Corporate mentalist & magician in Los AngelesThe company event people talk about on Monday, for the right reasons.
Most receptions go the same way. Everyone finds the four colleagues they already know and stays in that circle until it’s polite to leave. I break the circles up. Give me a couple of hours on the floor and your sales team will have finally met engineering, the partners won’t be stranded, and nobody will have had to sit through a presentation. Nothing for your AV team to do, either.
The events companies book me for
Receptions and networking hours
The opening night of a conference, a product launch, an open house at the new office. I work the floor during the hour when people are arriving, finding a drink and scanning the room for a familiar face.
Client and executive dinners
I’ll go table to table between courses, or do the short parlor show for the whole private room. If you’re hosting, it makes the dinner memorable and you don’t have to give a speech to do it.
Holiday parties
The most common corporate booking there is. You’ve got every age in the company, partners who don’t know a soul, and very mixed feelings about dancing. There’s a separate page about holiday parties.
Offsites and sales kickoffs
The evening after a full day of sessions. Your people have been sitting and listening since 8 a.m. and the last thing they want is another presentation, even a fun one.
Hospitality suites
If your team needs people to come into the suite and stay long enough for a real conversation, I give them a reason to do both.
What it’s like to book me
I try to be the least stressful vendor on your list. I don’t need staging, power, a sound check or a slot in the run of show. The paperwork is a simple agreement and a W-9, plus a certificate of insurance if your venue wants one. We’ll talk on the phone once so I understand the crowd, and I’ll tell you the price on that call. It’s a flat fee, so you won’t get a second invoice for mileage.
From people who booked me for work
“One table was deep in a work conversation and he left them alone and came back later. Small thing. It’s the difference between a pro and somebody doing a bit at people.”
“We had him at our sales offsite. He did something with my coworker’s mind that I still can’t explain and she still won’t stop talking about. He showed up early and didn’t need a single thing from us, which as the person organizing I appreciated more than the magic, honestly.”
Questions about corporate bookings
Is the material safe for work?
Yes. It’s clean, I stay off politics and religion, and nobody gets embarrassed. I’m a guest at your event and I act like one.
Can you work in our product, or the person we’re honoring?
Usually, if you give me a week or two. I can build a reveal around a product name, a sales number, a company value or the retiring VP’s first car. My advice is to do it once, at a moment that matters. A whole evening of branded mind reading gets old.
Do you have insurance?
I can get you a certificate of insurance naming the venue if they need one. Tell me when we talk so it’s sorted in time.
How far ahead should we book?
For December, as early as you can stand to. Thursday through Saturday nights in the first three weeks of December go first, for me and for every other entertainer in the city. The rest of the year, a month or two is normal, and it’s always worth asking about short notice.
Do you work with planners and DMCs?
Yes, happily. There’s a page for planners with bios you can paste, a run of show and my (very short) tech rider.
Tell me about the event and I’ll call you.
I’d rather talk for ten minutes than trade six emails. I’ll ask about the crowd and the timing, tell you what I’d do, and give you a price before we hang up. You don’t have to decide on the call.
Sets start at $700.