--- title: "Speaking and Press" description: "Speaking and Press. Tom Sharman on stage and in the media, the operator behind the creator. Topics, talks, approved bios at three lengths and where he is speaking next." canonical: https://tomsharman.com/speaking/ updated: 2026-10-25 --- # Speaking and Press > Speaking and Press. Tom Sharman on stage and in the media, the operator behind the creator. Topics, talks, approved bios at three lengths and where he is speaking next. The operator behind the creator. Most creator programmes put the creator on stage. Tom is the person behind them: the team, the formats and the system that ships every day. ## What does Tom talk about? Three things. 1. **Building a personal brand from zero.** 2. **Working with the biggest YouTubers in the world.** Niko Omilana, TheBurntChip, Sidemen, Calfreezy, ChrisMD. 3. **The systems behind the top 1% of creators,** so anyone can think, feel and act like them. ## Which talks can he give? **The person behind the creator: what the top 1% hire, and in what order.** Every big creator reaches the point where they stop being the whole business. Tom has held that seat for Niko Omilana, TheBurntChip, Sam Stoffel and Secret Leaders. This talk goes through who they hire, when, and what each person owns. **Nobody cares about your story: building a personal brand from zero.** People online are selfish, so lead with what they get. Using the Sam Stoffel rebuild, 0 to 500,000 followers in 10 months, Tom shows how to find the unrepeatable thing in a founder's history, give it a mission and an enemy, and turn it into formats people come back for. **Formats beat one-off videos.** One-off videos are a lottery. Repeatable formats are a business. How Tom found three formats for Sam Stoffel that outlived his own time there, and how to test hooks and formats without burning a production budget. **Signals before numbers: the first 90 days of a founder's content.** Most founders quit at month three, right before it works. What to watch instead of views: average views going up, outliers, DMs, named viewers. And the two formats Tom never puts up for testing. **Inside the biggest channels in Britain.** Stories from the production side of Niko Omilana's channel (one video at 47,563,094 views), TheBurntChip (27 videos, 52,004,088 views) and Clash of Creators. What gets cut, why most ideas die in the edit, and what an entertainment channel teaches a founder about attention. Good as a fireside or panel slot. ## Which bio should an organiser use? **The approved bio.** Use it wherever a form asks for a bio. > Tom Sharman has worked with Top 1% creators taking them from solo operators into media businesses. He has built the strategy, systems and teams behind the likes of Niko Omilana, TheBurntChip and taken entrepreneur Sam Stoffel from 0 to 500,000 followers in 10 months. His work has produced 2B+ views. Available for consultancy, strategy and fractional Head of Content roles. **Under 40 words, for a card.** > Takes creators from solo operators to media businesses. Strategy, systems, teams. Niko Omilana, TheBurntChip, and Sam Stoffel from zero to 500,000 followers in ten months. **One line, for an introduction.** > Tom takes Top 1% creators from solo operators to media businesses. He built the strategy, systems and teams behind Niko Omilana and TheBurntChip, and took Sam Stoffel from 0 to 500,000 followers in 10 months. 2 billion views. ## Where has Tom spoken before? - **JaackMaate's Happy Hour, episode 203.** "Callum Glanville & Tom Sharman, Clash of Creators Founders Reveal All", 2021. - **New Digital Age.** Interview with Justin Pearse on creators as the new media companies, 13 October 2026. - **HelpBnk.** "How to Make Your Content Stand Out", a webinar series on HelpBnk, with every date on the speaking page. ## How do I book Tom to speak? Email [contact@tomsharman.com](mailto:contact@tomsharman.com) with the event, the date, the audience and the format. ## Where is Tom speaking next? - 1 November 2026, 17:00 UK time: [Creator Fireside Chat: World's Biggest Business Competition, with Lara Acosta](https://helpbnk.com/events/mQO5xe79wb7rJX0), HelpBnk and Simon Squibb - 6 November 2026, 13:00 UK time: [How to Make Your Content Stand Out with Tom Sharman](https://helpbnk.com/events/ABWJxboVKagwOL0), HelpBnk - 20 November 2026, 13:00 UK time: [How to Make Your Content Stand Out with Tom Sharman](https://helpbnk.com/events/Yxk8mep86eMyJNj), HelpBnk - 4 December 2026, 13:00 UK time: [How to Make Your Content Stand Out with Tom Sharman](https://helpbnk.com/events/7Vl4zbq7reprOZq), HelpBnk - 11 December 2026, 13:00 UK time: [How to Make Your Content Stand Out with Tom Sharman](https://helpbnk.com/events/vJ4openxlb7Az1X), HelpBnk ## Questions ### Does Tom speak at events? Yes. He talks about building a personal brand from zero, working with the biggest YouTubers in the world, and the systems behind the top 1% of creators. Talks, bios and the next appearances are on the speaking page. Email contact@tomsharman.com to book him. ### What is Tom's speaking fee? Fees are on request and quoted per event, because a keynote, a workshop and a podcast are different jobs. Send the date, the format, the audience size and the location through the speaking form on this page, with a budget range if there is one, and Tom replies with a quote by email. ### Does Tom travel to speak? Yes, in person or online. Travel and accommodation are agreed per booking, along with the fee, so put the city and the date in the enquiry. For an online slot, say which platform it runs on and the time zone of the audience. ### What AV does Tom need? It depends on the format, and it is agreed per booking. Send the room set up with the enquiry: microphones, a screen for slides, the stage layout and who runs the sound. Tom confirms what he needs for that format before the day. ### Can the talk be recorded? Recording rights are agreed per booking. Say in the enquiry whether the session will be filmed, streamed or cut into clips, and where the recording will be posted, so the terms can be set before the day. Ask in the same message if you would like the footage shared with Tom.