Punched Up Panel Palooza

A High-Energy Answer to the Panel Discussion

Yes, panel discussions work. Yes they can be well-received.

But let’s face it; they aren’t always high-energy laugh-fests. The info is good; the energy can be lacking. And when the energy lags, so does the learning and the retention.

Solution: Brad Montgomery’s Punched-Up Panel Palooza

It’s a high-energy, creative and entertaining way to share best practices from your top achievers (or leadership) with the rest of your team. Brad facilitates and hosts a panel discussion of your top achievers.

Teaching + Learning + Fun = A Successful Meeting

(Translation: People learn best when they are laughing.)

A Comedian Interviewing Your Most Successful Folks!

Fun panel discussions are successful panel discussions.

It’s funny. It’s content rich. It’s an awesome way to teach and learn. It’s Valuable. It’s Brad!

People trust their own data — and that of their peers — more than anything that “the experts say.” In this segment (or full program) Brad takes (Continue Reading…)

Networking Speaker:

Caffeinated Networking On Steroids

We’ve found:
1. Your attendees come to your meetings in large part for the networking.
2. Many hate networking.
3. They don’t know how to network, so it makes them uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable. (Let’s admit it; it stresses some of them out.)

Their return on investment for your meeting hinges partly on their ability to network. Yet they’ve never been taught the skills.

Lucky you, we have the answer: Brad Montgomery’s Caffeinated Networking On Steroids! It’s like one of those tiny energy drinks in that it will give your organization the quick shot of energy to get the networking started. (Only it isn’t bad for you and doesn’t come in a can.)

Brad is a Networking Speaker?

Of course. He’s an expert in energizing meetings, and one of the things he offers is an amazing networking segment. It’s funny — like everything Brad does. But it’s killer information that your folks crave — how to easily network and make it fun.

What is Caffeinated Networking On Steroids?

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Brad loves working with sponsors.   And Sponsors LOVE Working with Brad.

What are the details?

Having trouble meeting Brad Montgomery’s speaking fee?  No sweat…. bring in a sponsor.  They’ll help with the fee, and they’ll beg to do it again next year.  Because Brad has a Black Belt at making sure your sponsors get a huge bang for your buck.

Best of all…. your audience will love you..

Audiences crave top caliber speaks.  But they will NOT put up with a commercial.   If your speaker doesn’t know how to properly help communicate the sponsor’s message without offending the audience, you’ve failed.   But lucky you, Brad’s great at this balance and knows how to make everybody happy.

The secret is twofold.

First, Brad gets to know your sponsors.  REALLY gets to know your sponsors.  He’ll work with them offline to make sure he fully understands their product and/or service.  He’ll know why it’s so fabulous.  Or cutting edge.  Or a great deal.

And best of all, he’ll know the exact talking points or individual messages your sponsors want to communicate to your audience.  And he’ll make sure these points make it into his (Continue Reading…)

Awards Banquets are Always Important.   They are Often Boring.  They Can Be Awesome.

1.   After dinner, Brad Montgomery presents a laugh-out-loud funny motivational speech.   Not really a speech…more of an event.   It will be motivational…and very VERY funny.   We would want to fine tune the message to meet your specific goals for the banquet, but generally speaking, we’d want to offer a message of appreciation as well as a reminder that they should take themselves less seriously…while still taking what they DO seriously. Because this event is a celebration, the entertainment component would be crucial.  My background is in comedy and magic… and we’d draw upon those skills to make sure that people are sitting on the edges of their seats.   But it seems like a waste for it to be JUST entertainment.   So we’d drop in a message that is relevant to them and what their are trying to do.  In life.  At home.  But especially at work.
• Customized humor
• Customized relevant message
• Audience Participation
• Laugh-Out-Loud Funny

2. We recommend you keep Brad around to Emcee the entire Awards Banquet. Details here.   The bottom line here is that having a professional emcee work the event guarantees that the event will (Continue Reading…)

What?!  A Free Motivational Speaker? No Way!

If you want funny motivational speaker Brad Montgomery to speak free for one of your charity organizations it’s easy—  just book Brad at full fee for your organization,  then Brad will work with one of your favorite charitable or pet organizations for free.    Maybe your kid goes to school that needs Brad’s special blend of motivation and comedy?  Or maybe you’re affiliated with a survivors group?  The local food bank?  Or a  home for special needs kids? A support group?  Or your church, synagogue or mosque?   No sweat.. Brad will work with that organization for free.

