Presenters

Meet New Venture Training's Masterclass and Workshop presenters:

Peter Bartram

Presenter for: Perfect Press Release Master Class, Perfect Pitch Masterclass, Perfect Public Relations Masterclass, Writing for Publication Masterclass, Perfect Interview Masterclass, Business Book Workshop.

Writer and journalist Peter Bartram has authored 20 books and an estimated 4,000 feature articles for newspapers and magazines. Peter has written for most areas of the press including national and local newspapers as well as dozens of different magazines. He has edited newspapers and magazines in areas such as business, IT, lifestyle and movies.

Peter is an acknowledged specialist in the craft of good writing. His books on writing skills have been praised in many independent publications.

In commending his book, Perfect Business Writing, the Daily Telegraph said: "Mr Bartram's advice is sensible and practical... his guidance away from the self-important to the straightforward should be read by everyone who writes anything."

Business Voice, the CBI's magazine, said Peter's book How to Write Well at Work "offers the right sort of advice to enable anyone to produce better reports and presentations, even write more effective e-mails". Executive PA magazine said of the same book: "If writing doesn't come naturally, then this handy book will put you on the road to success..."

Peter is an experienced public speaker and presenter who has appeared on radio and TV news and current affairs programmes. He is a director of New Venture Publishing. He is a member of the Society of Authors and the London Press Club.

Lizz Clarke

Presenter for: Perfect Public Relations Masterclass

Lizz Clarke has a wealth of practical experience in marketing and public relations. Eighteen years ago, she founded her own marketing and PR consultancy, now called Logical Creative Marketing (LCM). It is based in Fareham, Hampshire and has become one of the leading consultancies on the south coast.

Lizz, who is managing director of LCM, has helped dozens of companies in many different fields develop their own marketing and PR campaigns. She coaches her own team of PR and marketing professionals in how to gain the very best results for the firm's clients.

She is events chair at the Institute of Directors and is compere at its extremely popular Dragon's Den-style Mentor Magic events. She is a director of Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce and sits on the Portsmouth Business School Advisory Board. She is also a "founder champion" of Business Southampton.

As a freelance instructor in business communications, she has worked across the globe for household name companies during the past 16 years. With a combination of marketing, PR and training skills, Lizz brings in-depth knowledge - and an ability to impart it in a lively and memorable way.

Jo Lynn

Presenter for: Perfect Proposals & Presentations Masterclass

Jo Lynn has contributed to scores of successful new business proposals while working for some of the biggest communications agencies in the world, including Burson Marsteller, Good Relations and the relentlessly hip Lynne Franks. After several years at board director level she set up on her own, but is still regularly called in by PR agencies when they need top-level advice on a new business proposal.

Jo has a reputation for original and strategic thinking and has expertise from brand building through to crisis issues. She was originally a journalist on London's Evening Standard when headhunted into PR by Erika Frei Associates. Since then, she has developed an extensive, varied and international experience covering mega brands such as AIRMILES, Kodak, Weight Watchers, NutraSweet, Canderel, Coca-Cola, Pizza Hut, The Association of Women Solicitors, The Restaurant Association of Great Britain, Tia Maria, G D Searle, Monsanto, Warner Lambert, Brandon Bayes, Tesco, Elexu.com, Studentbonkers.com and Pretty Polly.

At RPPR, she was part of the team that won PR Week's best young agency. RPPR was the agency which represented personal development guru Tony Robbins and subsequently Jo had to walk literally over white-hot coals as part of her board duties. She can, therefore, truly claim to be prepared to walk over hot coals for her clients!

In her spare time, Jo scours farmers' markets so that she can feed up her friends, walks her border terrier Tilly, and practices Buddhism.