Jack Milner enjoys simultaneous careers as a director, producer, writer and business facilitator. He has over 20 years experience helping organisations and individuals articulate and memorably communicate their ideas, working with the likes of Google, Virgin Media and Commerzbank and as varied as Microsoft, London Business School, the Department for International Development, the NHS, Cisco and MacMillan.
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He is a pitch coach to Adam & Eve DDB and McCann, two of the largest advertising agencies in the UK. His approach to communication coaching is very different. “Skills learnt from the world of stand up comedy and theatre mean fresh, natural and compelling communication…” says Jack. “…helping audiences understand complex stories.”
Read MoreAs director for the West End, film, and radio, Jack knows how to take often dry, technical information and render it clear and memorable, no matter who the audience. His experience of working with top comedians, theatre and Soap stars means he is also unlikely to be phased by stressed-out executives!
He has participated in over one hundred productions, both on stage and behind the scenes, with notable success in all fields, for The National Theatre, Channel 4 and ITV, amongst others. A production of his comedy, the Mummy toured in 2014 in several countries.
Jack is also the Co-Founder of We Do Things Differently (WDTD), a cultural change practice, staffed by people who are aren’t just successful entrepreneurs and business people, they’re also independently successful artists, performers and writers. WDTD have a deep understanding of what will engage people on an emotional level to embrace new challenges as well as what it takes to continually re-enforce a culture of creativity. The company is based in London but works internationally with clients as diverse as UK Sport, RSA, Molson Coors, Standard Chartered Bank, Abbvie, Citigroup, Pru Health, Lloyds, Pfizer, Starcom Mediavest, AIG and the BBC.
In another life, Jack Milner ran comedy workshops for The National Theatre, Channel 4 and ITV amongst many others. He has run over 1,200 comedy and stand up workshops and seen an assortment of over 15,000 comedians, wannabe comedians and even don’t wannabe comedians. In Malcolm Gladwell terms, he has done his 10,000 hours.
View Jack Milner’s blog: How to Speak so People want to Listen
View Jack Milner’s presentation skills masterclass.
Read Less“Team MFL are proactive, attentive, inspirational, super professional, challenging (in a good way), supportive, there-for-you, FUN!" Jack