Here’s how it works. Brad will speak for your organization as usual.  Then, during that same trip, Brad will speak to your charitable organization. If  you’re looking for a top notch funny motivational speaker for your Rotary event, the staff at your local school, or any special group or organization  that deserves something special but doesn’t have the budget for it, here’s your chance to make a splash.

It’s Brad — two for one!   Book Brad

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Book Brad Now and Get 50 Copies Of His Best Selling Book

Brad’s book, Humor Me, America’s Funniest Humorists on the Power of Laughter makes a terrific companion to Brad’s program. It reinforces and reiterates the message Brad delivers from the platform about the importance of using levity, lightheartedness and our senses of humor to improve our work product, our productivity and our employee engagement.

Lucky you, you can get 50 copies of Brads book!

How? Just book Brad, and get a signed contract back to our office by April 15th, 2010 and we’ll included 50 copies of this awesome book.

The Humor Me sells for $16.95, and you’ll be getting 50 copies for free.  Free Books:   Valued at $850

Give them to your audience. Raffle them off as door prizes. Give them to your Board as thank you gifts. Sell them to raise money for your organization or favorite charity.

Contact us now to Book Brad and take advantage of this limited time offer. Go to the Contact Page.

Invest to Assure that Brad’s Program is Wildly Relevant!

Before the event, Brad Montgomery will interview 3-5 top achieving members of your team .     What are their secrets?  What are some of their best practices?  What do they wish they knew when they started?  Brad will find out… and he’ll share the answers.
He’ll report back what he finds in two ways:

1)  He’ll incorporate what he learned from them into the keynote.  (People learn best from their own folks.)  This might sound like a small benefit, but it is huge.   It’s one thing for Brad to say from the platform, “Southwest Airlines has a great practice that isn’t just fun — it earns them money.”  It’s an entirely DIFFERENT thing for Brad to say, “When I talked to Joe Smith and Sally Jones here in accounting, they told me about the most amazing best practice, and the story will fascinate you….”

Investing in having Brad study your organization helps to assure that the program is relevant, meaningful, and completely targed to your audience.  You want power?  You want ’stickyness?’   Make sure Brad has access to some of your key people.

2)  Brad will make the information (and occasionally the recordings) available to your people (Continue Reading…)

100% Guaranteed, Iron-clad Money Back Guarantee

Here’s my policy about my motivational speaking: if you don’t like what I do for your organization, I’ll give you your money back. Simple, huh? I’ve been professionaly speaking for over 20 years. Yes, I have had wild programs. Yes, I’ve had some hilarious and weird stuff happen on the platform. But I’ve NEVER had a client ask for their money back. Never. But if they would have asked, I’d have given it back no problem. So if that is my informal agreement with myself, why not make it formal?

So here it is again: If you are not satisfied with what I offer, I’ll give you your money back.

To be honest, if I were planning a meeting or convention, knowing that I could re-coup a lousy speaker’s fee would be the least of my worries. (Let’s face it, if you’re planning even a small meeting you have some huge investments OTHER than the speaker to make.)  If I were you, I’d be more worried about whether my speaker can deliver. (Continue Reading…)

Why hire a professional Emcee or Master of Ceremonies??

Why you should hire a professional Master of Ceremonies (MC, Emcee)

By: Brad Montgomery, professional (and funny!) Master of Ceremonies

Do you want your convention or business meeting to rock? Really want a professional and

smooth program? Want to make sure that even the most important (and sometimes very dry) information has everybody’s full attention? Then hire a professional Emcee!

An often overlooked aspect of any convention is the potential role of a professional master of ceremonies. In addition the obvious benefits of time management and organization, an emcee can liven up any series of presentations with enlightening introductions and witty, on the spot humor. Whether you’re entertaining thousands or presenting tedious and technical reports at a business gathering, an MC is an asset you definitely want to embrace.

Time Management

All too often business meetings and corporate conventions run late due to longwinded speakers. A talented emcee can change all that. Any corporate emcee will ensure that your speakers limit their presentations to the time alloted by personally discussing the performances with each and every person you’ve brought to present. Furthermore, your day will proceed seamlessly as your (Continue Reading…)