Ask Ahmed to Speak at Your Event

Why pick Ahmed to speak at your Event?

Like millions of people, Ahmed is a deaf/hard of hearing person who has been facing the daily challenges of living.

Whether it’s going to primary school whilst learning English, to going through high school with extra tuitions.

From the challenges of going to universities to facing discrimination during the job hunts.

From the lack of support at jobs to battling to creating the right job for himself.

Whatever the story, because Ahmed has lived with the issue of being deaf for his entire life, he can share stories that is unlike many people.

Ahmed sitting on the edge of the stage under spotlights and looking out at empty seats

Examples of What Ahmed Can Talk About

With all the experience Ahmed has grown up with, faced and lived with, there are a variety of topics that he can talk about with your audience. Some of those include:

Make Captions Beautiful to Engage With Your Audience Better
Unleashing the Untapped Potential of Deaf Employees
Deaf and Isolated: The Challenges of Being an “Inbetweener”
The Emotional Story of Being Unwelcome by the Cinemas
How Teachers can Help Unlock the Potential of Deaf students?
Why Hearing Aids Should Not Be Seen as a Solution?
Being Shot Down Because of Accessibility Needs is Not Something Anyone Should Expect (Backstory)

Ahmed’s Speaking Experience

In Ahmed’s day job running his business, he is a regular speaker at various business, marketing and tech events.

You will also be able to see the feedback from attendees that have attended Ahmed’s talk.

Ahmed also regularly creates YouTube videos discussing the topic of deafness. You can view all the videos here, but below are just some of the most popular videos:

What They Have Said About Ahmed

Screenshot of tweet: "What an amazing talk from @IamAhmedKhalifa - some hilarious examples with a serious undertone. It's incredibly important to consider quality of captions to opimise the content consumption experience for deaf users #BrightonSEO"

Screenshot of tweet: "The talk wasn't fully applicable to my role, but it was one of the best talks! I had no idea how much work needs to be done in the world of captions. Thanks mate!"

Screenshot of tweet: "I'm not saying this because he's a friend of mine, but @IamAhmedKhalifa's talk at @BrightonSEO is one of the best talks I've ever seen - at brightonSEO or otherwise. Well done mate. [hands in the air] #brightonSEO"

Screenshot of tweet: "It was a really great talk @IamAhmedKhalifa! Engaging and informative [cool face emoji] #SmashedIt"

Screenshot of tweet: "Brilliant talk by @IamAhmedKhalifa on video captions. One fo the more unique and interesting presentations I've seen in a long time #brightonseo"

Tweet by Allie_Nimmons: '.@IamAhmedKhalifa is delivering one of the funniest talks I've watched in a long time at @wordpressscv accessibility meetup.'

Speaker Bio

By day, Ahmed Khalifa is an experienced marketing expert who focuses on helping website owners to increase their online visibility, boost audience engagement and encourage conversion.

By every second of his life, Ahmed is deaf/hard of hearing and has been since birth. And like any deaf person, they each have their own unique challenges and situations, which Ahmed has shared on his website and YouTube.

And with the help of his deaf awareness website and speaking gigs, Ahmed is working on making more companies deaf aware and ensure that no deaf/hard of hearing person is left out.

Ahmed is also learning British Sign Language to, 1) “future-proof” himself in case his hearing does go down, 2) engage more with the Deaf community, and 3) bridge the gap between the hearing and deaf world.