Speakers, MC's, Talent & Entertainers

Newsletter August 2010

We have been busy at Captive Audience launching our new website. If you haven’t already visited, take a look. You’ll find it a lot more interactive with added search functionality to help you find the right person for your event, together with profiles and photos for each speaker. We currently have around a third of our speakers and entertainers loaded, and have 2 staff working on getting the rest in by the end of October.

It’s going to be an interesting month or two leading up the local body elections being held 9 October. The result of these elections, particularly in Auckland with the new Super City coming into being, will affect many businesses in ways we haven’t imagined yet. There is still talk about a “double-dip” recession which is when GDP growth slides back to negative after a quarter or two of positive growth. We have had two straight increases in the OCR and GST will rise to 15% in October. A timely reminder that to be successful in our chosen fields, we need to focus on what we are good at and devise strategies to survive the highs and lows of our current environment. Learn from others how we can be better. More than ever, our business success will be about people and process development.

Thoughts for the Month:

• "A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." James Crook
• "You were born an original. Don't die a copy." John Mason
• "When someone does something well, applaud! You will make two people happy." Samuel Goldwyn
• "It's a strange thing, you have said it thousands of times I am sure… you will never know what you can do until you try. However the sad truth is - that most people never try anything until they know they can do it." Bob Proctor
• “People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons." Zig Ziglar
• “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." Winston Churchill
• “Humour is like a rubber sword. It allows you to make a point without drawing blood”. Mary Hirsch

Lateral Thinking Problem: A man lives on the 10th floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator down to the ground floor to go to work. When he returns on sunny days, he takes the elevator to the 7th floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the 10th floor. On rainy days, he takes the elevator all the way to the 10th floor. He hates walking so why does he get off on the seventh floor on sunny days? Answer at the end of this newsletter.

Topics for this month:
• Rugby World Cup 2011
• Pitching for Business
• Humour Can Change Your Attitude
• Entertainment for Christmas Functions
• Featured Speakers and Entertainers

Rugby World Cup 2011
The Rugby World Cup is just over a year away (9 September – 23 October 2011). We already have a number of bookings for rugby players, coaches, referees and commentators. If you are planning a corporate event oor promotion around a match, or a rugby themed event around the tournament, now is the time to secure your favourite. We have a large number of fantastic rugby speakers and All Black greats including Colin Meads, Buck Shelford, Eric Rush, Stu Wilson, Andy Dalton, Ali Williams, Ian Jones, Frank Bunce, Michael Jones, Glen Osborne, Sean Fitzpatrick, John Hart, Keith Quinn, John McBeth, Paddy O’Brien and many more. Call us to discuss today.

Pitching for Business
Hugo Meares is a marketing and sales professional with experience in New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. He specialises in creating winning tenders and pitches, delivery planning and coaching, marketing and branding. He has a strategic background, communication skills, consumer research projects, negotiation skills and is fluent in Indonesian as he has worked in Asia for many years.

Humour Can Change Your Attitude
In tough times it helps to get your message across with humour. We have many extremely competent comedians who can deliver your business message with humour and relevance. Many also have business backgrounds.

Christmas Entertainment
Talk to us about your Christmas function as we have many entertainment options. Whether you are looking for a fantastic covers band, a comedian, dragon dancers, a sword swallower, impromptu waiters, a games show, hypnotist, mind magic, impromptu interactive humour, background music, casino evening or an entertaining after dinner speaker, we have the people for you.

Featured Speakers & Entertainers

John Anderson: John is retiring from speaking. One of our most popular and inspirational speakers, Contiki founder John is retiring and will not accept engagements after 30 April 2011. Don’t miss out on your last chance to hear John’s incredible story. John's autobiography "Only 2 seats left" will be available in bookstores from September 2011. Read his amazing story.

Theresa Gattung: Former CEO of Telecom now heading Wool Partners International. Theresa is a leading NZ business personality who led NZ’s largest listed company through one of the most dramatic periods of change in its history.

Frankie Stevens: He can perform on his own for a 30 – 40 minute show using backing tapes, can bring in a female singer like Tina Cross or Jackie Clarke, dancers if required – have live backing band – he is very flexible and will fit in with your requirements. Frankie is an excellent M/C as well.

Ward & Tutheridge: NZ’s premier corporate entertainers. Book now for the Christmas season and prepare to laugh your head off!

Carol Hirschfeld: Carol is an excellent Master of Ceremonies and will definitely add a touch of professionalism to your event.

Jeremy Elwood: Jeremy is a star of the New Zealand stand up comedy circuit and has most recently been seen on 7 days.

Mark Richardson: Former cricketer and now Sky Sports commentator.

Allison Mooney: People Interpreter. Allison is a specialist in understanding people and personality types and how to get the best out of each. "Allison understands people like fishermen know their fish!"

Ewen Gilmour: One of New Zealand’s best stand-up comedy performers with a string of credits in television and the live comedy circuit, both nationally and internationally.

Oscar Kightley: familiar face of television and theatre productions, writer, director, actor, television presenter and broadcaster. Star of bro Town and Sione’s Wedding, Oscar brings humour to any event.

Peter Feeney: aka Beau Tyler Auckland actor Peter Feeney hopes one of his commercial alter egos, Beau Tyler from the Tip Top Memphis Meltdown ads, has enough appeal to break out of the box. Peter has created a 60-minute comedy, A Night with Beau Tyler, starring the fictional self-help guru

Shaun Quincey: In 1977 Colin Quincey - Shaun’s father - became the first man to row solo from New Zealand to Australia taking a grueling 63 days and 7 hours. In March 2010 Shaun stepped up to be the second man in history and first to row in the opposite direction.

Sarah Bradley: from TVNZ’s Good Morning. Experienced M/C with hidden musical talents.

Andrew Clay: Andrew has performed all over the world, even in the combat zone of East Timor. In the corporate world Andrew has proved himself to be a popular choice as an after dinner comedy speaker, a debator or M/C.

John Glass: a ‘Hoax’ Speaker, M/C or stand up comedian for hilarious entertainment. John is a comic you can trust.

John ‘Cocksy’ Cocks: Best known to TV viewers as ‘Cocksy’ on TV2's My House, My Castle.

Edward de Bono Will be speaking in Melbourne 8-10th September 2010. For more information, call us on 634 6486
Matt Church one of our most inspiring speakers offers readers of Captive Audience’s newsletter a free i-Tunes app. This free application gives you direct access to the Matt Church Blog, his Twitter posts, some of Matt’s slides and e-books and of course Matt Church TV. Just go to the i-Tunes application store and type in Matt Church to INSTALL

Answer: It's quite simple really, the man is a dwarf and can only reach up to the 7th floor button in the elevator. On rainy days, he has his umbrella with and can use it to reach the 10th floor button.
Remember Captive Audience does not charge a booking or service fee so it costs you less to take advantage of our services and 20 years experience in the speakers / entertainment industry.

Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success
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