Years working with TEDxPortsmouth: I joined in 2025.

What do you do when not working on TEDx? I’m usually writing something, either for a client or for my own purposes. Or else I’m out on my bike — thinking about what I’m going to write next.

Favorite TED talk ever: Sir Ken Robinson on whether schools kill creativity. That talk, from almost 20 years ago, serves as a TED template for how to deliver an important message with seemingly effortless humor.

Favorite Part of TEDxPortsmouth: Seeing a small town produce so many big ideas.

If you could see any historical figure, living or dead, give a TED talk, who would it be and what would they talk about? No one, to be honest. Historical figures typically get plenty of opportunities to share their ideas. What’s great about TED is that it’s like American Idol for undiscovered thinkers.