“I wanted to thank you once again for the keynote speech provided by Dennis at our annual conference this week. Dennis’s messages hit exactly the right spot with our delegates, really challenging them to improve their performance within their retail branches. His understanding of the retail environment and the optics industry in particular were of great benefit. We found his session interesting, challenging, lively and interactive. I would highly recommend him to other companies (as long as they are not competitors!)."
Andrea Calloway, Marketing Director – Scrivens

"Dennis supported us at a one-day keynote event, aimed at improving our managers' understanding and focus on selling. The event was a great success and our people went away enthused, motivated and armed with the clear knowledge of what they could do to improve their performance. Dennis doesn't only communicate the key steps to selling, he also gets behind the psychology of what good managers need to do to get the best out of their team. Dennis is a highly professional and experienced presenter and his style is humorous, sharp and involving."
Colin Williamson, Retail Operations Director – Mackays Stores

“When Dennis Reid spoke at the Drapers Fashion Summit in November 2008, the impact he made on the audience was clear. Not only was he the highest rated speaker of the whole event, but by far the most talked about and memorable. His fast paced, entertaining and thought provoking presentation clearly made an impact and the following coffee break was buzzing with delegates discussing his ideas. I would have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone looking for a speaker who can deliver real practical solutions to retail challenges.”
Katy Tuck, Senior Conference Producer – Retail / Fashion, Emap plc

“Please accept our sincere thanks for your involvement and participation in the education programme at the International Jewellery London Conference. Sharing your valuable knowledge, expertise and best practice will, without doubt, help the participants to develop and grow their businesses. We hope you will consider presenting again next year.”
Syreeta Tranfield, Event Manager – International Jewellery London (Reed Expo)

“I would like to thank you very much indeed for the recent keynote speeches that Dennis Reid made at our Petrol Express Managers Conference. Dennis was extremely inspiring and entertaining and I think showed many of us that we can improve performance dramatically both individually and as part of a team. Dennis had a major influence on our managers and I am looking forward to working with RPS to develop skills and improve sales in the months and years ahead.”
Dennis Woods, Chief Executive – Petrol Express

“From the feedback forms we received following our annual conference, without exception Dennis was rated "excellent" and that's from a highly critical audience. His dynamic presentation certainly gave the delegates a wake-up call; I very much doubt if anyone left the conference having not taken something away from the session, in fact I know some that have already started working on their action plans. If anyone is looking for a speaker who delivers, Dennis Reid is your man!”
Gillie Westwood, Chief Executive – Garden Centre Association

“Dennis presented an optometry business building workshop at our international conference in Shanghai. He was engaging and motivational and his presentation was well structured and clear enough for non-native English speaking delegates. We will definitely be looking to bring Dennis back again next year.”
Jack Chan, Regional Associate Director – Johnson & Johnson Vision Care (Asia Pacific)

“Dennis was certainly dynamic and fired-up and has obvious skills and passion for driving retail sales and results!!”

“Dennis kept us all on our toes and I’m always surprised to hear that at my age, I have missed the blindingly obvious.”

“...I especially liked Dennis Reid’s presentation. Without exception, his was the most interesting and relevant to the issues affecting modern retailing.”
Various Conference Delegates – Company of Master Jewellers

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you personally and on behalf of the HTA for your contribution in getting the 3 membership meetings off to a flying start. All the sessions went exceedingly well and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. The sessions you delivered were incredibly thought provoking and I feel sure the implications will be far reaching. I am confident that we can now move on to establish 3 very strong retail development forums with this start.”
Andy Campbell – Horticultural Trades Association

“Our primary goal for attending the RPS seminar was to look for ideas to complement our existing systems that would ultimately improve the way we manage our stores. We received some great ideas from the seminar, ideas that we are keen to integrate into the business. I expect they will enhance how the teams operate and the overall performance of our stores.”
Brian MacShane, National Operations Manager – Esprit

“New Zealander Dennis Reid speaks with the authority of a man who has worked with global brands and big name retailers, and is someone who clearly works hard at getting under the skin of whatever sector he’s asked to investigate. Probing his audience on the realities of high street optometry with a series of questions and conclusions during the seminar, he tries to discover what they want from their respective businesses.”
David Challinor – Optician Magazine

