Below are Sam’s most requested assets.

Please get in touch if you need more: [email protected]

On the Day:

  • Sam would always prefer to tech check on stage, and is happy to arrive early to do so.

  • Sam works in Google Slides and can send a live link a week before the event.

  • Sam prefers a comfort screen set to ‘next slide’ and a headset (not handheld) microphone.

  • Sam is always happy to help you capture additional content for internal use.

  • Natalie will help amplify the event on Sam’s socials if requested.

  • Sam will provide WhatsApp for communication on the day of the event.

The most speaker-ready speaker we’ve worked with.

–Ed Gillespie, MC, Future Forum

Headshots

Below is a selection of low res images, right-click to download.


Or, High-res copies are here.

Sam Conniff, Author, Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur and Public Speaker.
Sam Conniff, Author, Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur and Public Speaker.
Sam Conniff, Author, Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur and Public Speaker.
Sam Conniff, Author of Be More Pirate and Public Speaker.
Sam Conniff, Author of Be More Pirate and Public Speaker.
Sam Conniff, Author of Be More Pirate and Public Speaker.
Sam Conniff, Founder of Livity and Don't Panic, Public Speaker and Author.
Sam Conniff, Author, Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur and Public Speaker.

Sam’s Speaker CV as a PDF

AV requirements

Sam Brings

  • A MacBook Pro

  • Wireless presentation clicker and backup

  • A Google Slides presentation (backed up online)

  • A presentation designed to work on 16x9 display screens

Sam Needs

  • HDMI cable

  • A wireless, lapel microphone

  • Main power socket to power his laptop

  • A projector (DVI, HDMI or VGA Connector)

  • A speaker system that receives audio output from the laptop (or HDMI)

  • Optional (but preferred): External comfort monitor, set to the slide ahead

If you have an AV team on site, Sam is happy to have a pre-call if required and send slides a week in advance and do a run-though online.

intro script

It’s my pleasure to announce the next speaker.

Sam Conniff is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author, published social scientist and a real-life pirate.. He is the creator of Uncertainty Experts—the world’s most extensive behavioural study into how we respond to uncertainty—and the best-selling author of Be More Pirate. This book became a global movement for causing good trouble.

He is also the co-founder of Don’t Panic, the Bafta-winning creative studio, and Livity, the Queen's Award-winning social enterprise. Sam won EY’s entrepreneur of the year award twice. In 2022, Sam turned down an MBE in an open letter to the Queen, saying he’d reconsider if she updated the title British Medal for Empire to British Medal for Excellence. He’s still waiting for a reply.

Sam’s mission is to help people thrive in uncertainty, lead with integrity, and take meaningful risks. His talks combine science and storytelling to equip audiences with the mindset and tools necessary to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and lead others with confidence—even when the road ahead is unclear.

Please welcome to the stage… Sam Conniff.