David Edwards - public speaker

David Edwards is an entertaining and informative professional public speaker giving talks and slide shows around the UK. He is a popular guest speaker for lecture societies, companies, travel fairs, adventure shows, arts festivals, and schools based on his travels and expeditions around the world, and illustrated with high quality images. As a public speaker he has given over 400 travel talks and environmental talks.

David has been a public speaker for clients such as the Royal Geographical Society, ICI, lecture societies, travel clubs, luncheon clubs, City of London banks, The Geographical Association, The Alpine Club, The National Trust for Scotland, Radio 5 Live, over 50 universities, the Royal Dublin Society and state and private schools.

David's talks are informed by a wide range of experience. These experiences are underpinned by an enthusiastic and informed mind, keen to extract maximum insight from such experiences, which makes his talks even more satisfying. The testimonials page shows what an accomplished, popular and appreciated guest speaker he is. David uses personal anecdotes and humour to deliver insights that entertain, surprise and inform the audience. All the slide shows revolve around stories, and David has a fund of these.

Click on the images at the top of the page to see more about specific slide talks, including his environmental talks based on his university work, and use the green menu bar to explore the whole website.

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David will be on the International Ocean Drilling Program ship Joides Resolution in September 2010, sailing from British Columbia. This international research project will be conducting plate tectonic research on the Pacific ocean floor.