Guy Clapperton

Guy Clapperton is a freelance journalist and speaker, offering top business advice through media training and interview practice, writing and editing publications and facilitating events.

Guy Clapperton has been a technology and business journalist since January 1989, starting on the trade press and making his way into the nationals in 1993.

You may have seen his work in the Guardian, Times, Sunday Telegraph, Observer, Independent and most recently the New Statesman (particularly as launch editor of New Statesman Tech).

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More About Guy Clapperton

As a speaker, Guy Clapperton runs media training sessions in which clients hear from Guy as a journalist rather than an ex-practitioner. Additionally, he often facilitates conferences and is an experienced keynote speaker on near-future developments.

Guy Clapperton Training and Coaching.

If you need more confidence and purpose when talking to the media or writing for the press, then this section is for you:

If you work in PR and would like a journalist to help coach and rehearse interview training, then Guy is full of useful tips to help reach your potential.
Guy also works closely alongside professional cameramen who are also able to attend these training sessions to offer additional support and training from behind the camera.
If you need key coaching in writing for your business, whether this be newsletters, blogs, placed articles, etc., then Guy has the tools to sharpen up your print skills too!

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Guy Clapperton – Keynote Speaker.

Guy’s current keynote is on the near future – a lot of (excellent) speakers will tell you about their forecasts for the next 20-25 years, but Guy is more interested in helping businesses prepare for the next five or so. Automation, artificial intelligence and flatter company hierarchies are all going to have an impact, and they’re not in the distant future; they are immediate.

Guy is also a Fellow of the Professional Speaking Association UK and Ireland.

Guy Clapperton Writing

He hosted at the London Olympia conference centre for the launch of his book, “The Smarter Working Manifesto“, with his co-author Philip Vanhoutte. This also led to speaking engagements in Berlin and Lisbon. He has delivered keynote talks at numerous events spanning 12 countries: Malaysia, London, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, and Sweden, just to name a few.

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Guy Clapperton, Conference and events facilitator.

Guy has been a panel moderator for conferences in London, Cape Town and Amsterdam.
A speech/panel expert on media issues, hosted in London and Türkiye
He has acted as a juror/chair on several award schemes, including BAFTA, Nectar Business Awards, Guardian Small Business Awards 2014, Central and Eastern European Shared Services and Outsourcing Awards 2015.

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Testimonials

A lot of firms seem to underestimate the value of proper digital event facilitation, and Guy is the best I have found. Fun, engaging and having clearly done his research.

COO, The Knowledge Group

I would recommend Guy wholeheartedly to any organisation seeking first-rate moderation from a truly world-class speaker.

CEO, Ryan Associates

Guy is a consummate professional and ensures he understands our objectives, researches the guests and makes everything run smoothly.

Director of Marketing, Teleperformance UK & South Africa

Guy’s ability to make the audience feel included whilst ensuring the smooth running of our events makes him the obvious choice for all of our events globally.

CEO, Intelligent Sourcing

Our event [the Made In Britain Awards 2024] needed someone to talk to the future and guide our attendees on how to scan the horizon and Guy fitted the job perfectly. Working with him in advance of the event was incredibly reassuring with Guy working with us to ensure that he fitted the brief of the event.

Simon Boyd, director of membership programmes, Made In Britain

Not only was Guy well received by the audience at our customer conference, but he was also easy to work with in the lead-up to the event, very personable and spent time interacting with our delegates. His professional, entertaining and well-tailored presentation, especially for our audience, helped in the overall success of the day. I would be happy to recommend Guy for future events.

Andrew Tavener, Head of Marketing, Descartes UK

Guy has integrity and intelligence when it comes to hosting an event and a genuine desire to do everything he can to make it a success. He adopts a holistic approach and is more than happy to indulge the scrupulous points of detail any decent event organiser will have in their armoury. His relaxed style is underpinned by methodical research and attention to detail. He is a pleasure to work with.

– Tracy Bosanko, Bosanko Marketing Communications – Project Director SSF UK, Director of Marketing, Chartered Wealth Management and Board Member of Hospitality Action, 2015.

I have worked with Guy as a moderator on two occasions, once for Bafta and once for the BBC. On both occasions, he brought the technology and its implications to life for a non-technical audience, emphasising not only the opportunities but the managerial challenges they would have to face. Guy has a rare talent in that he is authoritative as well as engaging as a moderator. He has a robust journalistic approach to his subject matter and marries this with a very personable on-stage manner.

– Lesley Jones, events producer, College of Production, BBC Academy