Douglas Kruger is the only speaker in Africa to have won the Southern African Championships for Public Speaking a record five times. He is also Africa’s only 2nd place World Champion! Competing in Reno, Nevada in 2004, he achieved the highest ranking Africa has ever attained at this prestigious contest. Douglas will bring world-class platform skills to your conference, because not only is he a master at connecting with audiences, but his content is of an international standard.
He is the author of ‘50 Ways to Become a Better Speaker,’ published in South Africa and Nigeria, and co-author of the upcoming ‘50 Ways to Become a Better Leader.’
In Africa, he has spoken and trained for organizations like: Vodacom, ABSA, Old Mutual, Wesbank, Caltex, Nedcor, FNB, Revlon, Alexander Forbes, Advantage Asset Managers, Standard Bank, the JCCI, Clarins, Spar and many more. He has also presented as far afield as Hong Kong and the USA.
Douglas has been a talk-show host on SAfm and Talk Radio 702, and writes regular thought-leadership columns for Entrepreneur and Sales Guru magazines. Doug’s style is easy and entertaining. He is quick-witted, humorous and always at the forefront of industry knowledge. He is also experienced at working with conference conveners and knows how to assist you in meeting your goals.
Expect an engaging and content-rich presentation from a presenter who knows how to make it come alive. And has the credentials to prove it!
What our clients say ...
"Douglas is phenomenal. He has great expertise, is very result oriented, and also knows what it takes for organizations and people to change. His experience in speaking publicly and his Hamster’s approach is so interesting. Douglas understanding of processes, in particular - how to make things happen as productively as possible and what needs to be delivered at each stage - has been very valuable to us at the congress." Alves Duarte, Managing Director, Business Consulting Mozambique
"Professional yet thoroughly entertaining. He kept the group spellbound from start to finish and I was personally very disappointed when he was done and it was time for him to leave as I had barely felt the time fly by and could have spent the rest of the afternoon listening to him!!"
Tertia Reid, Training Administrator, Spar Group
“A true inspirational leader – giving hope and encouraging the birth of real hero.” Elmien van Amerom, Project Leader, Central University of Technology
“Douglas has got all the qualities of a superb speaker: Credibility, integrity, and obviously a very good presentation.” Clem Sunter, Chairman, Anglo American Chairman’s Fund
“A young man who can inspire young and old. He exudes confidence and delights the audience. He would spur anyone on to change their approach to life.” Vivien Hall, Back To Basics Marketing Communication
“Vibrant, original, wise thoughts of practical value. The audience hung on every word. I look forward to hearing this exciting and challenging speaker again.” Colin Thomson, Deputy Head, Trinity House High
“A real inspirational speaker who connected immediately with our audience of over 500 delegates. We have invited Douglas to come back.” Mr Wayne Sandberg, FNB Home Loans
“I thought Doug was a fantastic speaker. He held the audience riveted. Not only was his presentation highly entertaining, but the business message was sound. I would highly recommend him to any business interested in teaching their staff to use initiative.” Deon Nel, Provincial Head, Standard Bank Financial Services
“I must say that the teams had a lot of great comments about the hamsters! I thought it was very worthwhile content – and of course the delivery was slick as always!” Debbie Wolfendale, MD, Clarins
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