Who is this guy? · David Julian Price CSP GSF
Presentation skills coach. Meetings expert. Independent facilitator. Keynote speaker. Helping leaders speak with confidence and own the room for 40+ years.
About David
The first thing you notice about David is that he isn’t tall. That’s worked in his favour. He had to learn how to look tall in the eyes of others: in how he spoke, how he carried himself, and how he commanded a room. He cracked it through trial and error, and now he helps thousands of others do the same.
David works with leaders and their teams to own the room when they speak, present, chair a meeting or facilitate a strategic session. He joined his Rostrum club in 1980 purely for the social side of things, and it quietly changed the whole direction of his working life.
For 40+ years he has worked with large corporates, not-for-profits, local government and small businesses across Australia and internationally, from the USA to Dubai, from One Arm Point to Barcaldine. He has sat in on more than 50 local government meetings, including all 39 councils in Perth. As he often says: he’s seen it all.
Some clients call him Yoda. Others call him the Meetings Man. Most just call him brilliant.
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The people who know him best
“You know you’ve found your niche when you enjoy doing the things most people avoid. The ‘thrill’ of public speaking. The joy of ‘detailed meeting procedures.’ Riveting stuff, eh? David embraced it all so completely that he studied it to the nth degree. He’s written four books on meeting procedure. They call him the Meetings Man. And yes, his eyes actually light up when he talks about it. I’m not exaggerating. They really do.”
I’ve watched him chair contentious meetings of over 100 people, with the room split and tempers high. Thirty-five-plus years of experience, calm hands on the agenda, and he smooths the whole thing to purr-fec-tion. I’ve seen a previously furious attendee shake his hand afterwards and thank him. Because process matters, and it has to be done right.
“Prior to the World Lecture Competition in South Africa, I had a session with David. He was able to take my speech to the next level. I went on to win the world final. It’s one of my proudest achievements, which I could not have done without David’s coaching.”
“Thank you so much for giving my self-confidence such a boost. I felt like I climbed Mount Everest.”
Awards and credentials
These designations represent decades of service, peer recognition and sustained excellence across the global speaking profession.
The profession’s highest honour in Australia, reserved for a small handful of speakers recognised for lasting excellence and outstanding contribution.
The global benchmark for professional speakers. Earned through demonstrated excellence, not purchased. Held by only a fraction of speakers worldwide.
An international designation awarded to speakers who have proven themselves across borders, not just at home.
Named best in Australia for the year, voted by peers in the professional speaking community.
Recognition for service and influence in the speaking profession beyond Australia’s shores.
A national award honouring outstanding service to the professional speaking community.
Also recognised
Academic qualifications
Formal study across law, governance, education and business, underpinning everything David teaches and practises.
Qualifications
Leadership roles
David doesn’t just teach leadership communication. He practises it, across the globe and at home.
Beyond the professional
A vexillologist with over 240 flags, David hoists a different one every day. Country flags, novelty flags, flags for occasions. The daily hoisting has become its own small source of fellowship.
Families take detours to drive past and see what’s flying. Thank-you cards started appearing in the letterbox. Local kids pick up history and geography along the way. As a self-confessed aviation tragic, he also keeps scale models of every aircraft he’s ever flown on.
A flagpole is a simple thing. David’s has quietly stitched together a connection between him and the neighbourhood, both the one down the street and the one online, that they all share.
Follow the daily flag on his Facebook page: David Julian Price.
David with Lindsay Adams, when they both had hair.
What clients say
“David trained our whole team and the impact was immediate. His presentation skills are on another level, and the techniques shared, especially around storytelling, can be applied straight away.”Cat Gardner · Practice Manager, Brentnalls
“David Price blew me away with the clarity of his message. He took something that many of us have heard before and he made it impactful, significant, and effective. I just love his laid-back sense of humour.”Andrew Bryant · Self Leadership International
“As a recognised expert in meetings and governance, I engaged David when the board had differences of opinion. He listened and with great clarity gave strategies to achieve the outcomes the board wanted.”Margaret Thomas · CEO, Retirees WA & Mayor, City of Kalamunda
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Questions
A Perth-based presentation skills coach, meetings expert, independent facilitator and keynote speaker. He has helped leaders speak with confidence and own the room for 40+ years.
He is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), a Global Speaking Fellow (GSF) and a member of the Australian Speakers Hall of Fame. He was Professional Speaker of the Year in 2000 and is a Past World President of the Global Speakers Federation.
He has written four books on meeting procedure, chaired contentious meetings of more than 100 people and sat in on more than 50 local government meetings, including all 39 councils in Perth.
Large corporates, not-for-profits, local government and small businesses, including Qantas, Perth Airport, Lavan Legal, DFES, City of Albany, Melanoma WA and Aegis Aged Care.
He has qualifications as long as your arm, membership of the Australian Speakers Hall of Fame and a flagpole in the front yard. Only one of those is a hobby. The other two are the reason leaders have trusted him since 1986.
Yes. David will travel wherever clients need him. Depending on the distance, he drives or flies.
Yes. Travel and accommodation costs are extra.
Yes. David is based in Perth, Western Australia, and travels wherever clients need him, across Australia and internationally. He also works online.
It’s always best to be live, because the energy David creates in the room matters. But if clients want him virtually, he’s happy to do that.
Keynotes are usually 45 minutes, and David is often asked to present breakouts as well.
Yes. David is an engaging MC, and he works to make your event extraordinary.
Yes. That’s David’s special skill.
A facilitator is usually engaged for workshops such as strategic planning. An independent or impartial chair does exactly that: he chairs the meeting.
Yes. It’s one of David’s specialities. There’s a whole page about it: Business Storytelling Coaching.
Masterclasses are focused training programs on specific topics. See the Masterclasses page.
A mastermind group is a group of like-minded people who come together regularly to share wins and challenges and help each other. If you’re interested, contact David or see the Mastermind Groups page.
The Meetings Question Vault is where people from all over the world ask questions about anything to do with meetings. You can ask your own question.
Yes. David teaches elevator pitching, product and service pitching, and pitching an idea.
David has written Meeting Procedure Made Easy, 10 Steps to Prepare & Deliver a Powerful Presentation, The Meeting Toolbox and Going Through the Motions.
The type of work determines the fee. David’s fees start at a few hundred dollars and go up from there. For most of his work, the fee is around $3,000.
It depends on a lot of things. One client started 14 months out from his daughter’s wedding and booked David every six weeks. Another started three months out. Some come far too late, a few days before. Sadly, there’s not a lot David can do for them then.
Hot seat coaching is intensive coaching that pinpoints the elements you need to work on. It develops skill very quickly.
Absolutely. What David hears stays with David. Always has. Always will.
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