Since 1997, Gerry McGovern has spoken about digital customer experience in almost 40 countries. His rates are approximately €4,000 for a speaking engagement.
“Gerry McGovern is a truly ‘amazing’ speaker—passionate and profound, hilarious and enlightening. A golden-tongued orator whose every utterance merits quotation, and a lone rational voice in a wilderness of self-defeating, self-interest and inverse prioritization. He fights a never-ending battle to bring reason and utility to our websites by focusing relentlessly on your user’s most important tasks.” Jeffrey Zeldman – A List Apart, Happy Cog, A Book, An Event Apart
“Gerry McGovern always delivers talks and workshops that our audiences love. He has given the best rated talk at Webdagene ever (in 2008) and he gave the best talk at Webdagene in 2015. Great content and great outcome.” Sesilie Halland – Manager Webdagene / conferences by Netlife Research
“Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit in 2017 featured some of the best and brightest minds in digital marketing. I was privileged to work with Gerry McGovern amongst a group of 40 marketing Influencers and other luminaries to bring his talk – Fake News, Public Distrust & the New Era of Marketing – to the event. Gerry brought not only a depth of knowledge on his topic but a passion in its delivery that resulted in his session being rated #1 by attendees for imparting real-world best practices and ideas they could apply in the office. In the words of one attendee, “Hands down the best presentation at Summit. Funny, intelligent, useful and unflinching.” And another said, “I’ve attended 3 Marketo Summits in total and this was the best session by far. This was the general consensus of every person I overheard when leaving the room.”
Samantha Moore – Alloy co-founder
Highest rated speaker in Stockholm. Joint highest in Oslo
“People on their deathbed don’t say to themselves ‘I wish I had spent more time with the government!'”
Minister Brison, President of Treasury Board quoting Gerry McGovern.
Delivering a great citizen experience – Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board
Omg @gerrymcgovern is an amazing story teller! If you haven’t witnessed his genius, you’re doing yourself a disservice! True lol moments! #aeaden #uxtalk #ux #productdesign
— Ro-booo-rto Torres (@TabascoLvr) October 30, 2019
Related: I feel like @gerrymcgovern may need to record a stand up comedy special for web developers and designers. There’s got to be a market there. ? #aeachi
— Cheryl Platz (@muppetaphrodite) August 28, 2019
Tempted as I am, I will not even attempt to keep up with @gerrymcgovern ’s rapid-fire flow of brilliant UX bon mots as he brings #aeabos Day 2 to a thought-provoking and hilarious close. ? Wish you were here!
— zeldman (@zeldman) June 26, 2018
@gerrymcgovern is on ?(fire) on stage @ #aeabos ?
— Todd Libby (@toddlibby) June 26, 2018
Gerry is phenomenal. So many things I want to quote, but this one really sticks. Do not take power away from the customer. Web is an environment that puts people in control.#aeabos @gerrymcgovern
— Renata Miles (@OFF_thegrid) June 26, 2018
Brilliant example of @gerrymcgovern about listening to your customers about services they actually need, but also reacting and processing this feedback in a short amount of time. #cupcakes #CDAY18 pic.twitter.com/5nPstJVOyt
— Sibel Kilinc (@SibelKilinc) June 21, 2018
Help people solve their problems!! Less is so much more #CDAY18 @gerrymcgovern. Eyeopener! https://t.co/FJMFbMyryj
— Monique van Vliet (@MoniquevVliet) June 21, 2018
#CDAY18 Great speech by @gerrymcgovern about overflow of communication, information. About ignoring what the customer really is looking for. About rigid senior management. The more distance they have to the customer, the more they get paid. The more close, the most less you get.
