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Nigel M Thompson SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Regions:
- Bristol, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Hereford
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Probus
- Fee:
- Paid: £40 plus 0.15p per mile. Maximum 40 mile radius from GL19
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 4th October 2023
- Tagged:
- Aviation History
The talk is biographical and well illustarted and features such aviation luminaries as Anthony Fokker, Sir Frederick Handley-Page, Chuck Yeager (First man to break the sound barrier) etc.
Views: 403 | Enquiries: 2About Nigel M Thompson
I have been giving talks to Probus clubs, U3A etc, for more than 6 years. I have been awarded a Speaker Rosette by the Probus Speaker Register of Gloucs. which means that at least three clubs have spoken positively about my presentations.
I spent the majority of my working life in Sales and Marketing and was a director of a £30mn engineering company in Cheltenham, close to my current residence. I spent much of the last few years until I retired presenting to large groups of Architects and Consulting Engineers, worldwide. (Fosters, Ove Arup etc). I taught myself how to create presentations in Powerpoint during this period.
Since I retired in 2010, I have created 16, 60 minute powerpoint presentations. I am enjoying expanding my audience through Speakernet.
I always try to mix humour into my talks, wherever relevant
I charge £ 45 for a talk plus £0.15 per mile for expenses, and am willing to travel up to 40 miles from GL19 . All of my fees, less expenses go to various charities
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Nigel M Thompson
- The Duke of Wellington: A Great Briton
- The Industrial Revolution Part One
- Two Great Engineers: Marc Brunel and Gustav Eiffel
- The Industrial Revolution Part Two
- WW1 Aces: The War in the Air 1914 to 1918
- Memories of a WW2 Lancaster Bomber Flight Engineer
- Great America Presidents ~ The Life and Times of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- An Iberian Idyll, a Journey of Discovery
- A Brief History of popular Music Part One ~ Tracing the Origins of American popular Music 1900-1975
- A Brief History of Popular Music, Part Two ~ "The Renaissance of Swing"
- A brief History of Popular Music Part 3. "It don't mean a thing if it Ain't got that swing"
- Great American Presidents ~ The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt
- Japanese Expansionism ~ 1910 through 1945
- Gloucestershire Blue Plaque Holders
- Great American Presidents ~ The Life and Times of Dwight D Eisenhower
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