reaction from the audience indicated how much they all enjoyed it.”
Vivienne Allen, Executive PA, Lex Autolease
“We are writing to thank you for your invaluable contribution at this year’s ‘Belzona Fast Start UK Sales Conference’. The feedback suggests that you delivered the various messages we hoped you would, so hopefully we now have a more motivated sales force who will get creative and broaden as well as strengthen their network of contacts.
Your mix of entertainment and business was just right for our audience, and especially well received and listened to at the ever demanding difficult after lunch slot.”
W R Ashcroft, Managing Director, Belzona Polymerics Ltd
“I hired you hoping you would provide us with a professional award host, as well as light hearted entertainment for our conference delegates. I wasn’t disappointed! You proved a huge hit with the audience, with your entertaining, and clever act, and I received a lot of very positive feedback on the whole evening as a result.
You made the pre event organisation easy, yet came fully prepared, and gave me a lot less to worry about on the evening, than normal.”
Tom Acland, Managing Director, Cafe2u
“I was very impressed with you from the moment we booked your services until you walked off stage. You were a delight to work with and made my colleague’s life very easy.
The presentation you delivered was fantastic and just what I had asked you for – entertaining and very amusing and at the same time delivering a message… very appropriate for our type of event and the business audience.”
Susie Cawood, Head of Events, Leeds, York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
“As always you’re a true professional to work with and produced an evening of entertainment that fitted perfectly with our audience. In terms of pure entertainment you were superb and had our large group of customers one minute doubled up with laughter and the next totally speechless and amazed.”
David Dean, Managing Director, Hambledon Studios
“Since the event I have had many thank yous and most of them included words saying how much extra John had brought to the evening. I can’t recommend him highly enough for any type of event, social or business.”
Will Kintish, Kintish
“The feedback has been extremely positive and echoes the buzz you created on the day. Your meticulous planning in true partnership with myself was the key to pulling this off and I was pleased our Chief Executive was there with her seal of approval. I’m sure the gratitude she offered to you personally afterwards, gives you the confidence to take your message into other healthcare areas.”
Richard Firth, Organisational Development Lead, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
“Your presentation was perfect for just after lunch and the mix of comedy with a business message was very well received by the delegates.”
Jennie Harnaman, Event Manager, The Institute of Sales & Marketing Management
“I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your excellent presentation at last weeks Senior Management Event. Personally you delivered everything that I had asked for and in your very unique style.”
Karen Newman, Head of Communications, Jobcentre Plus Wales
“John, can I on behalf of GOJO Industries Europe, sincerely thank you for your professional approach to our first ever Distributor Conference. With large events as Corporate Dinners the hardest part is to ensure that the delegates are kept not only entertained but also ensuring that the corporate message is being delivered. You managed to incorporate our brief and messaging whilst making the evening fun and relaxed. The response from our distributors was overwhelming and I look forward to working with you again on bigger and better events planned for the future.”
Suzanne De Maine, Marketing Manager Europe, GOJO Industries Europe Ltd
“As you are aware, this was a very important event for us as we were hosting our corporate partners and their wives from around the world and wanted their stay with us to be extra special. I’m delighted to report you helped achieve that aim.”
Derek W Muir, Group Managing Director, Hill & Smith Infrastructure Products Group plc
“Just a short note to thank you for your excellent performance at our kick-off meeting in Gstaad. It was very much appreciated by the attendees and added significantly to the overall celebrating and team building exercise. The use of magic with a multi-cultural and multi-lingual audience was clearly a success, as magic transcends those differences and can be appreciated by all.”
Jim Atkinson, Commercial Operations Director, Beckman Coulter International SA
“Our sales force went away inspired and motivated by your contribution.”
Mark Brown, Channel Director, Hallmark Cards
“Your special magic transformed an excellent evening into an outstanding one, thank you for liberally sprinkling your magic dust amongst our guests and keeping them spell bound across the evening; it was a delight to see you in action and witness your consummate audience participation skill working to the full with your assistant from the audience.”
Richard Bosworth, Chairman, Wealth Enhancement Forum
“Thank you so much for entertaining and dazzling our members and our guests at our conference dinner. You are a star! And people are still talking about it more than three weeks after the event.”
Derek Williams, Chief Executive, Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Europe
“On a personal level, as the organiser, I felt that the tasteful and non-offensive nature of your performance was perfect for our mixed group, and you proved it is possible to hire a comedian who can make everyone laugh without resorting to blue or non PC humour at other’s expense.”
Stephanie Bonnar, Customer Services Manager, Capper & Co Ltd
“Just a short note to thank you for the excellent performances you gave at the Orange events recently. They were a huge success and by the remarks we received your part in particular was enjoyed by everyone.”
Stephen Mytton, Operations Director, Inspire Success Ltd
“Our chief executive, Philip Whitman, specifically remarked that whilst looking around the room during your presentation he saw and felt, for the first time, a new level of energy within the company, which is exactly what we are trying to achieve.”
Claire De la Haye, Marketing Manager, SEMTA
“The delegates absolutely loved your show. It was so funny! Particularly appreciated was the degree of audience participation and your unflappability during constant catering interruptions.”
Ross Fraser, Chief Executive, Housemark Ltd
“I can confidently say that the way you linked our presentations, and the use of magic, reinforced the important points from the presentations enabling us to have a most successful outcome. This undoubtedly helped us to have the best annual meeting I have ever been involved with and this has been echoed by the vast majority of the attendees.”
Ian Pinn, Commercial Operations Director Northern Europe, Beckman Coulter UK Ltd
“Everyone I have spoken to subsequently about the conference mentioned you very favourably and I would like to thank you again for bringing a good day to a very successful conclusion.”
David Greenleaf, Corporate Communications Manager, Stroud & Swindon Building Society
“Many thanks and congratulations for a great performance last week. The feedback on the whole day – which was the first time that I had gathered together all of my new team – was first class and you were a key part of that success!”
Deian Tecwyn, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
“I have had a number of people comment on how much they enjoyed the evening and you have certainly left a lasting impression – along with our own volunteer who continued to try his hand with the rope trick after you had left!”
Helen Downer, Head Of Internal Communications, Tarmac Ltd
“I and my colleagues at Croda would like to thank you so much for the part you played in making what we all felt was an excellent evenings entertainment for our customers in Berlin recently.”
Nick Challoner, Sales & Marketing Director, Croda Chemicals Europe Ltd
“Not at all to my surprise, I have had a substantial number of thank-you messages, both delivered personally and in writing, and the great majority have commented upon how delighted, but completely bamboozled, they were by your performance.”
Ronald Graham, Partner and Head of Pensions North, Eversheds LLP
“You won us all over with your personality, sense of humour and amazing magic!”
Diane Miller, Senior marketing Executive, Anchor Homes