STORY | PITCHING | STRATEGY | AUDIENCEHandling STORYI help writers, directors and producers address what their story is really about and how to tell it. I bring clarity improve the chances of their stories being financed and produced.Handling THE PITCHI identify the essence of a concept so that people can pitch anywhere from a large auditorium, a client’s office to a noisy pub. I help pinpoint the key elements that make or break a presentation with a focus on logic and story, that transforms the people in the room to get a concept financed.Handling STRATEGYI help project teams clarify, coordinate and capture a shared understanding of a concept by using a fast and proven mapping technique. I get everybody onto that same page, unbelievably fast and reveal the way their organisations create, deliver and capture value. Pressing issues are exposed so that any generated concept can be tested and validated.Handling AUDIENCESBy seeing your event as one whole system, rather than simply a series of talks, I generate more value for a conference audience, for the speakers and the host.Twelve years in BBC television production and four years in theatre has equipped me with a sharp, highly analytical editorial and pragmatic approach to engage and hold an audience’s attention. My British sense of humor allows me dig hard whilst seeming polite.For the full story https://www.handlingideas.com/

Changing the way organisations deal with projects, strategy & policy. Work with teams within corporate, public & cultural sectors to map out the challenges and opportunities that make up the worlds in which they operate. I extract insights, explore, test and validate business models, value chains, pipelines, organisational set-ups, customer experiences and stakeholder relationships. Fast.I partner with Erica Taylor who distils these takeaways into something immediately actionable. Erica's super power is to look at the revealed insights, to anticipate any friction and formulate it in such a way that makes it meaningful for implementation.By combining our skills we offer extra value to the client. I reveal the inner workings of a world. Erica takes this new understanding to create a meaningful document with the client, one that makes sense to those that will need to act.

E-concept development is a professional bachelor education that qualifies students to develop concepts within digital platforms on a strategic and practical level.Paul was responsible for designing and starting the course along with three other colleagues, all from industry. He was instrumental in creating the underlying framework that underpinned the way in which the students worked.The course is run with practitioners coming directly from advertising, broadcasting, interactive design and web agency work bridging the gap between academia and business. A client facing approach produces results - http://www.youtube.com/user/eConceptDevelopment

Gameware Media's goal is to conceive of and produce successful and innovative entertainment formats for a variety of audiences that can scale well across broadcast [Television], gaming and mobile platforms, and gain significant value through cross-media integration.

Producer & Director: BAMZOOKi, the innovative, cross-media entertainment game-show, where contestants creating virtual organisms on their home computers race them in a studio based, virtual environment. Originated idea & went on to produce three series including studio directing, branding, design, logistical & technical production and staffing across and between television, web and the offline tool-kit.Other positions held: Multi-camera studio director, Assistant Producer, Assistant Online Producer, Researcher, Assistant Floor Manager, Floor Assistant. Programme credits: BAMZOOKi, Blue Peter, Generation game, Top of the Pops, Shooting Stars, Noel's House Party, The Steve Wright Show, The Danny Baker Show, Live & Kicking, That's Life, CBBC Prom in the Park, Jackanory, Record Breakers, ChuckleVision, Xchange, Pets Win Prizes, Ant and Dec, The Dog & Dinosaur Show, The Phoenix and the Carpet, Boot Street Band and Sub Zero.

Running all aspects of stage production: tour booking & scheduling, set building, design and operation of lighting & sound for company specialising in contemporary theatre of high quality, including storytelling andinteractive ‘Theatre in Education’.

Running all aspects of stage production [as above] for a mid-scale touring company presenting a mixture of classical work and new plays/adaptations.