2009 Pollie Awards and Conference

John Davies

John Davies

As one of the nation's most respected communication strategists, John Davies clearly understands the business of persuasion. He is constantly searching for trends and methods to utilize on behalf of his firm's clients, and applies his lifelong study of human behavior and effective communications strategies to teach them how to earn attention and gain influence in the complex information-saturated decision-making process of today.

John's firm, DAVIES, is the recipient of multiple awards for their work in public affairs, communication, crisis, and political fields. For the last four years, DAVIES has been named Best Agency to Work For in several categories, including the overall Best U.S. Consultancy award. DAVIES was also a recipient of the Public Affairs Agency of the Year award.

John is a sought-after speaker and trainer on perception, persuasion, and communications. He is a founding board member of a national bank, has served as Chair of the University of California's Economic Forecast Project, President of the nation's largest scholarship foundation, and with a group of friends has been purchasing upper-middle-class homes in South Africa and operating them in a family-like manner to raise HIV infected orphans.