— Nicky Schiphorst (@NickySchiphorst) June 21, 2018
Wise words from @gerrymcgovern regarding student experience #Euprio2018 #ux pic.twitter.com/wdHyZN88tT
— Alfred Almendra (@AlfredAlmendra) June 4, 2018
@gerrymcgovern stunned everybody with his keynote “Putting current students first is the cleverest digital strategy of all” Strong opening #euprio2018 @sevilla pic.twitter.com/XEr6wBS9CF
— koen santermans (@dekoeke) June 4, 2018
The absolutely wonderful @gerrymcgovern is whippin the universities Comm-departments and we are loving it at #EUPRIO2018 @EUPRIO Maybe not @SyddanskUniv (case at the screen) Gerry: Did you hear about hyperlinks ??????????? pic.twitter.com/MrWgU7YjaL
— Ole Frank Nielsen (@Olefrank) June 4, 2018
So great to hear @gerrymcgovern speak at #Confab2018 this morning. When I first started out in the web I learned a ton from his newsletter. His talk on trust, community, and the large power of small words (dare I say it?) reignited my faith in the web.
— emilyroche (@emilyroche) May 22, 2018
Ok well it wasn’t even 10am at #Confab2018 and I was already learning from the legendary @gerrymcgovern. ?Also do you guys think he’d enjoy hearing my attempt at an Irish accent orrrrr pic.twitter.com/xQ4jd5AhUB
— Lindsey Gates-Markel (@LGatesMarkel) May 22, 2018
Always enlightening to hear anything from @gerrymcgovern — from ambulances to the Titanic, so much to learn about thinking of the outcome and need to collaborate Thank you #Confab2018 pic.twitter.com/1Lvt189dqe
— shelaghkub (@shelaghkub) May 22, 2018
“How can we make things easier for you?”
“Stop asking stupid questions.” – Gerry McGovernBrilliant to end #aeasea with @gerrymcgovern
Big thanks to @zeldman and @meyerweb !#AEA2018 #uxdesign #ux pic.twitter.com/LeMyCZLNUL
— Forrest Corbett (@forrestcorbett) April 5, 2018
And wrapping up the entire conference was the wonderful @gerrymcgovern on Designing an Intuitive Navigation. Holy numbers, batman! What great case studies, and great advice. I love procedure 🙂 Notes here: https://t.co/u87fGtZ9eD @aneventapart And that wraps up #aeasea!
— Torre Capistran (@torrecapistran) April 5, 2018
@gerrymcgovern for the win. I've never been so amused by, navigation in my life. If we didn't laugh, we'd probably cry. #aeasea
— Jessica Fantz (@jessfantz) April 5, 2018
This was an amazing masterclass! Certainly a must-see for anybody working with web content for the government of Canada. #Canadadotca #GCDigital https://t.co/8E73RLIgUy
— David Pepin (@quidampepin) February 13, 2018
Awesome seminar w/ @gerrymcgovern || Huge takeaway for @School_GC : Build IA structure based on #TopTasks not audiences! #UX #Canadadotca pic.twitter.com/h8xAWURUzm
— Fernando Forero (@forerof_) February 13, 2018
"You are what you measure…change the metrics, change the culture." @gerrymcgovern #canadadotca #GCdigital
Link: https://t.co/wTpLsRFr3A pic.twitter.com/m0wWrihDZr— TBS Canada (@TBS_Canada) February 13, 2018
I love @gerrymcgovern's passion and no-bullshit approach and suddenly want to TEST ALL THE THINGS #AEADenver
— Ivana McConnell (@IvanaMcConnell) December 14, 2017
Enlightening: bring the volume of content down, but make it super specific, valuable and much simpler. #simpleishard #whatcanwetakeaway The new skill is to simplify and to take-away. #cmw17 Wow! ? #eyeopener And he's funny too @gerrymcgovern ? pic.twitter.com/P4mms9z5V2
— NicolineMaes (@NicolineMaes) November 9, 2017
Straight-talking @gerrymcgovern cutting the fluff & getting down the real stuff… bravo 🙂 @uxbri #uxbri #uxbrighton #toptasks pic.twitter.com/Zfvrep9RKo
— Amber Wilson (@ambrwlsn90) November 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/render_ghost/status/926417722984095744
Been waiting to see this guy for a loooong time #uxbrighton Gerry! Gerry! Gerry! pic.twitter.com/1LafHvFV6J
— Kerry Coleman (@lilmismayhem) November 3, 2017
Excellent, and very funny, talk by @gerrymcgovern #uxbri pic.twitter.com/eQX69LssRu
— luke hay (@hayluke) November 3, 2017
That guy has been talking about the same thing for 20 years and IT NEVER GETS OLD. He is my HERO.
