DM
DM
As a World Class MC, comedian, actor, businessman, writer, director and entertainment producer with over 25 years of full-time professional experience, Donald has given live performances in front of over one million people at corporate events, conferences, gala dinners, awards nights, roadshows, meetings and workshops.
He can guarantee results with impact, using audience tested engagement mechanisms and material. From the vast and varied work Donald has performed, created and produced, he has honed his skills into an effective corporate communication tool. This enables him to design, captivate and engage an audience making him the Audience Expert.
Testimonial 4
"Donald hosted our Australian National Franchise Conference in Fiji. The conference was a tremendous success and received great accolades from all attendees. From the moment we engaged Donald, he sought to understand our business and the objectives of our conference. After reviewing our needs, Donald was proactive in making various suggestions on how we could make a conference more engaging. Key to this was changing parts of the conference format and coaching our presenters.
Donald's recommendations worked. Delegates found the conference more interactive and engaging; our presenting staff also discovered a renewed vigour in their presentation styles by adopting a lot of Donald's suggestions.
We believe that Donald was a key contributor to the success of our conference"
Managing Director - Bridgestone Australia
Testimonial 4
"Donald hosted our Australian National Franchise Conference in Fiji. The conference was a tremendous success and received great accolades from all attendees. From the moment we engaged Donald, he sought to understand our business and the objectives of our conference. After reviewing our needs, Donald was proactive in making various suggestions on how we could make a conference more engaging. Key to this was changing parts of the conference format and coaching our presenters.
Donald's recommendations worked. Delegates found the conference more interactive and engaging; our presenting staff also discovered a renewed vigour in their presentation styles by adopting a lot of Donald's suggestions.
We believe that Donald was a key contributor to the success of our conference"
Managing Director - Bridgestone Australia
Donald is unique in his career experience and the subsequent skill set he has developed. He started his career studying Performing Arts at QUT then worked professionally as an Actor and Entertainer going onto write and produce over 15 two-hour live professional comedy/musical shows, countless sketch routines, a multitude of corporate videos, plus numerous road shows, sales and marketing presentations. He worked as a Standup Comedian for over 12 years doing a minimum of four shows a week. As a businessman he owned and operated NSW's most popular Comedy cabaret venues for 10 years employing over 100 staff across three venues.
Donald’s creativity is tailor-made to each event as every event is different; he is the sort of person who focuses with laser beam intensity on delivering the appropriate creative and content to exceed the expectations of the client, the event organiser, the budget and the audience.
As the Audience Expert the following companies have utilised Donald’s varying talents to increase their audiences captivation and engagement: CALTEX, NOVARTIS, UNILEVER, TELSTRA, MACQUARIE BANK, QANTAS, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, LG, NATIONAL FOODS, COCA-COLA AMATIL, ST GEORGE BANK, SCHWEPPES, WRIGLEY, ANZ BANK, KARCHER, ING DIRECT, PFIZER, PROCTER & GAMBLE, CADBURY, WESTPAC BANK, GLAXO SMITH KLINE, NEW HOLLAND, COMMONWEALTH BANK, BIG W, EPSON, YAMAHA, AMP CAPITAL, NOVO NORDISK, REPCO, PHOTON GROUP, STRYKER, JETSET TRAVEL GROUP and many others.
DM AT A GLANCE
Largest audience: 2000. It was either Stryker International Medical Conference in Singapore or Flight Centres International Global Gathering in Las Vegas - Donald's not sure which was the larger as they’d never stand still long enough for him to count them!
Smallest Audience: 4 The Le Meridian Hotel Chain Travel Agent Roadshow 6 cities, 24 shows. One agency only had a board room that could seat 4 people!
Countries in which DM has performed as MC: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, UAE, South Africa and Australia.
Number of times Donald has presented or performed on stage professionally: 7230 and more!!! Donald started counting back from 2017 and after reaching 7230 and spending 5 hours of his life he'll never get back, he decided to stop counting.
Testimonial 5
"What a difference you made to our EQ National Conference Donald! Thanks for your energy and focus. This was our 5th annual event and the first to utilise your skills and enthusiasm to tie all parts of the agenda together. In hindsight, our previous events have felt somewhat disjointed and amateur; your ability to read the audience, to engage and energise was genius."
Executive Chairman EyeQ Optometrists
Testimonial 5
"What a difference you made to our EQ National Conference Donald! Thanks for your energy and focus. This was our 5th annual event and the first to utilise your skills and enthusiasm to tie all parts of the agenda together. In hindsight, our previous events have felt somewhat disjointed and amateur; your ability to read the audience, to engage and energise was genius."
Executive Chairman EyeQ Optometrists