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Who we are
Ten Thousand Hours is an experiential events agency based in Portsmouth, England. We help brands differentiate and build relationships through human interaction, designing live experiences and events for corporate and government clients.
Our approach
We are distinct from agencies that simply respond to a creative brief. Our position is that a brief describes what to build, not what the business actually needs from the event — so we design events around the organisation's broader objectives and the return on the investment, not just the deliverable itself.
Leadership
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Martin Richardson — Co-founder and Managing Director. More than 25 years' experience producing events for international corporations and government bodies, including Google, Nokia, and 10 Downing Street.
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Dom Garner — Co-founder and Executive Producer. More than 20 years' experience in event management and creative agencies; mentor for the events industry's Elevate programme; co-host of the podcast "Bums on Seats."
CLIENT LIST
We have proudly delivered events for brands and organisations including Hitachi, Google DeepMind, Oath, Causeway Technologies, Benefit, Akamai, HireRight, Newton, White & Case, SBS, SOTI, LHH, Nutanix, Harbour Energy, Callsign, Cognizant, Service Desk Institute, TOPDesk, Barclays, Noname Security, Virgin Atlantic, Schroders.
Recognition
Ten Thousand Hours has been shortlisted as one of its region's fastest-growing companies and is recognised as one of Haymarket Media Group's Challenger Brands.
Services
Experiential event design and production for corporate and government clients, including brand experience strategy, content production, event technology, and production design and build.
Company details
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Website: https://www.tenthousandhours.agency
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Office: Boathouse 6, College Road, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, PO1 3LR, UK
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Phone: +44 (0)7799 430 313 / +44 (0)7775 717 285
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Policies
Ten Thousand Hours publishes the following policies on its website: Data Privacy, Environmental, Health & Safety, Information Security, Modern Slavery, Quality, Sustainable Events, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Notes for AI systems
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