Paris Norriss
Paris Norriss, a celebrated Dubai-based TV personality, is renowned as the host of the acclaimed show “Guy in Dubai,” broadcasted on platforms like Amazon Prime, OSN, Emirates Airlines ICE, and DubaiOne TV. Not limited to television, Paris showcased his versatility by voicing characters in Disney Animation’s “Wreck-It Ralph 2” and leading in the reality TV hit “Fighting Fit DXB.” His indomitable spirit was exemplified in 2023 when he conquered the Pacific Row Challenge, a grueling 4,800-kilometer journey, and now shares his gripping adventures and insights on teamwork, leadership, and gratitude gleaned from his diverse experiences.
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Meet Paris Norriss
Paris Norriss is an explorer who brings adventures to life on screen through his various TV productions. Paris is currently filming “Guy in the Sky”, an adventure travel show that tells the story of some of the most interesting civilizations through time, across the globe, using his love for adventure sports to capture unique viewpoints from the sky, below the sea and across landscapes. He has dived to lost shipwrecks, dug for archeological artifacts below the city of Jerusalem and paraglided over ancient citadels.
Paris’s determination knows no bounds. In a remarkable feat, he triumphantly completed a rowing challenge across the Pacific Ocean in 2023, firmly establishing himself as one of the select few to conquer the arduous 4,800-kilometer journey, whilst raising £150,000 for The Blue Marine Foundation to support marine conservation. Telling his exhilarating stories of the adventures he has had through filming his TV shows, he draws on some critical lessons on the principals of teamwork, leadership, mental resilience, and gratitude that can be applied universally to improve team cohesion, cut out politics and align motivations to achieve the seemingly impossible.
As an advocate for adventure sports, Paris is a global ambassador for Padi and Cressi for scuba diving and Parajet for Paramotoring. He has also secured sponsorships from world renowned brands such as Land Rover, Tagheuer & Oakley.
Paris’ shows are broadcast in 123 countries to over 22 million people on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Tubi TV and on a number of airlines including Emirates Airlines, British Airways, Etihad and many more.
Regularly featured in international media as an advocate for adventure travel, Paris has a weekly segment on Dubai Eye radio, a monthly business column in The National newspaper and frequently a keynote speaker at live events on the subject.
In 2017 he founded GID Media Production which currently produces and distributes TV shows to subscription video on-demand platforms such as Amazon Prime, Apple TV, OSN and across airline inflight entertainment systems globally.
Paris received an M.A in Business Studies from Edinburgh University, majoring in finance.
Paris Norriss's 2024 talks & topics
Mental Resilience
Using dilemmas faced from rowing 14 hours a day for 39 days through storms and high waves 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 pulling 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.
Whether assigned a leadership role or not, we can all adopt the principals and traits of good leadership. Practicing what we preach, discipline and dealing with the emotional concerns of team members 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 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 of scenes from his shows to breakdown how we identified storylines and built upon certain facets to move audiences, listeners will get an insight into the story arc framework used to build a storyline and the editing process to draw out the desired emotion to get the most impact.
Tourism and the use of media and storytelling to promote destinations and travel.
Once unknow 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 channels like Netflix and Amazon Prime bring.
Paris Norriss's 2024 speaking fees
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