Are you Siri-ous?
Jon Briggs
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: Contact me regarding fees
- Category:
- Business
- Updated:
- 19th November 2024
- Tagged:
- Artificial Intelligence | Entrepreneur | Lifeskills
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be the voice behind one of the world’s most iconic technologies? In this engaging and insightful keynote, I take audiences on a journey through my path to becoming the original UK voice of Siri and the original voice of The Weakest Link on BBC TV. From the recording booth to the global stage, I’ll share the fascinating stories, challenges, and triumphs that shaped my career and turned my voice into a household sound.
This keynote goes beyond anecdotes, exploring:
The events that led to these opportunities. The impact of becoming “the voice” on my personal and professional life. Lessons learned about adaptability, reinvention, and seizing the unexpected.
Audiences will walk away inspired by the power of voice—both literal and metaphorical—as a tool for connection, influence, and transformation. Book me to deliver an inspiring and entertaining session that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the technology and television industries while celebrating the power of authenticity and embracing the opportunities life throws our way.
Views: 12 | Enquiries: 0About Jon Briggs
Jon Briggs has been a broadcast journalist for the BBC and ITN for 35 years. His credits include anchoring BBC Radio 5’s Breakfast News show, reporting for BBC Radio 4’s current affairs programmes, and chairing London’s top weekly political discussion programme for LBC.
Jon is a highly experienced international conference moderator, having hosted over 400 international events for many of the world’s largest companies, from Rolls Royce and Jaguar Land Rover to IBM, Pernod Ricard, Vodafone, Hewlett Packard and Ericsson. He is an experienced interviewer – having grilled everyone from Bill Clinton, Jack Welch and John Major to Buzz Aldrin, Sir Richard Branson and Dame Edna Everage.
Jon is also one of the best-known commercial voices in the UK. Recognised as the original voice of Apple’s iPhone assistant Siri in the UK and the original voice of the BBC’s Weakest Link quiz show for 12 years and 1900 episodes. He owned and ran one of the UK’s top talent agencies – Excellent Talent - representing 200 of the UK’s top artists for 25 years until 2020.
Jon has a vast amount of experience in all modes of spoken presentation, live and recorded. He has coached a large number of Fortune 500 C-Suite executives to enhance their public communications skills. He trains and speaks about the power of the human voice, and why you should and could use it better than you do. In 2019 he chaired the judges panel for the English Speaking Union’s International Public Speaking Competition. He is the reader for graduation ceremonies for UCL, The University of London, London Metropolitan University and Coventry University London. Jon also presents the world’s only annual podcast – Jon Briggs’ Christmas Ghost Stories which have now been downloaded over 100,000 times in over 110 countries.
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