Speaker fees:
Topics:
Mark Saxby is a dynamic and engaging speaker who delivers thought-provoking, humorous, and highly practical talks that encourage audiences to rethink their relationship with social media.
Whether he’s addressing business leaders, school pupils or conference delegates, Mark blends real-world experience, expert insight, and unforgettable storytelling to make a lasting impact.
A social media pioneer, Mark is a multi-award-winning former BBC and ITV journalist. He founded Status Social – one of the world’s first specialist social media consultancies – and went on to launch Positive Social, a ground-breaking national charity that helps children navigate the digital world. Mark firmly believes that social media should enhance our lives, not take over them.
Widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading social media experts, Mark and his team have helped generate over £20 million in sales through social media since 2011. His work has earned numerous accolades and continues to influence how organisations approach digital engagement.
In 2020, Mark and his wife Kerry established Positive Social, which delivers interactive sessions in schools across the UK. The programme empowers young people to make better decisions about how they use social media – with over 10,000 children having already taken part.
Knowing that it’s not just young people who feel overwhelmed by the digital world, Mark created his powerful and relatable Be More Colin talks. These sessions help adults and teams build a healthier relationship with their devices, improving mental wellbeing, boosting job satisfaction, and increasing productivity.
A natural storyteller and self-confessed adventurer, Mark’s talks are packed with memorable moments – from his days as a daring journalist and celebrity encounters, to the time he helped Azerbaijan win Eurovision (while disguised as a Moldovan), and even his playful campaign to rid the world of quiche.
He also created the world’s first professionally-run Social Media Weddings service – featured in the international media – and once turned down an offer to manage the social media of the world’s most famous footballer.
Regularly featured on the BBC, ITV and in national press, Mark has worked with some of the world’s best-known brands and built a loyal following of his own. He brings humour, honesty and insight to every stage he steps on.
Employees lose an average of two hours every workday to personal phone use. This not only impacts productivity but also affects mental health, job satisfaction, and staff retention.
In this insightful and inspirational keynote, Mark shares powerful strategies to help you and your team break free from digital distractions, offering compelling reasons to rethink your relationship with your phone.
Mark will encourage delegates to Be More Colin, inspired by a former BBC colleague whose job satisfaction soared after tackling his digital distractions.
Delegates will be encouraged to follow his example and make meaningful commitments to their future. Audiences have described Be More Colin as “transformational.”
You’ll leave with an understanding of:
This keynote will leave you feeling more positive about life and work – enhancing every relationship, both inside and outside your organisation.
Social media’s impact on young people is profound — and often troubling. Drawing from his work with his groundbreaking national charity Positive Social, Mark’s keynote includes inspirational and practical guidance for parents, educators, and students on navigating social media platforms – and life – safely and positively.
Drawing from current science and research into the impact of social media, Mark provides compulsive evidence about why society needs to take back control of our lives from social media networks making millions from us.
Mark has spent hours talking with children about social media, so understands where they are coming from. He shares this wisdom with teachers and parents – helping them to make positive changes.
Mark speaks about:
This keynote will leave you empowered when it comes to social media and children, giving you the information and tools to change the hearts and minds of young people.
Social media may have been around for more than two decades, yet many brands still struggle to master customer engagement.
In this inspiring keynote, Mark will transform the way you see your customers—showing you how truly understanding them can help you win over even the most disgruntled.
In fact, with the right approach, your social media engagement will be so effective that your biggest complainers could become your best salespeople!
Drawing from his experience working with international, national, and local organisations, Mark will share real-world stories to inspire you to elevate your social media customer engagement.
You’ll learn:
This keynote will help transform your customer service, creating more time, less complaints and more sales.
AI and social media – a partnership made in heaven?
Only if used in the right way…
In this insightful keynote, Mark will show you how AI can be used to help you get genuine results on social media.
He’ll show you the shortcuts and the pitfalls that are relevant to your organisation.
Mark will talk about the most up-to-date AI tools available which will make your social media content creation easier – and more effective – than ever before.
You’ll learn:
· Where organisations are going wrong with AI in social media – and what we can learn from their mistakes.
This keynote will inspire you to use AI in social media in a powerful way. You’ll wonder how you ever survived without it!
As someone who thought he was in charge of his relationship with his phone, Mark’s ‘Be More Colin’ talk made me think again. Despite having the ‘graveyard shift’ before we went to the bar, Mark’s talk was thought provoking and full of energy. I’d thoroughly recommend Mark as a speaker who can grasp the audience and take them with him. My phone now loves the other side of the door to my office!
I have seen Mark present on two occasions now and each time he has delivered an engaging, exciting and memorable session on how to use various social media channels effectively. Mark gives a great amount of credibility to his presentations by including a range of case studies and success stories that show how much of an impact social media can have for businesses of all sizes. He speaks with confidence, clarity and enthusiasm. Importantly Mark makes his sessions relevant to all, whether you are a complete novice or a professional who uses social media on a frequent basis.
Inspirational Speakers has been providing high profile keynote speakers and entertainers for over 25 years.
Address:
Stratford-Upon-Avon, CV37 1RD
Phone:
020 7993 2724
Sporting Champions introduces world class Inspired Athletes for the Schools and the education sector.
