| NEWS: 2008 COACHING CLIENTS: John newest clients are The Director of the Hayward Gallery at the South Bank Centre, the Chief Execdutive of the Arts Council and the Managing Director (Europe) of Yahoo. Earlier in 2008, he coached senior execuitives at Coutts, Grant Thornton, Unilever, Coca Cola, Accenture, Leith Ports Authority, Corrs Breweries, NHS Trust Winchester, Barclays Bank, London Metal Exchange, Diabetes UK, Broker Profile, Waterman PLC, JP Morgan, Saxby's, Man Financial and Goldshield Group.
2008 MANAGEMENT TRAINING CLIENTS: John has trained groups and teams at: JP Morgan, Vodafone, Corrs, Herman Miller, London Metal Exchange, Aegis, Virgin Media, Healthcare Commission, JP Morgan, Federation of Image Consultants, Mouchel Parkman, PDN, Broker Profile, Breyer Group, Matchett Group,The Federation of Image Consultants, Homeserve, Richmond Housing Trust & Deutsche Bank.
John is a CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION approved consultant. As a result, he has worked for the Ministry of Defence as a coach, events manager and trainer.
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Craft of Communication: :
Event Management
Services
As a highly experienced theatre and opera director with
an international reputation, John Abulafia has a broad range
of skills to help clients set up and run a successful conference,
meeting or other, similar event.
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A conference is more likely to be successful if all the
constituent elements - the layout of the space, lighting,
sound, the structure of the day, style of scripting, PowerPoint
design, style of delivery - are telling the same story.
John Abulafia has the skills and experience to integrate
all these elements so that Style faithfully reflects Substance
The Space:
He has directed in theatres and opera houses in the UK,
US, Europe and Israel. Most have a traditional proscenium
arch layout, but some are in-the-round. He has also created
site-specific work at the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC
Proms, at the Tate Gallery, at a hilltop Castle in Moravia
and in the courtyard of Somerset House. Thus he has the
skills and experience to convert any given space, however
challenging, to help a client create the ambience they
need to achieve the goal of the event. At the heart of
his design is the creation of a good, helpful Speaker-Audience
relationship.
The Design:
Having worked with design and technical teams on complex
opera and theatre productions, he is well placed to advise
on all aspects of design. He will work with the client
and technical team to create an appropriate atmosphere
through use of lighting, visual imagery and slide design.
He can advise on PowerPoint and the Images the client
wishes to use to carry their message.
The Script:
John Abulafia has a novel published by Faber, has written
for TV, Theatre, and has had experience as a journalist
and speechwriter. Thus he is well placed to help clients
with the structure and text of their presentation. He
can also ensure that important themes are carried through
into each individual presentation.
The Speakers:
He can train and rehearse the speakers for the day so the
style of speech embodies the chosen ambience and the
themes of the day using his training techniques in Presentation
and Public Speaking.
The Breakout meetings
He can coach those facilitating these meetings so the tone
of the meetings embodies the chosen ambience and the
themes of the day. He can incorporate coaching sessions
to those running the sessions using his training techniques
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Event
Management Client
List
Ministry
of Defence, Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO).
John Abulafia has worked on a conference held by the DLO
in September
2003.
The
success
of
that conference
led to an invitation to work on another in February
2004. On both occasions he designed the space, worked with
the technical team on sound, lighting and projection and
coached the speakers, who were all high-ranking officers
from the Army, Navy, Air Force and civilian officials from
the Civil Service.
Helly Hansen. He also worked on Helly
Hansen’s
June 2004 marketing launch of their new range of sportswear.
This
used twelve
speakers in five auditoria, included a video feature and
a fashion show. In addition, he coached all the speakers
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CLIENT FEEDBACK 1
The response to the conference has been extremely positive.
A great deal of this is due to all your work Thank you
so much for all you have done.
MARY O’GORMAN Defence Logistics Organisation,
MOD.
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CLIENT FEEDBACK 2
I would like to express our teams thanks for all your work.
We raised the bar considerably this week and your contribution
was a significant factor.
RICHARD COLLIER. Helly Hansen.
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