Tony Kenton is one of the most experienced and exciting consultants in the industry, having worked for some of world’s leading manufacturers and print organisations. His focus is on helping ignite business growth through marketing, sales training and how new technologies such as social media, personalised marketing, transpromo and web to print can be translated into tangible bottom line results.
Tony is a creative and strategic thinker, his unique views on business ensures a constant flow of original and fresh ideas. For over 30 years he has maintained a reputation for always being right on the ‘bleeding’ edge and consistently helps his clients achieve the results they need by going beyond the normal boundaries and challenging them to think outside their normal comfort zones.
Tony is an entertaining speaker but also speaks with authority having been a key figure in the High Street print industry since the 1970’s. His own experiences having been extraordinary as well as diverse, he has learned from hands-on experience that positive results come from positive action.
Having been one of the youngest industry leaders (1987 Head of UK Print Industry Trade Association at just 29), Tony knows what it takes to lead a successful organisation. He translates this hands-on experience into coherent, compelling and exciting strategies – with significant results.
For much of his career, Tony’s focus has been on print and marketing. His significant contribution to the industry have seen him the recipient of a string of major recognitions and awards (more than 50). These range from the UK Print Industry’s highest recognition “Printer of the Year” for the success of his own business to two different Lifetime Achievement Awards from both National and International Industry Associations.
The launch of Tony’s pivotal 1995 book ‘Where is the Print Business Going” accurately predicted the future of the printing industry and correctly identified the opportunities that lay ahead. It was also the first purpose designed book for digital production. This publication eventually was distributed in over 30 countries and in nine different languages and was being used as a current guide right up until 2008.
In 2009, Tony did it again with the publication ‘Where has the print business gone’ which challenged those in the industry to rethink their positioning and face up to ‘the New Business of Print’.
Today Tony positively continues to ripple with new ideas and concepts and conducts more than 100 sessions and presentations a year for an enormous variety of companies and organisations in the UK and around the world.
Tony’s 1: 1 sessions for owners and directors, keynote presentations and workshops are all result focused, challenging his audience to think more about outcome, rather than output and helping them become aware of the opportunities that exist in these changing markets.
Tony’s ability to turn ideas into real tangible results sets him apart from the crowd and helps his clients achieve goals which they hadn’t previously imagined themselves capable of.
