Jon Petz Speaking Fee, Schedule, Bio & Contact Details

Jon Petz

Founder of Bore No More™ / Keynote Speaker / Emcee

Jon Petz

Biography

Jon Petz is the world’s only Amazement Artist®, a two-time, best-sellers list author, Hall of Fame Keynote speaker and multi-award winning live event host and emcee. He brings this passion and energy for performance, purpose and impact to events of all types.

Jon is a former sales & marketing executive in big corporate as well as a tech entrepreneur. As a remarkable addition - Jon is a professional magician and mentalist that has performed around the globe for audiences of all types. This one-of-a-kind combination brings relevancy, experience and understanding to the real-world challenges and opportunities we face in our professional pursuits. It also produces a masterful storytelling, engagement and entertainment factor that is uniquely and unequivocally the Jon Petz Experience. Far more than “JUST” a keynote, it is the perfected trifecta of strategy & mindset, personal inspiration and incredible entertainment.

USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, ABC News, Success Magazine and many other media outlets have covered the success of Jon Petz and his quest to help people engage deeper, perform better and fuel growth personally and professionally. His second book, Boring Meetings Suck, ™ was named by Inc. Magazine as a top ten and must-read business book.

Jon’s third book, Significance In Simple Moments, has gone through six printings and focuses on human connections to help you achieve significance. Profits from this book are donated in support of the Miracles & Magic™ Foundation a show which was founded by Jon and his family. Miracles & Magic is a Las Vegas style, grand illusion and comedy magic show that provides children with life-threatening illnesses a chance to forget about the treatments, shots and hospital, and instead shares the wonder and joy of comedy, magic and illusion.

Jon Petz

Featured Books

Boring Meetings Suck

by Jon Petz

The guide that proves your meetings don't have to suck!

There's a big dull elephant in the boardroom: this meeting! Most of the millions of meetings held in the world today are a monumental waste of time and talent. Worse still, most of the so-called solutions and books for boring meetings are twice as boring.

Boring Meetings Suck provides tips and tactics to deliver "Get-In, Get-It-Done, or Get-Out" style meetings, while also tackling what most prefer to avoid; that you don't have to BE in charge of a meeting to TAKE charge of a meeting. This entertaining and take-no-prisoners guide is full of easily deployed SRDs?Suckification Reduction Devices?that will help you make your next meeting both efficient and effective.

Empowers attendees to politely speak up and get a meeting back on track, or graciously get out, without being fired
Shows how hosts can capitalize on technology, learning to crowd-source problems and increase participation
Defines surefire methods to get meetings to start and end on time and not have the speaker read the slides
STOPS over-invitation syndrome
The author has appeared before many major corporate clients, and was named a "Top Business Professional Under 40" by American City Business Journals

Your meetings do not have to bore, nor must they suck. Instead, get the winning techniques in Boring Meetings Suck, and make your meetings awesome in their engagement and productivity, or stop having them!

Significance In Simple Moments

by Jon Petz

Life is about moments . . . The Simple Moments that can be the most significant; A chance meeting. An exceptional experience. An inspiring story that will help you recognize, appreciate and deliver simple moments in life, at work and in the world. YOU will never be JUST anything . . . ever again. 2023 sixth Edition. Now also available in paperback.

He’s an amazing, amazing beginning, closer, all-day session. He is a tough act to follow. I have planned many, many events and I have never hired a keynote or motivational speaker as impactful and as ‘wow’ as Jon Petz.

NGG Consulting

My only problem is that I am not sure how I can improve on this or even compete with your energy and ability at next year’s rally! You are one of the best motivational speakers for sales events!

PNC Bank

What impresses me most is that you deliver much more than magic or illusions… You have a unique ability to connect your gifted talents to predetermined organizational objectives and deliver them in such a unique way that one cannot help but retain… long after the event.

US Air Force

After 22 years in this industry, I have laughed harder than I have ever laughed in my life. Jon made everything so funny, and yet, poignant and relative. He brought it back. He kept us engaged the entire week. Every time you saw him, you laughed, but more importantly he kept you focused.

National Association Sports Commission

Having someone of your quality, your entertainment and your energy on a Monday morning – really sold our conference. Thank you..

SHRM Minnesota State Council

Jon Petz is one of the most engaging speakers I have come across in years. His unbridled passion, enthusiasm and messaging reminds me of a young Zig Ziglar. Jon’s business message is on point and provides relevant business context in today’s complex business environment.

Nationwide Insurance

You hit the messaging for our sales kick-offs on the money. Incredible job of combining purposeful stories and illustrations combined with engagement and humor.

Verizon Wireless

His speech to our agents was entertaining, engaging, motivational and exciting as he related to particular issues in our business. Most of us were both laughing and crying. Our group LOVED him!

Anthem Insurance

What impresses me most is that you deliver so much more than humor. You have a unique ability to connect your gifted talents to predetermined organizational objectives and deliver them in such a unique way that one cannot help but retain long after the event.

United States Air Force

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers to some of the most common questions about booking Jon Petz for your event.

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What are the standard policies for speaker travel and expenses?

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