Athenas, speaker agency
Athenas arranges speakers for workshops, seminars or lectures in Switzerland. For over 10 years. Thomas Skipwith is also listed in their pool of speakers as a specialist in rhetoric.
Team
Thomas Skipwith
LIC. OEC. HSG
Thomas Skipwith supports his customers in giving informative and convincing speeches and presentations. His goal: "Free the world from boring presentations." He is a management trainer and coach on the subject of rhetoric and presentation technique, founder and managing director of the DESCUBRIS institute. Seven years of international management consultancy at Accenture in the field of change management and human performance have convinced him that those who are familiar with the content and who can present themselves successfully are most successful.
He is co-founder of the “Rhetoric Center” at the University of St. Gallen HSG. Thomas Skipwith has founded several rhetoric clubs in German and English. He is four times European rhetoric champion.
Jörg Blömeling
B.A. Business
Jörg Blömeling is a presentation and memory trainer for New Communicative GmbH in Freiburg im Breisgau. He is a former customer advisor for the international advertising agency Michael Conrad & Leo Burnett. He was responsible for brands such as Marlboro, Polaroid, Epson, Landliebe and Kelloggs. Jörg gained international professional experience at Quiksilver in France.
He is two-time European rhetoric champion.
Reto B. Rüegger
MARKETING PLANNER WITH EIDG. FA
Reto Rüegger is a management trainer, consultant and coach on the subject of rhetoric and presentation technique, marketing and sales.
Today a network partner of DESCUBRIS, he spent 10 years as Marketing and Sales Manager for international corporations such as Swisscom, Credit Suisse and Microsoft. He has more than 10 years of experience in leadership development in larger Swiss companies as an employee and entrepreneur. He studied screenwriting for film at the University of California, Irvine, USA and is an author of various dialect theaters. Reto was also a board member of Toastmasters. He is a dipl. Mental coach, speaks fluent German and English. His hobbies are sports (jogging, cycling, hiking) and traveling.
Alex Csorba
Alexandru Csorba is one of our team assistants.
Sulma Böni
Sulma Böni supports us in
the administration.
Partners
Guglielmo Imbimbo
The core competencies of Guglielmo Imbimbo are Personality training and Sales training . For 20 years he has been a passionate trainer so that people get the best out of themselves and achieve their goals.
Training and advice in medicine and pharmaceuticals
Training and advice for executives in medicine and marketing European pharmaceutical and medical device companies:
How to seize opportunities and achieve results more effectively.
smavicon Best Business Presentations
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Donations
Thomas Skipwith hands Lesley Stephenson of Ethiopian Enterprises a donation check.
Around 85 million people live in Ethiopia – more than half of them in dire poverty. This makes Ethiopia one of the poorest countries in the world, whose residents depend on outside help. The Ethiopian Enterprises is a non-profit organization that implements projects in Ethiopia – namely those that contribute to the sustainable development of the economy and society. Existing projects are financed, but new ones are also set up and implemented. This includes, among other things, the renaturation and recultivation of the water catchment area of Hagereselam in the north of Ethiopia, but also the rebuilding of the school in Mohoni, which is also in the rural north of Ethiopia. 100% of the donated funds flow into the projects.
We are happy to support Ethiopian Enterprises financially. For this purpose, Thomas Skipwith gives up to 10 lectures per year without a fee, but for a donation.
June 2016: Langnau am Albis (near Zurich) / Oberwil-Lieli: Ethiopian Enterprises is a non-profit organization that helps build schools on site in Ethiopia. 100% of the donated money goes to Ethiopia. To support the organization, I was allowed to give a speech at the Rotary Club in Dübendorf. This was sponsored by Hempel Special Metals AG. Thank you very much! Thomas Skipwith was able to symbolically present the amount to Lesley Stephenson from Ethiopian Enterprises yesterday. And what a nice coincidence: it was Lesley Stephenson’s birthday.
April 2017: The Lions Club Herrliberg invited Thomas Skipwith as a guest speaker. Instead of a fee for the guest speaker, the Lions Club and its president Christian Vass made a donation of CHF 500 for Ethiopian Enterprises. Thank you very much.
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