Jon Petz
Founder of Bore No More and Amazement Artist
Interactive Keynotes · Engagement · Event Hosting
Speaking Fee
Fee on request
Based In
United States
Signature Topic
Audience Engagement
Format
Interactive Keynote and Emcee
About Jon
Jon Petz is a Hall of Fame keynote speaker, award-winning event emcee, and two-time bestselling author who bills himself as an Amazement Artist. The description is literal rather than promotional: he is a working corporate magician who built a speaking career around the mechanics of holding an audience's attention, and the sleight of hand in his sessions is used to make a point about perception rather than as decoration.
He is the chief engagement officer of Bore No More, the company he founded in 2004. Before that he was a senior sales and marketing executive in the technology industry, joining a fifteen-person startup that grew to 1,500 employees and serving as its leading salesperson while it raised more than 300 million dollars in venture funding.
He has presented at more than 1,600 events to over one million audience members across more than 200 industries, for organizations including Dell, Deloitte, Diebold, Nationwide Insurance, Procter and Gamble, US Bank, and the US Air Force. His work has been covered by USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, ABC News, and Success Magazine, and American Business Journals named him to its 40 under 40.
His argument about interactive formats is a practical one. An audience that participates retains more than an audience that watches, and the disengagement most planners worry about is a design problem rather than an audience problem. That claim is what puts him in the interactive category rather than the entertainment one, though his sessions are genuinely funny.
He works as both keynote speaker and conference emcee, and the two roles reinforce each other. A host who can also deliver the opening session gives a planner more flexibility across a multi-day program, particularly when the agenda shifts or a scheduled speaker withdraws.
Keynote Topics
Interactive Keynotes That Hold an Audience
Significance: Making Moments That Matter
Engagement as a Design Problem
Conference Hosting and Emcee
Bore No More: Presenting Without Losing the Room
Best For
- Conference opening and closing sessions
- Multi-day events needing a host and a keynote
- Sales kickoffs and annual meetings
- Association and industry conferences
- Company-wide culture and recognition events
Booking Jon Petz: Frequently Asked Questions
What is Jon Petz's speaking fee?
Jon Petz's fee is not published and is quoted per event. Fees depend on event date, location and travel, session length, and whether the booking covers a single keynote or multi-day emcee duties in addition to the main session. Submit an inquiry with those details to receive a current quote and availability.
What makes Jon Petz an interactive keynote speaker?
Jon Petz is a working corporate magician who built a speaking career around the mechanics of attention. Sleight of hand is used in his sessions to make a point about perception rather than as decoration, and the audience participates rather than watches. His argument is that disengagement is a design problem in the session rather than a failure of the audience.
Can Jon Petz emcee an event as well as deliver a keynote?
Yes, and booking both is common. He is an award-winning conference emcee alongside his keynote work, and a host who can also deliver the opening session gives a planner flexibility across a multi-day program, particularly when the agenda shifts or a scheduled speaker withdraws.
What size and type of audience does he work with?
He has presented at more than 1,600 events to over one million audience members across more than 200 industries, for organizations including Dell, Deloitte, Nationwide Insurance, Procter and Gamble, US Bank, and the US Air Force. Both large general sessions and smaller company meetings are within his normal range.
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Jon Petz
Founder of Bore No More and Amazement Artist
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