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- Alex Merry
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Alex Merry
Alex Merry is a public speaking coach who has spent the last decade helping thought leaders unlock the true potential of their ideas. Despite being a reluctant speaker himself; he has seen first-hand the power of a presentation done right... As a start-up COO, he used public speaking to build a 250+ person team. He went on to set-up TEDxClapham and the talks he's worked on have been seen over 15 million times, raised over £250m and even helped to change government legislation. The speakers who delivered them have become the go-to people for their subjects. It's why he's been brought in to deliver talks at organisations like Adobe, Bloomberg, WeTransfer, Mastercard and Amazon. And why his book, Make It Count is being used inside organisations like Apple and Microsoft. Alex has since founded MicDrop. An online community that helps tommorrow's thought leaders take their speaking skills from good to great, land life-changing speaking engagements and get paid to speak.
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