Danielle Brown’s story is all about breaking barriers, famed as a double Paralympic archery gold medallist. After becoming disabled as a teenager, Danielle realised that even in adversity we have a choice. Choose to let the things outside your control defeat you, or choose to control your response to it. It was this mindset that saw Danielle ranked World No.1 for her entire career. Coming from a world where one tiny mistake is the difference between winning and failing, Danielle shares invaluable techniques on how to develop a Champion Mindset to achieve challenging objectives.
Danielle’s versatility and experience make her one of the most desirable personalities on the after-dinner speaker circuit. She faultlessly performed year after year without losing a major championship. A five-time World Champion, Danielle also won gold at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010 in an able-bodied discipline, showing her skill and focus is enough to beat even the best able-bodied athletes. Proving her credentials away from competition, Danielle attained a first-class law degree whilst competing at a world-class level, a truly amazing achievement. Describing how she has maintained these performance levels, Danielle makes for a compelling sports speaker who interacts and engages with audience members throughout her talks.
The holder of all 12 Paralympic World Records, Danielle teaches audience members how to have a winning mentality normally associated with elite sport, and how to apply this to their everyday lives. She believes by harnessing the power of resilience and self-belief everyone can break through perceived limits and realise ambitions, traits she describes wonderfully as an Olympic speaker. A consummate professional, Danielle is able to tailor her content to suit a client’s brief whilst ensuring that any underlying themes appear during her talks. Danielle continues to research the Champion mindset and has published a number of children’s books, including 100 Reasons To Hope, curated on behalf of Captain Sir Tom Moore. Her latest book, Run Like A Girl won the Sunday Times Children’s Sports Book of the Year 2022.
Now hired as a motivational speaker, Danielle Brown is adept at helping her clients develop a champion mindset - focussing on unlocking potential, overcoming adversity and achieving excellence. Drawing upon her background as an elite athlete, Danielle translates her experience into performance psychology and offers insights on how small changes in mindset and behaviour have a substantial impact on enhancing performance. With each speech customised to meet the specific requirements of the client, Danielle has delivered a variety of educational, team-building and corporate events. With former clients including the likes of Prudential, RBS, Serco and Hasbro and having delivered the TEDx Talk Self Awareness: The Key to Success, Danielle is a seasoned speaker able to comment on a multitude of topics. Also adept in inclusive leadership, don't miss your opportunity to hire Danielle Brown today for an empowering speech on champion mindset, diversity, inclusion and equality!
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Books
Run Like a Girl: 50 Extraordinary & Inspiring Sportswomen
Be Your Best Self: Life Skills for Unstoppable Kids
One Hundred Reasons to Hope: True Stories of Everyday Heroes
Girls Rule: 50 Women Who Changed the World
Danielle Brown's official speaking topics are listed below:
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Performing as a Team
- Excelling at Change
- Thriving Under Pressure
- Goal Setting: a Winning Formula
- Building Resilient Mindsets
- Identity to Authenticity
- Excellence is a Habit
- Inclusive Leadership
- We All Have Mental Health - Let's Look After It
- Turning Differences into USPs
- Medal Potential to World Class
- What Inclusion Looks Like & Exclusion Behaviours
- Developing Stronger Team Relationships
- Getting Communication Right & Ending the Awkward
- Facilitating Better Engagement
- Growth Pathways
- Monitoring Performance
- Role Modelling
- Inclusive Decision Making
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
"Thank you so much for supporting us with our Olympic celebrations, especially with such short notice. You have been amazing and helped us find a fantastic athlete to bring our week of celebrations alive for the children. Please pass on our thanks to Danielle. She was absolutely fantastic and all the children were thoroughly engaged throughout her whole assembly. They learnt so much from her and she was very inspiring. The messages she shared with them have really seemed to stick with them and go in. The circuit classes were fantastic too with all classes taking part and supporting and cheering others on too. A massive thank you from all of us at Hazelbury Bryan Primary School." - Hazelbury Bryan Primary School
"Danielle is a true inspiration! Every part of her presentation was a reminder that ‘you can’ achieve anything you set out to do, even if barriers are put in your way. The comments from attendees highlighted how inspiring Danielle is and also the excitement of seeing two gold medals. Danielle is a true professional and I would love to work with her at future events." - RBS