— Kristina Halvorson (@halvorson) November 3, 2017
Learning and laughing with @gerrymcgovern at @Uxbri #UXbrighton pic.twitter.com/UbzkGq3zkB
— Kevin Bennett (@bennett_kevin) November 3, 2017
Thrilled to be listening to @gerrymcgovern – @yandle got me into Gerry’s book – using top tasks in IT in HE #uxbri https://t.co/SsecESMEKD
— Fiona MacNeill (@fmacneill) November 3, 2017
Sunset in Oslo bay before #webdagene. As beautiful as @gerrymcgovern's workshop. Trust in use (and beauty). pic.twitter.com/Yu9R8L8Gyb
— ?? Francesco Martino (@MartinoFirenze) October 18, 2017
Lots of great presos at #CJAM7 My favorite hands down was @gerrymcgovern pic.twitter.com/u8SjzMfPMp
— Pontus Staunstrup (@PStaunstrup) September 28, 2017
@gerrymcgovern , Fun Stuff ! ? pic.twitter.com/xP95GAUXnp
— the flyfisher (@ToxicJellyfish) September 28, 2017
Brilliant. Thank you! @gerrymcgovern #cjam7
— Charlotte Ulvros (@charlotteulvros) September 28, 2017
He’s bold, he’s cursing, he has stupidity stats – & he has won the ?? of the entire audience. You can buy likes, u can never buy love #cjam7 pic.twitter.com/M3ARclTPx8
— Hanna Ericksson (@hannaericksson) September 28, 2017
@gerrymcgovern truly inspiring! Thank you – a lot of great takeaways
— Formanden (@martinoliver84) September 28, 2017
@gerrymcgovern Brilliant ! #CJAMoslo pic.twitter.com/tcdgwjziFV
— the flyfisher (@ToxicJellyfish) September 27, 2017
@gerrymcgovern thoroughly enjoyed your talk today, thanks for all the great ideas!
— Amy Harrison (@HarrisonAmy) September 27, 2017
True honest and Very insightful. @gerrymcgovern is a quoting marketing machine. He should tour management teams in Many companies. #CJAM7
— Charlotte Ulvros (@charlotteulvros) September 28, 2017
Excellent presentation by @gerrymcgovern on why trust matters more than ever and why marketers are getting it wrong #MKTGnation pic.twitter.com/dSfjYPPBG3
— Bertrand Hazard (@productmarketer) April 25, 2017
Best quotes came from @gerrymcgovern "marketing has become like antibiotics" #MKTGNATION
— Danielle Balestra (@DaniF10) April 25, 2017
Keynote speaker @gerrymcgovern at #ConCon5 "Trust in Gov't is collapsing" #GovContent pic.twitter.com/R4qbIYXkLg
— Pottsy ? #FBPE (@itspottsy) March 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/emmaraindle/status/841972664109535232
Same everywhere. More pages published than anyone ever looks at. Thanks @gerrymcgovern for an amazing keynote today. pic.twitter.com/yUoUDR60dS
— Content Design London (@ContentDesignLN) March 15, 2017
Interesting slide from @gerrymcgovern this morning, in the perspective of what's happening on the political scene a bit everywhere. pic.twitter.com/KAyQr8Kx7p
— Roland Benedetti (@rolandbenedetti) November 15, 2016
@gerrymcgovern had many interesting insights. This slide is one takeaway, that's what's happening! #customer choose before in b2b too! pic.twitter.com/KLUob2qchv
— Roland Benedetti (@rolandbenedetti) November 15, 2016