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Matt Weinstein  

Team Building Expert, Author, Founder of Playfair, Inc.

Matt Weinstein is recognized as the nation’s foremost authority on the use of fun and humor in team building. Known as "The Master of Playfulness" by People magazine and "America’s Pied Piper of Play" by the Houston Post, Weinstein's approach has earned extensive coverage in national newspapers, magazines, and television appearances.

Weinstein is the founding president of Playfair, Inc., an international consulting firm headquartered in Berkeley, California. Playfair's guiding principle is, "If you take yourself too seriously, there is an excellent chance you’ll wind up seriously ill!" He has been inducted into the Professional Speaker’s Hall of Fame by the National Speaker's Association and recognized by Successful Meetings Magazine as one of the "21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century."

His television special "FUN WORKS!: The Power of Humor in the Workplace" brought him national acclaim when it was broadcast nationally on PBS. Weinstein is also a prolific author, with titles that include "Gently Down the Stream," "Dogs Don’t Bite When a Growl Will Do: What Your Dog Can Teach You about Living a Happy Life," "Managing to Have Fun," and "Work Like Your Dog." His book "Dogs Don’t Bite When a Growl Will Do" was the #3 bestseller on the nationwide list, What CEOs Are Reading.

Weinstein's keynote presentations are dynamic, involving audience interactions that are integral to his lecture programs. His long-term partnerships with major corporations like AT&T, IBM, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers have been instrumental in helping them reward, retain, and revitalize their key employees. Weinstein not only energizes workforces and reduces job stress but also builds enthusiastic teams. He teaches how to foster a corporate culture of support and celebration at work. His primary goal is to demonstrate that work can indeed be fun, transforming the corporate environment into a more supportive and celebratory space.

Speech Topics

Work Like Your Dog

Managing to Have Fun.

For the past twenty-five years Matt Weinstein's Playfair organization has been a laboratory for the development of "fun-centered" management skills that can have a profound effect on team building, employee retention, and corporate loyalty. This hands-on session will teach the skills

Learn To Give and Receive Reward and Recognition
Establish Employee Support Systems
Deal Positively With Negative Change
Have Fun With Your Customers

Gently Down the Stream: Four Unforgettable Keys to Success in Life & Work.

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the most profound ones. As Confucius pointed out, "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complex." Using a simple, universally familiar verse as a metaphor for success, Matt Weinstein will show you how to increase happiness, reduce stress, find more fun at work, and enhance motivation, communication, teamwork, and satisfaction on the job. In this dynamic and mind-expanding session you will learn the four unforgettable principles for success that can make your life a waking dream. This session is based on Matt Weinstein's book, Gently Down The Stream. Come prepared to have some serious fun!

What Bernie Madoff Couldn't Steal From Me.

Award-winning inspirational speaker Matt Weinstein was on vacation in Antarctica when he learned via satellite telephone that he had lost his entire life savings in the Bernie Madoff scandal. In this highly personal, interactive and entertaining program, Weinstein recounts the inside story of the highly-secretive Madoff fund. Weinstein reveals that instead of being the crushing blow, the financial scandal taught him how to survive life?s inevitable downturns with a sense of basic trust, so that you can land on your feet no matter what happens. He lost his life savings in the Bernie Madoff fraud, but there are life-saving survival secrets that Madoff could never steal. You don't need to have been invested with Bernie Madoff to be feeling the pain of the financial meltdown right now. These are difficult economic times for everyone, but the good news is that it is still possible to find joy, celebration and a sense of meaning.

Teamwork and Team Building Programs

Laughter, Stress and Self-Esteem

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Putting Fun to Work: The Power of Humor in Business.

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Matt Weinstein: What Lessons Can We Learn From Losing Our Life's ...
Motivational speaker Matt Weinstein shares the lessons he learned after losing his life's savings to Bernie Madoff, a man who ran one of biggest investment ...

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