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Keynote SpeakerParis Norriss

TV Personality, Adventurer, Speaker and Conservationist

Paris Norriss is not just an adventurer -he’s a living testament to the power of grit. As a Dubai based TV personality, extreme athlete, and keynote speaker, Paris has built his career on mental resilience, relentless drive, and the ability to push beyond limits. From navigating high-risk filming... Read more

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Popular Talks

Mental Resilience
Teamwork and team cohesion
Leadership
Visual Storytelling
Tourism - Adventure Tourism and the use of media and storytelling to promote destinations and travel.

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Biography

Paris is best known for hosting and producing high-adrenaline adventure shows. ” Guy in Dubai” has an audience across Amazon Prime, OSN, Emirates Airlines, and DubaiOne, amongst many others. He uncovers the exciting and ever-changing facets of UAE and countries around the world with his other show -“Guy In the Sky”.

Paris’ determination knows no bounds. In a remarkable feat, he triumphantly completed the Pacific Row Challenge in 39 days, firmly establishing himself as one of the select few to conquer the arduous 4,800km journey. He has also ran 7 marathons across 7 continents in 7 days, completing the World Marathon Challenge in a record-breaking 5 days and 22 hours.

Telling his exhilarating stories of the adventures he has had, Paris draws on some critical lessons to define what “Grit” is; why it’s the only common component of success while offering practical solutions to develop one’s resilience to improve team performance and exceed goals.

Paris delivers a thrilling keynote speech decoding Grit, offering practical actions to develop perseverance, whilst applying proven methods to accelerate career and financial success.

“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 is both captivating and uplifting. We appreciated his open, honest, and heartfelt journey. His raw and genuine account of his pioneering adventure underlines his resilience and grit against any obstacle he faced. His story is highly impactful and found it inspiring to deliver more passion, energy and a collaborative spirit." Anthony Marke – Chief Operating Officer - People Solutions Dulsco

"As part of our takeover of the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 we held a number of business sessions and a celebratory event throughout the day. We worked with Paris on this to be our keynote speaker, who was extremely professional and easy to deal with. He managed to change his tone to the appropriate audiences with laughs had by all. A pleasure to work with." Tracy Vaughan, MARCOM Manager IMEA, Invest Northern Ireland

Popular Talks by Paris Norriss

Mental Resilience
Using dilemmas faced from rowing 14 hours a day for 39 days through storms on the Pacific Ocean as a case study, the talk drills down into how to identify your internal purpose and align your motivational triggers to be able to achieve the impossible. Listeners will walk away with...

Using dilemmas faced from rowing 14 hours a day for 39 days through storms on the Pacific Ocean as a case study, the talk drills down into how to identify your internal purpose and align your motivational triggers to be able to achieve the impossible. Listeners will walk away with an understanding of the mindset that unlocks the ability to keep going through the worst of times to reach that top tier of performers.
Teamwork and team cohesion
Using the principals of “A Happy Boat is a Fast Boat” the talk walks through scenarios to demonstrate how to place morale above all else. Managing the toxicity of politics within a team to get everybody working in the same direction and being able to identify the varying motivational triggers...

Using the principals of “A Happy Boat is a Fast Boat” the talk walks through scenarios to demonstrate how to place morale above all else. Managing the toxicity of politics within a team to get everybody working in the same direction and being able to identify the varying motivational triggers and communicate effectively to each. The outcome of this talk will unleash the magnifying effect of working together as a supportive unit.
Leadership
Whether assigned a leadership role or not, we can all adopt and practice the principals and traits of good leadership. Practicing what we preach, discipline and dealing with the emotional concerns of a team are some of the traits that we need to demonstrate and hone before realizing authority. The...

Whether assigned a leadership role or not, we can all adopt and practice the principals and traits of good leadership. Practicing what we preach, discipline and dealing with the emotional concerns of a team are some of the traits that we need to demonstrate and hone before realizing authority. The varying ways of designating a leader that gets buy-in from a team will be discussed as well as the power of the shadow leader in dealing with badly managed teams.
Visual Storytelling
In today’s world, the most valuable commodity is being able to tell a story. If you want to sell a product, win an election, or make it to the big screen, you need to know how to take people on a journey with you. As a TV producer and chief...

In today’s world, the most valuable commodity is being able to tell a story. If you want to sell a product, win an election, or make it to the big screen, you need to know how to take people on a journey with you. As a TV producer and chief of narrative for every episode, Paris has used the typical story arc to construct the chronological plot of every story. Using behind-the-scenes narration from his shows to break down how we identified storylines and built upon certain facets to move audiences, listeners will gain insight into the story arc framework used to build a storyline and the editing process to draw out the desired emotion for the most impact.
Tourism - Adventure Tourism and the use of media and storytelling to promote destinations and travel.
Once unknown and quaint destinations have become iconic tourist destinations by the use of film and TV, bringing in thousands of visitors and generating considerable tourism revenue. Combining visual storytelling with scenic locations is leveraging the power of the audience that on-demand long format TV shows brings.