"We asked Danielle to provide an alternative view of leadership, teamwork and planning success following a restructuring. Danielle delivered a captivating talk, blending sporting analogies with references to our journey and introducing key strategies along the way. Her story landed well with the audience! Danielle was a pleasure to work with and is a very professional speaker." - Serco
"We engaged Danielle to speak to senior leaders about the tips and techniques business leaders require to raise their game at work. Listening to Danielle’s personal journey is inspiration enough, but she also weaves in her knowledge of business and sports psychology. This blend is powerful content, as is the opportunity to touch and see two gold medals." - Masgroves
"Just a quick note to say Danielle’s session this morning was absolutely fantastic – have had some really positive comments from the business. She did a great job of telling her (very inspirational!) story whilst also weaving in additional key topics such as intersectionality and working in a sales-driven environment – really excellently presented and received." - Izzy, Head of People, Thurn Partners
"A note to say thank you very much for selecting Danielle to join our Hasbro leadership team call, she was the perfect choice. An incredible story, so inspiring and the message weaved back to the key commercial threads that we had discussed. Please thank Danielle on my behalf and wish her the very best." - Hasbro
"Danielle was brilliant! Her story was so inspiring and the message of her talk really resonated with the children, staff and parents in the audience! It was great to have Danielle present the awards to the children for their own achievements, commitment and participation in sport and physical activity." - Rickmansworth School
“Danielle Brown spoke at a high-profile launch event I organised recently and absolutely stole the show. A consummate professional throughout the pre-event run-up, her delivery on the day was flawless and – as expected – left the audience utterly inspired and enthused. I’ve simply loved working with her and am actively looking for opportunities to repeat the process soon – whether that’s through her brilliant public speaking or her bespoke mental coaching.” - Felicity Wingrove, Managing Director, Zen Communications.
"Everything went really well thank you and Danielle was great, a true inspiration! Her presentation was so engaging and interesting." - Jenna, Burgess Hill Girls School
"Danielle delivered a very powerful and inspiring message today and please pass along our thank you to her. Danielle was a wonderful presenter and no doubt her message resonated with our colleagues. We are hopeful the key messages will encourage our teams during challenging weeks ahead for our organization." - Vicki, Odds Checker Global Media
"I just wanted to pass on how impressed all the children and staff were at Hartford Primary School with Danielle last Friday. She did different assemblies for the two different age groups, came out and got involved with our closing ceremony, gave out prizes, signed books and let children wear her medals. She was very humble and inspiring." - Tom, Hartford Primary School
- 2023 - Author of "Girls Rule: 50 Women Who Changed the World"
- 2022 - Winner of The Sunday Times Children's Sports Book of the Year for "Run Like a Girl"
- 2021 - Author of "One Hundred Reasons to Hope"
- 2021 - Author of "Run Like a Girl: 50 Extraordinary & Inspiring Sportswomen"
- 2021 - Field Marketing Senior Specialist for Equinix
- 2020 - Ambassador of BRIT
- 2020 - Editor of the Fostering Families Magazine
- 2020 - Participant Recruitment Lead for Young Enterprise UK
- 2019 - Author of "Be Your Best Self: Life Skills for Unstoppable Kids
- 2019 - Inducted into the British University and College Sports Hall of Fame
- 2017 - Ambassador of The Mintridge Foundation
- 2017 - Consultant for TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme)
- 2015 - Marketing Manager for The Kaleidoscope Group of Companies
- 2014 - Consultant for the British Athletes Commission
- 2014 - Awarded Freedom of the City of London
- 2013 - Ambassador of Disability Sport Yorkshire
- 2013 - Made Freewoman of the District of Craven
- 2013 - Awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Leicester & had the Leicester University sports centre named after her - Danielle Brown Sports Centre
- 2013 - Appointed MBE in the New Year Honours for Services to Archery
- 2012 - Gold medallist in the Women's Individual Compound at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
- 2011 - Ambassador for Get Kids Going!
- 2010 - Gold medallist in the Women's Individual Compound at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 2008 - Gold medallist in the Women's Individual Compound at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
How to hire Danielle Brown
Contact the Champions Speakers Agency to provisionally enquire about hiring Danielle Brown for your next event, today. To get in touch, simply call an official booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
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