ASKMORRIS SPEECHES
Francis J. Morris, from AskMorris teaches, trains and educates through his speeches/ seminars and luncheons in Taiwan and China.
Speech topics covered are among other;

• How to be more competitive, using the internet [Speech]
• How to do internet marketing [Seminar]
• How to improve your web site [Luncheon Speech]
• How to hire web solutions companies [Speech]
• How to improve the usability of your company website [Seminar]
• How to interact more with your clients using the internet [Luncheon Speech]

As many in his audience has already stated, Francis J. Morris is an extremely entertaining speaker.
However entertaining, Mr. Morris also provides a serious approach to his seminars and trainings on web design, usability and just how to use pure common sense. "educating an audience while entertaining them", is his creed.

Since this page is very long; here is an index with direct links to different parts of this page

• An outline of one of Francis' speeches in Taipei
• Francis gives different types of speeches / seminars
• All of Mr. Morris'speeches are tailored to the audience
• Video example of one speech in Taiwan
• AskMorris' Speech & Seminar Fees
• Where Francis has spoken in Taiwan and China
• Articles and Radio Interviews in Taiwan

An Outline of one of Francis' speeches in Taipei
To get a flavor for what's in one of Francis J. Morris speeches, here's an actual extract from a
speech he recently gave at the Sun_Yat-Tsen University in KaoHsung , Taiwan :
What_kind_of_website_does_my_company_need-LITE.pdf (480kb PDF)

Francis gives different types of speeches & seminars. Below are 2 examples;

1. Speeches to audiences who want to learn about how to avoid making mistakes when providing web solutions and also how to use the internet to make their companies more competitive. The audience to these kind of speeches is usually; sales people, marketing people, advertising executives, educators, designers, information technology managers, etc.. These people are attending a conference or a seminar directly relating to internet marketing, ecommerce, web design, web solutions, system interfaces and how they should be used / designed.
   
   Francis shows examples of the incorrect use of layout, graphics mistakes, usability problems, navigational problems, and inaccessible or extremely unusable sites or sites that not user friendly at all. Francis also usually blends in new emerging technologies and know-how
   
   Click here to know more about web speeches that are educational
   
   
2. Speeches to audiences who need to be entertained.
   Nowadays, most companies have a web site and this target audience simply wants to be entertained by viewing what Mr. Morris likes to call the "the train wrecks on the Internet." Most audience enjoy this as long as their site isn't the "train wreck".
   
   Any group makes a good audience for this type of speech and the best fit is an organization -- , managers, doctors, accountants, lawyers, marketing and sales people etc., Normally, Francis will give a luncheon speech and he has on occasion been invited to launch a show and to start the afternoon sessions -- whatever it takes to get the audience ready for the rest of the day. While Francis educates the audience, the speech is geared toward getting people in a good mood.
   
   Please note: Francis is quite willing to provide your seminar attendees private 'critiques' of their sites.
   
   Click here to know more about web speeches that are entertaining

All of Mr. Morris' speeches are tailored to the audience.

Francis creates each speech for the needs and interests of the audience. He will often use 'reverse psychology' by stating examples and then show how the large companies like Microsoft, IBM, Chanel etc. would never do something like that and explain why.

Francis is also always very aware of the technical level of the audience and tailors the speech content accordingly. He is quite known for his talent of taking extremely difficult to understand technical topics and turning them into something that is easy to understand by using colorful and user friendly analogies. While he avoids using sites from the audience, he will occasionally use a "reverse example" a very good looking site and say "These people would never do anything stupid like this example."

Video example of one speech in Taiwan
NOTE: Using a high bandwidth connection to watch the video is preferred.

francis-in-taiwan.wmv (lclick link to download video clip).
-- WMV (492Kb) PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE SOUND QUALITY MAY VARY !

Where Francis has spoken in Taiwan and China
Many of Francis' seminars and speeches are to closed groups with signed non-disclosure agreements.
(You'll be surprised to know how many large companies don't want to admit they hire consultants)
However, some of the places he has given speeches at include:

1. Rotary in Taipei
2. Sun-Ya-Tsen University ( KHH, Taiwan )
3. RotarAct
4. Enspyre , Taiwan
5. American Chamber of Commerce

Articles and Radio Interviews in Taiwan

1. Mr. Morris also writes articles for magazines and occasionally newspapers
   Below is an extract from one article in the CSC magazine
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2. Mr. Morris has also been interviewed on several radio programs.
   Below is extract from a CBS/Taipei, Taiwan radio interview
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   -- PDF (150Kb) This file is not ready for download yet. We are still awaiting translation