About Events Dear Boy! The Events Industry Podcast
What’s the biggest challenge for any leader? Events, dear boy, events!
So said former chancellor Harold Macmillan, supposedly.
He may have been talking about world events, but anyone involved in business events knows what a huge challenge it is to make them successful. And that’s what this podcast is all about. The highs and the lows of organising, and speaking at, business events.
In this episode of Events, Dear Boy!, we welcome futurist and speaker Ant Morse to explore his journey from senior digital leadership into professional speaking. Ant shares his broad expertise across emerging technologies (from 5G and IoT through to AI), explains how he “fell into” speaking by accident after being asked to fill a sponsored event slot, and reflects on why credibility and governance-led realism matter amid the current AI hype cycle. He talks candidly about what he loves most (storytelling, Q&A, and learning from diverse audiences), shares a hilarious worst-case mic moment, and offers practical tips for both speakers (tech prep and backups) and organisers (better briefing, pre-calls, and context setting to maximise speaker value).
29 Jan 2026
Ant Morse - the innovation futurist
In this episode of Events, Dear Boy!, we welcome futurist and speaker Ant Morse to explore his journey from senior digital leadership into professional speaking. Ant shares his broad expertise across emerging technologies (from 5G and IoT through to AI), explains how he “fell into” speaking by accident after being asked to fill a sponsored event slot, and reflects on why credibility and governance-led realism matter amid the current AI hype cycle. He talks candidly about what he loves most (storytelling, Q&A, and learning from diverse audiences), shares a hilarious worst-case mic moment, and offers practical tips for both speakers (tech prep and backups) and organisers (better briefing, pre-calls, and context setting to maximise speaker value).
27 Nov 2025
Rachel Tetlow, Pro-Manchester
In this episode, Events Dear Boy! was recorded live for the very first time at Event Connect, the flagship conference hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) for its events management students. We were joined by Rachel Tetlow from Pro-Manchester, focusing on the critical role of planning and delivering events with Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in mind.
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