To celebrate
Your people have done good work, and you want them to know it. Employee appreciation events, annual meetings, milestone anniversaries, and year-end celebrations where the whole organization is in one room.
PURPOSE AND PRIDE AT WORK
Your Work Matters
A keynote that reminds your people why their work matters, and celebrates the people who do it well.
Through story, humor, and live sleight of hand, Jason shows your people what every magician knows: the audience only sees the final moment, but the unseen work is what makes the magic happen.
A member of Jason's team replies within 24 hours.
"It is often the unseen effort that is the most critical."
- 60-minute keynote
- Live sleight of hand
- Built around your organization
- For every role, on stage and behind it
WHEN TO BOOK IT
Two reasons leaders book this keynote.
To reconnect
A team has lost the thread back to why. After growth, new technology, or new faces, people are doing their jobs but have stopped seeing how much those jobs matter.
They walk in doing their jobs.
They walk out proud of them.
From the people out front to the people no one sees, everyone leaves knowing that nothing works without them.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE ROOM
The magic your audience sees, and the work it never does.
When a sleight-of-hand routine goes well, the audience sees only the final effect. Behind it are years of practice, exact movements, and focus that no one ever notices. Jason performs that magic live, then shows your people that their work runs the same way.
Along the way he shares his own path: a career built with Tourette Syndrome, the mentors who invested in him, and the stages from Penn & Teller: Fool Us to more than 55 countries. Every story points back to the people in your room.
WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE TAKES HOME
How to make magic at work.
Six lessons from a life in sleight of hand, each one tied to the work your people do every day.
- 01Details matterPrecision matters, even when no one is watching.
- 02Get your beliefs rightWhat you believe about your work shapes how well you do it.
- 03Stay open to new thingsNew skills, new teammates, and new technology can create magic.
- 04Lead by exampleSomeone invested in you. Who will you invest in?
- 05Pursue excellenceExcellence creates magic, and it helps you find meaning in your work.
- 06See the hidden impactThe benefits of your work that are hardest to measure often matter most.
BUILT AROUND YOUR PEOPLE
Their work, their words, their wins.
Before every keynote, Jason learns your organization: what your people do, who they serve, and what they've been through together. The stories and examples are built around them, so the message lands on your team rather than on teams in general.
For a rural broadband cooperative, that meant honoring the technicians who keep networks running through storms, and the billing, HR, and support teams no customer ever sees but every customer depends on.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
In their own words.
Jamie Hespe, Iron Insurance Partners
Client video · Your Work Matters keynote
CiJi Wilhelm, OPERS
Client video · Your Work Matters keynote
"Total success. It was great hearing the feedback and excitement from our clients. Rave reviews from our staff as well."
"Great program! We enjoyed having you and heard good responses from the employees."
OPTIONAL ADD-ONS
Make the celebration last all evening.
Keynote + Magic
Close-up magic before or after the keynote, moving through the room or at a dedicated table. Ideal for appreciation dinners, client receptions and awards nights.
Signed books
Send every attendee home with a signed copy of You Can Do the Impossible, Too! or Tourette Warriors.
CardShark playing cards
A Jason Michaels deck, available only through Jason, used during the keynote and kept as a souvenir.
QUESTIONS PLANNERS ASK
Before you book.
- Is this a magic show?
- No. It's a keynote about the value of your people's work. The live sleight of hand shows the message in action and makes it stick.
- Is it a celebration or a serious talk?
- Both. It's fun enough for an appreciation event and meaningful enough to reconnect a team with its purpose. Tell us which one you need, and Jason will shape it around that.
- How long is it?
- The keynote runs 60 minutes.
- Can it be tailored to our organization?
- Yes. Every keynote is customized, so the stories and examples reflect your people and the work they do.
- What does it cost?
- Fees depend on the format, date and location. Share your event details below, and Jason's team will reply within 24 hours.
BOOK YOUR WORK MATTERS
Tell us about your event.
Share the details, and a member of Jason's team will respond within 24 hours.