“Dennis has been engaged to speak at several of our key retail events and always receives excellent feedback through our evaluations. He scored 3.9 out of a maximum 4 for both content and delivery for his last presentation and was voted the best session of the whole conference. He has an entertaining and stimulating presentation style which is always well received by delegates. It is a pleasure working with him.”
Sarah Michael, Conference Producer – Emap Conferences

“When Dennis Reid starts to speak, the audience don't want him to stop. He fires off valuable point after valuable point that retailers can take away and apply immediately. Many of our customers have shared with me since the presentation how much they benefited from his presentation and how it has changed the way they work for the better. I was amazed at the amount of information he was able to fit into the limited time of his session and our conference was definitely enhanced by his presentation.
The only bad thing I can say about Dennis is that he is so lucid, motivational and energetic that he puts our internal presentations to shame! I would not hesitate to use Dennis again for an informative, educational but really fun speaker spot”.
Andrea O’Hagan, Events Director – Photo Me International

“The sessions run by Dennis were probably the most memorable sessions from the whole event, and the principles of his ideas have certainly helped to crystallise thoughts regarding next steps & processes required to help our own company move forward.”
Kate Jacobson, Managing Director – ABA Quality Monitoring

“Dennis Reid's presentation was very stimulating and enormous fun - although the content was serious and our members learnt a great deal from it. We received very positive comments after the keynote and I only wish it was possible to find such an outstanding speaker for all of our meetings.”
Photo Imaging Council

“Our delegates walked away with a 90 days gameplan and this has resulted in a significant increase in sales performance. We also implemented two of the ideas Dennis presented and achieved very impressive results.”
Sarah Halsall, HR Director – Harrods

“...an exceptional presentation - interactive, memorable, engaging, useful and challenging...a major step up from other business building keynote speakers.”
David Ruston, Director Professional Affairs – Johnson & Johnson Vision Care

“Dennis gave the keynote address at a mini-conference we had for photo minilab retailers in January. Everyone commented on his presentation and we immediately booked him for our major European Conference later in the year. Comments from delegates included, from the editor of one of the trade journals: “Great Conference, especially Dennis”, and from the marketing manager of one of the largest suppliers: “...I was extremely impressed with Dennis Reid.”

Dennis had done his homework and was not talking generalities but was very specific about what was happening in our industry and the lessons we could learn from other retail sectors.”
Nigel McNaught, UK Director – Photo Marketing Association International

“Feedback from our retail delegates on Dennis's session was extremely positive. He injected a lot of energy into our Forum and gave people a wake-up call. Attendees took away lots of new ideas and inspiration."
Martin Darby, Global Head of Retail – Vodafone Group

"Dennis was very flexible in adapting his content to our needs and made sure it was relevant to our industry as well as retailing in general. Delegates voted this the most relevant session of the day."
Sabine Heine, Global Retail Team – Vodafone Group

"Dennis has taken part in several of our recent events and has always been very well received by delegates. His style is very motivating and he always makes sure that he gets his message across clearly and passionately. Dennis receives excellent ratings through our evaluations and it is always a pleasure to work with him.”
Steven Smith, Executive Producer – Emap Conferences

“I would like to thank you for the workshop in London. It was very useful for our job in order to improve our results and our performance under the competitive Retail environment of Greece.”
Anastasios Fokas, IT & Organisational Director – Odysseus Fokas SA, Greece

"Dennis did a great job motivating our UK sales force to "Be the best that they could be!" The team felt energised and raring to go and win in 2007, so much so that we got market leadership back in February this year. Thanks for your help with the team."
Andrew Cleworth, Product Manager – Johnson & Johnson Vision Care

“Dennis Reid rocks!! He is an energetic and interactive presenter who ensures that his audience leave with a sense of being both educated and entertained. A valuable asset to the speaker circuit.”
John Wilson, Conference Producer – Retail Business Show (Retail Events)

“I think I speak for everyone who attended yesterday that we are really grateful for your presentation. It was the most attended meeting we have ever had and to be honest was the most enjoyable. The feedback was very encouraging and I think everyone will have benefited in some way."
Hussein Pirbhai, Director – Eye Vista Optometry Association

“The workshop presentations by Dennis Reid at each of our three regional management meetings were received with positive enthusiasm by all our people. I attended all the presentations myself and found his delivery style engaging, challenging and highly motivating.”
Ron Haacke, General Manager – Petrol Express

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