The text and images below have been provided to help you plan and organise your event. If you want customised assets, like a promo video, just ask. If you have any additional requests, Darren aims to be as easy to work with before, during, and after our time together.
🏅Speaker Bio
This is a short description that you can use to market Darren for your event:
Darren Harris is a Paralympian, psychologist and speaker known for his inspiring and insightful keynotes at conferences and events.
With 23 years experience competing in high performance sport, he specialises in giving leaders and teams the psychological tools to better prepare for and respond to adversity. In his talks, Darren shares how participants in his programmes have doubled their rate of goal achievement through applying the 3 Rs of Resilience, offering practical insights attendees can implement in their own lives.
Described as “easy to work with” by event planners, and “inspiring” by Audience members, he is Fellow of the Professional Speaking Association and multi-award-winning speaker, trusted by companies like Allianz, Amnesty International, Bank of England, Gallacher, HSBC, MOD, and NHS to name a few.
On the sports field, he has been inducted into the football Hall of Fame, become the most capped and most decorated England blind footballer, and competed at two Paralympics in two different sports.
Beyond the stage, Darren sits on various boards and committees, plays the piano and guitar, and recently signed up for his first Hyrox
🎤Speaker Intro
This is a short introduction that the MC will use to welcome Darren Harris to the stage.
*Note: Play walk-out video then read the following.*
Our next speaker will Unblind Your Mind!
In his talk, The Adversity Advantage, he will give you the psychological tools to prepare for, and respond to adversity.
He is a dual Paralympian, England’s most capped blind footballer, honorary doctor, and best-selling author accolades he
has earned not despite, but because of his blindness.
Please help me, welcome to the stage, Darren Harris.
📽Speaker AV Request
This section is to enhance the audio-visual experience.
Darren will run his presentation from PowerPoint. You can transfer it to your PC using a USB, WeTransfer, or email provided there is wi-fi access to YouTube during the presentation. He may advance the slides using a clicker, or ask the MC to do so using the prompt “next slide please”. The slides contain audio and video. He prefers a lapel or headset microphones, but it is not required.
📸Speaker Images
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