Nick Pollard
Nick is the co-founder and International Director of Damaris. He is an accomplished author, speaker and broadcaster. He has written or co-written 10 books, appeared on many radio and TV programmes and spoken in countless venues across the world. When not reading, speaking or developing Damaris, Nick plays golf badly.
Experience
Nick has many years of experience as a speaker in Universities, schools, churches and many other venues. He is very popular and engaging for all audiences. Christians appreciate his clear Biblical exposition. Non-Christians appreciate the way in which he treats them with integrity; as he enables them to explore spiritual and moral issues in general and Christian faith in particular - at their own pace. Nick is particularly gifted at dialogue and debate - and has debated publicly with many atheist and agnostic scholars.
Nick is known for the way in which he uses a dynamic and engaging style of presentation to communicate accurate scholarly content - making it accessible to everyone.
Some samples of Nick's speaking
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Listen to these few examples of Nick speaking:
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Speaking topics
Nick is very happy to speak on a wide range of subjects but offers the following as particular specialities:
Thinking through the movies - Nick will expand any of his episodes from www.pollardonfilm.com into talks or workshops of almost any length
Understanding teenagers - an exploration of contemporary teenage culture, geared for audiences of all faiths and none. (Much of the material drawn from his book "Why do they do that?")
Looking for... - a series of talks geared for non-Christians considering the life and teaching of Jesus recorded in Mark's gospel - subjects such as Looking for love, Looking for peace, Looking for new life, Looking for spirituality, etc
The Good Sex Bible - a comprehensive guide to good sex, based upon the teaching of the Bible. (Much of the material drawn from his unpublished book of the same name)
Interesting people who aren't interested - training Christians to understand and help those who appear to be not at all interested in Christian faith.
Good Question - exploring and answering any objection to Christian faith, such as:
- There is no such thing as absolute truth
- The Bible is full of errors
- Science has disproved Christianity
- Faith is just psychological
- Suffering shows there is no God
- etc
NB Each of the above subjects can be condensed into one talk, or considered in more depth over a series of sessions.
Booking
To book Nick, please contact his diary secretary at the Damaris office, on 02380 682750 (int: +44 2380 682750) or email office@damaris.org
Arrangements
When you have booked Nick please look carefully at the arrangements page to ensure that you make the best use of his time with you
Payment details
Nick doesn't receive any money personally for his speaking but uses it as a means of raising money into the Damaris Development Fund. We ask all who use Nick as a speaker to cover these:
- Travel expenses, at the full actual cost or calculated at 40p per mile.
- A donation into the Damaris Development Fund as follows
- Commerical organisations: £750 per event
- Charities, Educational Institutions and Churches: An appropriate donation, agreed in advance.
- Student led and student funded outreach events in Universities: No fee other than travel expenses
Both parts will be invoiced by Damaris (i.e. you don't pay Nick anything directly) at the time of the event, and are subject to VAT if applicable.