Behind the scenes with a motivational speaker.

There’s always a LOT going on behind the scenes here!   So, what does a funny guy like me have to do in order to keep it all together?   Here’s a Bright Idea:   hire a Virtual Assistant.   So that’s just what I did – I reached out into the “V.A.” world and found a great one.

Introducing Renee Blanchard!  Renee is the newest member of my team and will head up my office without even working there.  (Though we both live in Colorado.)  We work in perfect harmony from miles apart by using internet-based tools and the phone to keep the business running smoothly.

So far our favorite tools are DropBox, GoogleDocs and Filemaker Pro & FreshBooks (free).

Renee brings her experience from the corporate world — including her last stint at Hewlett Packard — as well as her business ownership experience to the table.  She will assist current clients, and manage those all-important, behind-the-scenes details that make everything run smoothly.   In other words, she’ll help organize the office to free me up to do the motivational speaker thing — writing, researching, (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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Motivational Speaker Testimonial

Massachusetts Speaker Brad Montgomery

Note:   Terry was kind enough to record this kind testimonial about me as a motivational speaker.  We haven’t got the video edited, and thought this transcript would be the next best thing.

Terry Pellorin:    Hello everyone.  My name is Terry Pellorin.  I’m the Associate Director of Facilities here at WPI in Worcester, Massachusetts.  I took a chance.  I got on the internet and I found this website of this gentleman, Brad Montgomery.  It seemed like a cool website and he seemed like a cool guy so I took a chance and I invited him today to our **** meeting.  Southern New England Chapter of APA.  Well I must say, he blew us away.  He was the coolest guy you would ever want to meet.  So I highly recommend him and if you don’t hire him you’re really stupid.  Good bye.  All right, I’m back on again because I forgot to tell you, not only did we have a wonderful time here but Brad’s relevance to a business, facilities, any type of work environment is unbelievable.  He ties in humor to the workplace, how to (Continue Reading…)

Health Care Speaker | Hospice Speaker

Testimonial about Brad Montgomery

Funny Health Care Speaker

Note from Brad:   Tim and Lucy represent Haven Hospice and were kind enough during a recent motivational keynote to record this testimonial into my video camera.  While we’re waiting for the editor to get the film done, here’s the transcription:

Lucy Lurs:    I’m Lucy Lurs and I’m Director of Human Resources for Haven Hospice.  And we just got done our annual employee day together and we had Brad Montgomery as our speaker and he was fabulous.  I can’t tell you enough.  Did research on several speakers and he did his homework.  He weaved in the company, what is happening with the company and he also weaved in what employees don’t like about their jobs and made humor out of it.  And the whole audience really enjoyed everything that Brad spoke about.  They really related and I can’t thank Brad enough for uplifting our employees spirits.  And he just did an excellent job.

Tim ****:    Hey, I’m Tim **** and I’m President of Haven Hospice (Florida) and want to enthusiastically endorse Brad Montgomery in his effort for (Continue Reading…)

Insurance Speaker | Testimonial about Motivational Speaker Brad Montgomery

Note from Brad:   I recently worked for a wonderful group of insurance folks in Georgia.   My contact, Mary, wrote the kindest note and gave me permission to post it.  Thanks Mary!

We had Brad Montgomery as our keynote speaker for a group of 350 people for our company Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Company on May 4, 2009 at Savannah, Georgia.

Brad was an awesome speaker.  The value, substance, and above all laughs that he added to our meeting were fabulous business investment. Not only was his program an asset to the quality of our business meeting, it also paid off in positive terms for our people.  The morale and optimism about our work and goals were heightened as a result of what he had to say.  Coming away from a business meeting with increased energy and hopefulness about work and job satisfaction says a lot especially in today’s economic climate.

We highly recommend that you consider Brad Montgomery for your next corporate or association event.  His keynote speech hit on a topic that cannot be ignored in the current business downturn, namely that (Continue Reading…)

Funny Education / Educators Motivational Speaker Brad Montgomery

Note from Brad:   We’ve been working on a video real of testimonials from folks, including these education / educators audiences.   The video is raw, but it still gets the point across.

Related: Check out my work as a motivational speaker for educators.

Looking for a motivational speaker for your event? Contact me here.
And for the readers, here is a transcript.

You know this is like our 10th, 11th, 12th summer conference that we’ve done and you know we have had speakers from across the nation come in and talk to our teachers and by far this exceeded every other speaker we’ve ever had.  He gave immediate tools for the teachers to be able to use to add value to their own personal lives, to the lives of the children that they teach.  And it was just a win-win situation, it was just an absolutely amazing, magical day and the teachers were pumped.  We’re ready to go.

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Hi, my name is Lisa McLaughlin.  I’m a principal here in Deer Park, Texas (near Houston)  and and our School District were planning a (Continue Reading…)

I had a very bright high school student call me recently.  She kindly asked if she could interview me about my job as a motivational speaker for a paper she wrote.  She was a great kid on the phone, and as you can see by her email (and paper) below you’ll see that her teacher agreed.  

Emily:   you’re  a rock star!  Keep it up girl and let me know if I may be of further service.

Here’s her email

Dear Brad,

I am writing to you both, as you requested, to let you know about the outcome of my senior project about motivational speaking.  I wrote and presented a speech about technology to a retired men’s group, which went really well.  I wrote a paper about my research, and I mentioned both of you.  An attachment of the paper is included in this email.

The most nerve-wracking part of this entire experience was presenting my topic to my panel of judges.  I had to speak to them about more than the material included in my research paper, because they read my paper prior to my presentation.  After a recap of what I learned in my research for my paper, I talked to them

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It’s political convention time in America. The horse race is on. The bets are rolling in. Every word counts. We are witnessing the equivalent of the Academy Awards contest for the best speech. “And the Ronnie goes to…” The two dominant American political parties are having their nominating conventions in Boston and New York. Political speeches are everywhere.

Politicians Know Speeches

If you listen to the main political keynote speeches, you will hear two techniques being utilized extensively: The Phrase That Pays and Theme Weaving. A Phrase That Pays is a short phrase such as Walk Your Talk or Cast Your Ballot that calls the listener to action. It is short and sweet, musical and rhythmic and generally begins with a verb or action word. There is generally one predominant Phrase That Pays in an important speech. Theme Weaving is the repetition of a theme that is woven throughout the speech to emphasize the theme or core message of the speech. When the stakes are high, a speaker needs to ensure that his or her audience takes home the message that they intend to convey. Branding an idea, concept or phrase into the listener’s mind is accomplished by (Continue Reading…)