IBM

 

Thank you very much for a truly outstanding performance.  You were fun, entertaining and magical.

 

You amazed our attendees with your ability to connect your illusions to our business goals.  Your ability to understand our business and even write a script for our executives was incredible. 

 

As you know, we've adopted your saying "Genuine magic happens when reality exceeds expectations."  As IBM constantly strives to "Be The Best", we know we need to exceed our customers' expectations. You've already accomplished that mission. YOU ARE THE BEST!

 

Linda Grayson

Customer Satisfaction Program Manager

 

Household

 

We had just successfully completed the most significant restructuring in the corporation's 110-year history. The theme we chose for our celebration was magic -- the magic that comes from hard work, sound planning and faultless execution.

 

Your message and performance exactly fit that equation.  You held the audience's attention from the moment you stepped on stage until your finale. You are AMAZING and a THRILL to your audience.

 

Donald C. Clark,

Chairman of the Board and CEO

 

GENERAL MILLS

 

Thank you for your outstanding presentation that helped make our annual National Sales Meeting a resounding success.

 

The creativity and imaginative input as well as your business knowledge provided a marvelous blend.

 

Each of our Vice Presidents remarked about the patience of you and your staff throughout the long days of preparation. And finally, the "magic" was terrific.

 

Edward “Ned” Bixby

President Consumer Foods Sales Division

 

Motorola

 

Thanks for the outstanding job you and your team did for our Total Customer Satisfaction Competition Awards Presentation. This meeting celebrates the accomplishments of the top 24 teams out of over 5,000 worldwide and is an integral part of Total Customer Satisfaction.

 

Your program was the best we've ever had. The illusions were baffling enough to amaze a group of tough engineers. Our audience was particularly impressed with how you wove the Motorola messages of creative thinking, continuous improvement, and total customer satisfaction throughout your presentation.

 

The real value of your program came from your knowledge and understanding of the total customer satisfaction concept. Personally, I loved how you let our audience know that they are the real "'magic" behind Motorola's success.

 

Chuck Blazevich

Director Corporate Quality for Business Systems

 

AIG SunAmerica

 

Is there anything else I can say but, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!

 

You exceeded all my expectations. You turned a good sales conference into a "magical" one that everyone could feel and experience. I can't begin to tell you how many people have told me it was "the best ever".

 

And absolutely, with no doubt in my mind, you established that foundation during our general sessions that transformed our entire National Sales Conference into a total success.

 

It was an honor and privilege to have you and Susan be part of SunAmerica Securities for a week. Believe me, your spirit is still alive in all of us. You gave us magic that was real.

 

Linda Warfield

Vice President Corporate Communications

 

John Deere

 

AMAZING!  Your illusions and the manner in which you set up the linkage to our cornerstones of "alignment" and "new thinking" had a dramatic impact on the success of this "Worldwide" meeting in San Diego.

 

Many of the 700 attendees, dealers, customers and employees have told us that this was perhaps one of our best meetings ever.  Thanks for making our message so memorable.

 

Joe Hayward,  Director Sales

 

Alcon

 

To say that you hit the target at each performance is an understatement. You couldn't have been any more on target with your presentation. All of the key points we wanted you to incorporate really hit home with a "BANG!" 

 

Our sales force and the doctors who attended EyeQuest in Chicago and American Optometric Association in San Antonio are still talking about it.  While I've personally seen your performance on several occasions, it never ceases to amaze me that you can do what you do and no one can figure it out!  Each time, I still find myself asking ... "How does he do that?!?!" That's probably what keeps us coming back for more! 

 

Again, Bob, on behalf of the Alcon Consumer Products team, thanks for giving us "More Than The Eye Can See"!

 

Diane Smith, CMP, Sales Promotion Manager

 

McDonald’s

 

Thank you for your outstanding presentation during our recent seminar at Hamburger University.

 

Utilizing a theme of "Magic" for the conference was a new approach for us and your talents of illusion certainly enhanced the major points which were discussed during the week. Through the use of your magical interludes I feel that we were able to increase the attention span of the audience and create excitement at the same time.

 

Our meeting was a great success and one which will be remembered for a long time. Your talents and professionalism were one of the key ingredients to that success.

 

 

Harold Reynolds

McOpCo Field Staff Director

 

Motorola

 

“FABULOUS!”  Is the one word I heard the most when I returned to the office following our Annual Patent Awards Dinner. This year was our most successful awards dinner to date!  Your motivational style, combined with your magic and illusions, was talked about by everyone!

 

Patricia Leonaggeo

Project Coordinator

Intellectual Property

 

AIG Royal Alliance

 

The evaluations are in, and a scale of 1‑10, you rate a 20.  Many of our attendees said "Best conference ever", "Let's go back next year", and we know that you played a key role to this success.

 

Your rapport with the audience was fantastic and many of our attendees as well as our President, Hy Cohen, were certain that you had been in the financial services business all your life.

 

You clearly took the time to learn about our business and develop your comments and illusions in a way that strongly reinforced our theme and message of the meeting.

 

Maureen de Rozieres

Assistant Vice President

 

RubberMaid

 

Your abilities to weave the analogy of magic and how it comes about through creative insight, hard work and commitment certainly have very directly and positively impacted on how our associates look at their day‑to‑day activities.

 

It's rewarding to see our people utilizing what they learned in the last weeks to, make the point about.” Partnership” and “Continuous Value Improvement” and doing it in such a way that it's fun memorable and meaningful.

 

Wolf Schmitt

President

 

SBC

 

You were FANTASTIC. Thank you for your contribution in making our Ambassador event in Dallas a resounding success for our 1,000 team members. 

