Caspar Berry
MA (University of Cambridge)
LDN, UKAre the decisions that I am taking the right decisions to get me to where I want to go?
Your answer to this question will have a direct impact on the success that you are experiencing in life. Caspar Berry, a professional motivational and keynote speaker, is passionate about helping audiences to answer this question, and teaching them how to use the discovery to propel themselves to higher levels of success.
Each of Caspar's presentations are uplifting, funny, thought-provoking and stimulating. Audiences love the entertainment, and walk away with new ideas that they can use to improve their lives.
Caspar's key messages revolve around the need to embrace uncertainty and take calculated risk in order to get the edge and achieve success. These messages are timeless and can be applied to any industry, making them perfect for any training day or conference. He is a catalyst for change and his famously upbeat, energetic style is always inspirational.
Caspar Berry, 40, started his career while still a teenager as the lead in one of BBC1's flagship television programs of the 1990s. He was a prolific theatre director at Cambridge University, set his sights on becoming a professional film writer. By the time he was 23, Caspar was writing for Miramax and Columbia Tri Star. Then at 25, he took the decision that would dramatically change his life: he moved to Las Vegas and became a professional poker player!
Caspar played poker professionally for most of the next 3 years of his life in Las Vegas, during which time he made a good living pitting his wits against some of the game's best known players. It was in this period that he also learned many of the key messages that he now imparts to businesses around the world today.
In 2002, Caspar returned to the U.K., co-founding Twenty First Century Media and building it into the fastest growing audio visual media company in the North East of England before selling it in 2008 to Bob Geldof's media giant, Ten Alps.
It was while still at the helm of Twenty First Century Media that he began his career as a speaker and catalyst for new thinking within business about risk-taking and decision-making using his experience as a poker player to explain how we all make decisions in our personal and professional lives.
Highlights:
- Professional film writer for Miramax and Columbia
- Co-founded Twenty First Century Media and built it into the fastest growing audio visual media company in the North East of England
- Hosted 400 television shows on SKY television
- Strategy writer for Flush magazine
- One of the two poker advisors on the James Bond Movie, Casino Royale.
He has been a professional motivational and keynote speaker for the last 8 years during which time he has delivered over 1,500 speeches for over 300 great companies in Europe, America and Asia including Google, Western Union, FCm, IBM, HSBC, Shell, Hiscox, Ogilvy, BA, Visa, Barclays and Sony. He is so confident that his messages will be well-received that he offers a 100% money back guarantee!
Most Requested Programs:
- "Risk & Decision Making" A fast-paced, funny, and thought provoking presentation that sheds light on the decision making process
- "Luck & Uncertainty" An uplifting and stimulating journey that demonstrates the advantages of embracing uncertainty and empowering audiences in all areas of their lives.
- "Innovation" A motivating presentation to help people overcome obstacles and failure, and sure those experiences to emerge triumphant.
- "Leadership & Change" An empowering speech which provides audiences with the mindset to have the courage to step up and take charge.
- "Judgement & Intuition" A fun, insightful look at how instincts and logical analysis can be used together, in order to make better decisions in the future.
What People Have Said:
"Brilliant, intelligent messages delivered with passion and knowledge. The best talk from an outside speaker I have ever seen." - J.W., Corporate Marketing and Communication Director, Nestle
"Caspar's approach was both innovative and entertaining, and provided all of us with a lot of food for thought on how we view and approach our day to day business!!" - S.B., CEO, global transaction services division, RBS
"Caspar skilfully delivered a fast paced, humorous yet insightful presentation on people's attitude and approach to risk taking... Caspar adopts a very professional approach to what he does and was flexible and accommodating on the day in response to some changing requirements." - G.T., Chief Procurement Officer, Associated British Foods
Are the decisions that I am taking the right decisions to get me to where I want to go?
Your answer to this question will have a direct impact on the success that you are experiencing in life. Caspar Berry, a professional motivational and keynote speaker, is passionate about helping audiences to answer this question, and teaching them how to use the discovery to propel themselves to higher levels of success.
Each of Caspar's presentations are uplifting, funny, thought-provoking and stimulating. Audiences love the entertainment, and walk away with new ideas that they can use to improve their lives.
Caspar's key messages revolve around the need to embrace uncertainty and take calculated risk in order to get the edge and achieve success. These messages are timeless and can be applied to any industry, making them perfect for any training day or conference. He is a catalyst for change and his famously upbeat, energetic style is always inspirational.
Caspar Berry, 40, started his career while still a teenager as the lead in one of BBC1's flagship television programs of the 1990s. He was a prolific theatre director at Cambridge University, set his sights on becoming a professional film writer. By the time he was 23, Caspar was writing for Miramax and Columbia Tri Star. Then at 25, he took the decision that would dramatically change his life: he moved to Las Vegas and became a professional poker player!
