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Wyoming High School Kids In Trouble for Doing Good

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on March 28th, 2008

How do you take 400+ high school kids and make them feel like a million bucks by doing good? The answer was found in Wyoming where I was a motivational speaker for the FBLA — Future Business Leaders of America. (It’s a youth group on steroids.)
Let’s be honest… I don’t love speaking to […]

President Bush Called Me Today

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on March 21st, 2008

I just got off the phone with our Commander in Chief. We first talked baseball, kids, and even a tad about nicknames. He’s a chatter! (We stayed away from those pesky subjects of the war, the economy and that silly “consumer confidence.”)
But it turns out that our nation’s leader wanted […]

Are Magicians Artists or Paint-By-Number Fakes?

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on March 16th, 2008

I’m a magician and proud of it. But….
There was recently a great National Public Radio radio show about magic that I loved. Link.
In this very cool call-in show, one of the many topics they cover is whether or not magicians are artists.
I’m not sure… in many ways I think that comedy and […]

Microsoft Speaker In Trouble for Mentioning Google

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on March 12th, 2008

Wouldn’t that be funny? But of course it isn’t the truth.
The real story was that a while back I worked for a bunch of Microsoft managers in Dallas recently. You can check out the details of this presentation here.
What’s better than being a motivational speaker? Being a speaker who gets good […]

How Do You Know If Your Speaker is Any Good?

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on March 6th, 2008

How would I choose a motivational speaker or humorist speaker? Oh, so many things I’d check!
I’d want to know that, if he uses humor, is he really funny?
I’d like to know if humor is involved, is it business-safe? Is it appropriate? Will it get me fired?
I’d like to know that there […]

I Hate Steve Spangler!

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on March 1st, 2008

I was recently in California at conference of the National Speakers Association when I had the chance to see a long-time pal, Steve Spangler speak for the entire group. I hate him.
Steve is one of my fellow Colorado speakers. He and I met in high school when we were both magicians… we have […]