Graeme
Bowman

Client Comments

Client Comments

• Congratulations on your tremendous performance which was the primary reason for the many claims by long term attendees that this year's event was easily the best and most enjoyable the Club had hosted in living memory. Your hoax character of Dr Geoffrey Pembroke had many in the audience completely hooked that you were some psychologically impaired, drunken, obnoxious English aristocrat who just happened to be a whiz at boat design and lateral thinking. At least they did until the llama call and the showing of the Bolivian tape worm. By that time no-one had any idea what was going on!
  Perth Flying Squadron Yacht Club
• Great morning
  GE Commercial Finance
• Business SA's annual dinner was a triumph and we've had many congratulatory comments - both on the evening and since. This encouraging feedback was largely due to your outstanding and highly entertaining performance as international defence expert Dr Geoffrey Pembroke. Inventive, witty and extremely well researched were some of the positive remarks recieved from our guests. From the moment you walked onto stage, you had the audience spellbound with your amsing anecdotes and tongue-twisting tales. Of particular note, your inventive insight into South Austrlalia's business community and defence industry was accurate and your unsuspecting comedy act caught many - if not all- by surprise. However, as your character slowly unravelled, there was hysterical laughter from all corners of the room. We could not have asked for a better response. Once again, thank you for your contribution in making the Business SA annual dinner an entertaining and ttruly memorable occawsion
  Business SA
• A brief note to thank you for your performance. As you know, we had a large registration for the Congress of both Australian and international guests which included many Americans. Your hoax character, Professor George Conelly from Mississippi, fooled everybody. I was actually sitting at a table of Americans and they kept looking at each other and asking whereabouts could this man have possibly come from? They were alternatively confused, embarrassed and then outraged by this bizarre personality! It was a great hoax and the crowd loved it. It was an excellent idea to be in character for the entire evening and sit with delegates before your act sowing the seeds of further confusion. Earlier in the evening when we first arrived and I introduced you to my wife, she did not recognise you although, as you know, you had met before. Thank you for your effort in putting this hoax speech together. I know how much research must go into such a speech as the scientific content is quite complicated and I very much appreciated the effort that you made and also the sensitivity tht you treated the more contentious issues in view of entertaining an international audience.
  International Rhinologic Society
• I appreciate the time and preparation that went into developing and delivering your presentation. The feedback from delegates was that presentations were of a consistently high standard - which helped to make the conference a great success. Additional comments made about your presentation were "excellent session", "what a great presentation! Excellent!" and "Proffessional presentations were excellent at the conference particuarly Graeme Bowman."
  NSW Department of State and Regional Development
• Graeme slipped into his character very well. I am sure there are still people out there who aren't aware it was a hoax. He did a very good job interacting with the audience.
  Heritage Building Society
• The best MC I have ever seen. A true professional that didn't stop working the participants until the absolute end. Extremely talented & appreciated by all.
  Compair
• Our audience was very diverse, being a mix of scientists and administrative people, but your highly entertaining and informative address easily held their attention, and gave them insights into how to think more creatively.
  CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences
• His dual role as MC and entertainer managed to retain the interest of hundreds of staff. He delivered five times in five weeks, without missing a beat.
  Elders
• Your hoax was so well researched you managed to bait, hook and land 60 of the most hardened professionals.
  Australian Association of Pathology Practices
• Your innovative and humorous presentation
  Australia Post
• As the enigmatic Gough Whitlam was the lunchtime speaker on Day One, we were concerned that our Day Two lunchtime speaker be equally absorbing.
  Nortel Networks
• Graeme tailored his material to this corporate audience, which gave his performance the edge we were looking for. He certainly delivered what he promised... a real asset to our function.
  ANZ Banking Group
• Graeme's preparation for the event was extremely thorough and his knowledge of the industry and the critical issues made him a credible "expert". Give the positive nature of the feedback it is evident that you provided participants with an entertaining and enjoyable experience.
  Australasian Soft Drink Association
• From your American accent, your research, the wonderful visualisations of hydroponically grown 'marine merinos', your impersonation of a llama, to your delivery, everything was first class.
  Australian Wool Industries Secretariat
• A lively, humorous, interesting session... very well received.
  CSIRO Molecular Science
• As those in attendance represented the cream of the Meetings Industry, it was not going to be easy to impress them. But impress them you did. Your hilarious opening, which saw naturalist Bruce Attenborough poke fun at our industry, before bursting into a high powered rock song complete with manic dancing, really came out of left field.
  Meetings Industry Association of Australia
• The hoax was fantastic and truly had the audience bewildered.
  DaimlerChrysler
• The variety of characters, which ranged from Austen Powers and a truckie through to a sales rep and a shareholder, added considerable value to the business presentations by highlighting key messages in a humorous but relevant fashion. The use of devil's advocate characters was a great way to enhance what could otherwise have been fairly dry presentations.
  Nortel Networks
• Powerful story telling
  Australian Institute of Management

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Speaker Topics

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