Speaker
“Paris Norriss is a true adventurer and entrepreneur. He came to speak with our Soldiers in Hawaii to tell them stories on his adventures including his most recent, rowing across the Pacific Ocean to Kauai. His story showed our team what the world has to offer, to be resilient and how important teamwork can be especially in times of hardship." - Commander Tom Plumb, US Army at Fort Shafter, Pearl Harbor
Paris Norriss - Keynote Speaker Showreel
Topics Paris is pationate about...
Team work
(Through the lessons of
rowing across the Pacific Ocean)
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Visual storytelling
from an adventure TV show host
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Overcoming fears
and mastering new life skills
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Ocean conservation
What does true protection look like, the solutions and the struggles
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Mental Resilience
International Talk
US Military, Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
Following the success of his challenge to row across the Pacific Ocean, Paris gave a talk to the US Military at the historic Pearl Harbour base to an audience of intelligence and public affairs personnel, where he told his gripping story of 39 days at sea unassisted.
The lessons and realizations about teamwork, mental resilience and gratitude gained from this isolated experience draws on principles that can be used in all high pressure operations.
Audience Size: 100+
Past Talks
Expo2020
Destination marketing
using broadcast media
Sharing adventure stories from his travel series - “Guy In the Sky” for Amazon Prime, alongside Netflix actress Kubbra Sait.
Expo 2020 brought together an audience of government delegates, largely of tourism boards, from around the world to listen to the talk explaining the destination marketing power that TV shows have had to promote destinations for tourism, using“Guy in the Sky” and “Game of Thrones” as examples in Ireland.
Audience Size: 500+
Capital Club Dubai
Leadership lessons from
a life of adventure
Paris gave a keynote to the business members of the Capital ClubDubai on his pathway into becoming an adventure TV host and stories of some of his most gripping adventures.
The talk highlighted leadership lessons from orchestrating his shows, teamwork of managing high risk productions and insight into the broadcast industry.
Audience Size: 50+
Irish Business Group
Destination marketing for the travel industry
Telling the story of his adventure documentary in Ireland, highlighting the investment potential in the tourism sector to businesses and investors in Dubai.
The focus of this talk was on destination marketing and the use of media for tourism.
Audience Size: 400+