Matt Weinstein

Matt Weinstein Speaker Biography

Matt Weinstein, CPAE, is the founding president an international consulting company that presents innovative team building programs for more than 400 clients each year. His PBS television special "Fun Works!" brought Matt national acclaim as a pioneer in the field of experiential team building. Matt’s dynamic keynote presentations come with an astounding money-back guarantee: if Matt does not get a standing ovation at the end of his program, you do not have to pay his fee!

Matt Weinstein will help you to energize your workforce, reduce stress on the job, and build an enthusiastic team. Matt’s long-term partnerships with companies like AT&T, IBM, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers have helped them reward, retain, and revitalize their key employees. Matt will motivate and inspire your employees to be more productive, and will teach them how to create a corporate culture of support and celebration at work. And most importantly, Matt will show your people that work can be fun!

Matt Weinstein is the nation’s foremost authority on the use of fun and humor in team building. Drawing on his own experience as a company president, his presentations are rich in content and alive with humor. Matt believes that team building is not just a concept – team building is an experience. So, all of Matt’s keynote presentations include dynamic audience interactions as an integral part of the lecture program. Matt’s books include:Work Like Your Dog, Managing to Have Fun, and Dogs Don’t Bite When a Growl Will Do. His newest book is entitled, Gently Down the Stream: 4 Unforgettable Keys to Success.

Matt Weinstein Speaking Topics

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, Matt Weinstein recounts the inside story of the highly-secretive Madoff fund. “But there is something else I discovered that is much more important,” says Matt. “And that is how to survive life's inevitable downturns with a sense of Basic Trust, so that you can land on your feet no matter what. Yes, I lost my life savings in the Bernie Madoff fraud, but there are life-saving survival secrets that Madoff could never steal from me....These are difficult economic times for everyone, but the good news is that it is possible to find joy, celebration and a sense of meaning --- right here, right now.”

Putting Fun To Work: The Power of Humor in Business

Laughter is not only good medicine, it's good business. People who have fun on the job are more creative, more productive and get along better with co-workers. Putting Fun To Work is interactive, informative and entertaining.

Work Like Your Dog: New Dimensions in Team Building

One way to work smarter, not harder, is to learn the skills of working like your dog. Dogs approach their work with dedication, loyalty, sensitivity and love, and also with joy, enthusiasm and a willingness to see their work as play. Based on Matt Weinstein's business bestseller, "Work Like Your Dog."