 

Your comments between speakers gave continuity to the whole program ... your illusions are truly amazing. Over and above your stage presence, you were a truly wonderful person to have worked with. You definitely exceeded all of our expectations.

 

Ray Kerlagon

 

Sea-Doo

 

My sincerest appreciation and gratitude go out to you and your crew for the outstanding performances you gave during our annual Club Sea‑Doo. The San Diego affair this past Fall turned out to be our best ever, and much of that success was in direct response to the Magic & Illusions of Higa!

 

As we progress through a very productive and successful season here at Sea‑Doo, it is gratifying to hear the positive remarks from our Dealers, District Managers, Regional Managers and Staff on what a tremendous job you did in tying our special messages in with your performances. And making our new Sea‑Doo HX vanish before our eyes was an exceptional thrill!

 

Henry Lonski

Vice President

Sales & Communications

Sea‑Doo/Ski‑Doo Division

 

Sears

 

It's no illusion, you are a multi talented public speaker, motivator and entertainer.

 

Thank you for adding drama, humor and a high level of professional entertainment to our Ready To Wear Vendor Seminar. You set the mood, and made this year a memorable one for both Sears Buying Team members and our guests.

 

Lana Cain Vice President, Ready To Wear and I appreciated the way you listened to our input, got up to bat and hit a Grand Slam, bases loaded Home run. You were great!

 

Richard L. Childs

Buyer Junior Dresses

 

Siemens

 

This letter is to formally thank you for your wonderful performance and support of our message at the recent SuperComm showcase. Your talents as an illusionist are superb ... there is no question of this. You had everyone amazed and delighted, as evidenced by the large crowds during all three days of the show.

 

Not only were your illusions appropriate and well performed, your demeanor during the entire setup, show, and post‑show activities was most professional.

How anyone can maintain such an upbeat, positive attitude is amazing in itself.

 

You were constantly fresh and helped the audience feel as if this was the most important show of your career. 

 

Best of all, we had customers (and competitors!) telling us that ours was one of the best shows at SuperComm.

 

Gail Carroll

Director, Sales Support

 

International Human Resource Information Management

 

Where do I begin to thank you for the outstanding opening session you gave to the IHRIM Conference attendees?

 

All of our attendees have had nothing but rave reviews. To quote Sid Simon, our founder, "This was the best general session in 15 years."

 

I too believe that your involvement was instrumental in making this the best Conference in IHRIM history. Your presentation was truly a magical event and set the tone for the entire week.

 

Gary Barr,

Director of Conferences & Meetings

 

BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia

 

“Your presentation at the Leaders Conference    in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico proved to be more than magical.  I cannot express in words how professional you and your staff were in exceeding our expectations with your services. 

 

Each year we conduct a post-conference survey to evaluate all aspects of our 4-day event including the speakers, activities, location, food and accommodations.  You received the highest rating of any speaker in our 6 years of administering the survey.”

 

Phil Jones, Manager, Sales Administration 

 

National Association for Health Care Recruitment

 

THANK YOU for an outstanding opening keynote session at our recent annual conference in Orlando. The standing ovation from our discerning group attests to the power of your presentation. 

 

The combination of your insights and motivational words with your illusions made for a very special event for our attendees. They are still talking about it and the members who assisted you onstage were strutting about like peacocks after their "performances".

 

Karen A. Hart

Executive Director

 

The Pampered Chef

 

Thank you for your fabulous performance at our National Conference. As you could tell from their response, our audience loved you! Not only was your "magic" impressive, but the way you wove in messages geared specifically to The Pampered Chef was especially noteworthy. I heard many attendees express amazement at how much you knew about our Company.

 

Julie Bruser

Manager of Communications

 

Smith, Bucklin & Associates, Inc.

 

"Your participation in our Executive Seminar served to time and time again focus on professionalism, excellence, innovation and creativity.  You are a person of many talents who exemplifies professionalism at all times.

 

Having experienced how hard you worked in preparation for this meeting, to include learning and understanding our culture, our people, and how we operate, I can readily understand why so many major corporations have made you an integral part of their executive programs.  Bob, I want to commend and sincerely thank you for your key role in our very successful conference.”

 

J. Dollard Carey,

President

 

BFGoodrich

 

"The 'Magic of BFG” received rave reviews from our dealers and sales force alike.  Your excellent illusions and professional presentation throughout the meeting were the 'great glue' that held everything together and made for smooth transitions ... the key to successful business meetings.

 

Our executives really felt comfortable working with you and even got to realize their secret ambitions of 'performing' magic as you involved them in your illusions.”

 

Maria A. Privitera

Manager Communication Services

The BFGoodrich Brand and Michelin Americas Small Tires

 

Farm Family

 

"Your performance at our Kickoff last week was by far the best entertainment Farm Family has ever experienced.  Your ability to incorporate our corporate message was phenomenal.  I have received many letters and verbal expressions of congratulations concerning our program.

I would highly recommend your services to any organization that wants to get all their employees feeling good about their organization."

 

Philip P. Weber

CEO / Executive Vice President

 

ExxonMobil Chemical

 

"They're still asking 'How'd he do that?’  And, of course the answer is 'Spectacularly!'

 

Thanks on behalf of Mobil (and I) for your wonderful and exciting performance at our Golden Mummy Awards Evening.  It was just the right touch and spectacularly received by our award winners, guests and mutual client - the Mobil Films people.

 

Harvey J. Bozzi, Jr.

HUTCHINS/Y&R Senior Vice President