Caspar played poker professionally for most of the next 3 years of his life in Las Vegas, during which time he made a good living pitting his wits against some of the game's best known players. It was in this period that he also learned many of the key messages that he now imparts to businesses around the world today.
In 2002, Caspar returned to the U.K., co-founding Twenty First Century Media and building it into the fastest growing audio visual media company in the North East of England before selling it in 2008 to Bob Geldof's media giant, Ten Alps.
It was while still at the helm of Twenty First Century Media that he began his career as a speaker and catalyst for new thinking within business about risk-taking and decision-making using his experience as a poker player to explain how we all make decisions in our personal and professional lives.
Highlights:
- Professional film writer for Miramax and Columbia
- Co-founded Twenty First Century Media and built it into the fastest growing audio visual media company in the North East of England
- Hosted 400 television shows on SKY television
- Strategy writer for Flush magazine
- One of the two poker advisors on the James Bond Movie, Casino Royale.
He has been a professional motivational and keynote speaker for the last 8 years during which time he has delivered over 1,500 speeches for over 300 great companies in Europe, America and Asia including Google, Western Union, FCm, IBM, HSBC, Shell, Hiscox, Ogilvy, BA, Visa, Barclays and Sony. He is so confident that his messages will be well-received that he offers a 100% money back guarantee!
Most Requested Programs:
- "Risk & Decision Making" A fast-paced, funny, and thought provoking presentation that sheds light on the decision making process
- "Luck & Uncertainty" An uplifting and stimulating journey that demonstrates the advantages of embracing uncertainty and empowering audiences in all areas of their lives.
- "Innovation" A motivating presentation to help people overcome obstacles and failure, and sure those experiences to emerge triumphant.
- "Leadership & Change" An empowering speech which provides audiences with the mindset to have the courage to step up and take charge.
- "Judgement & Intuition" A fun, insightful look at how instincts and logical analysis can be used together, in order to make better decisions in the future.
What People Have Said:
"Brilliant, intelligent messages delivered with passion and knowledge. The best talk from an outside speaker I have ever seen." - J.W., Corporate Marketing and Communication Director, Nestle
"Caspar's approach was both innovative and entertaining, and provided all of us with a lot of food for thought on how we view and approach our day to day business!!" - S.B., CEO, global transaction services division, RBS
"Caspar skilfully delivered a fast paced, humorous yet insightful presentation on people's attitude and approach to risk taking... Caspar adopts a very professional approach to what he does and was flexible and accommodating on the day in response to some changing requirements." - G.T., Chief Procurement Officer, Associated British Foods
Risk & Decision Making
Former professional poker player Caspar Berry uses his expertise to shed light on the decision making process, applying to business as well as all aspects of life. This fast-paced, funny and thought-provoking speech has been performed over 800 times to audiences all over the world. Caspar uses poker as the basis of an analysis of risk-taking and decision making, coaxing you out of your comfort zone in order to demonstrate how maximising our return on investment, we can do more with fewer...
Luck & Uncertainty
Caspar Berry guides the audience on a stimulating and uplifting journey, using examples ranging from the financial crisis to the Holocaust via sporting stars, to demonstrate the advantages of embracing uncertainty and the fundamentally uncertain nature of life. In this emotionally engaging and rousing speech, Caspar draws on his experiences as a former professional poker player to show how we can empower ourselves in life and increase our success in business by accepting that there...
Innovation
Caspar Berry uses his unique viewpoint as a former poker professional to illuminate the creative process, showing how celebrated, successful trendsetters from history overcame opposition and failure to emerge triumphant. Using Caspar's poker experience as a base, this exciting and challenging speech shows how embracing calculated risk can enable and encourage creative success. By motivating and enabling the audience to see the potential through the reality, this funny presentation allows...
Leadership & Change
Using fascinating historical examples to illustrate his principles, former professional poker player Caspar Berry asks how great leaders think & overcome opposition to rise to the top. Leadership requires the courage to make decisions, the process of which lasts only a few seconds, but the impact of which can be enormous. Drawing on management theory as well as psychology and even Darwinian evolution, this speech empowers audiences from any background to step up and take charge. Works...
Judgement & Intuition
Caspar Berry takes you on a fast-paced, humorous romp through the worlds of poker faces and gut feelings, drawing on his experiences as a professional poker player to analyse how we make split-second decisions. Our subconscious allows us to make snap judgements, without conscious thought, that can result in powerful hunches, and even save our lives. However it also biases us towards decisions which are not, ultimately, in our best interests. You will learn how to temper your instincts with...
