Blog: Mind of a Mind Reader
Jeff Newman: Mentalist, Magician, Trickster.
Insurance Industry Event Entertainment: Conferences, Broker Events, and Award Nights
Insurance people are professional skeptics, which makes them a dream audience for the right act. What works at broker conferences, recognition nights, and appreciation events.
Agriculture Industry Event Entertainment: Banquets, Conferences, and Ag Society Nights
Ag audiences are some of the sharpest rooms I play: multi-generation, skeptical in the best way, and quick to reward real skill. What works at producer banquets, AGMs, and dealer nights.
Corporate Entertainment Trends for 2027: What’s Actually Changing (and What Isn’t)
Written from a booking calendar, not a press release: what planners are asking for in 2027, what’s quietly fading, and the one thing about corporate entertainment that never changes.
What to Ask a Venue Before You Sign, If You’re Having Entertainment
Ask a venue coordinator whether the room can host entertainment and they’ll say yes, because it can. They’re picturing a DJ. You’re picturing a show. Here are the six questions that surface the difference while you can still do something about it.
Small-Town Alberta Christmas Parties: An Entertainer Who Travels to You
Vermilion, Valleyview, Taber, Fairview, Brooks: small-town Alberta is some of my favourite work of the year. Why your town is bookable, what the hall needs, and how chambers split the cost.
Your Staff Party Outgrew You. Now What?
One year it’s 50 or 60 people in a back room and you run the games yourself. A couple of years later it’s 150, 200 or more, and the event you used to run doesn’t work any more. Here’s what actually changes at that size, what it does to your budget, and what to hand off first.
Holiday Party Entertainment in Calgary and Edmonton: A Local Booker’s Guide
What Calgary and Edmonton holiday bookers should know: the two cities fill at different speeds, winter makes local entertainment a real advantage, and the premium dates go earlier than you think.
January and February Staff Parties: Why the Off-Season Holiday Party Is a Secret Weapon
The off-season party is often the better party: venues try harder, your date is available, attendance goes up, and the morale boost arrives in the bleak stretch. Consider this your permission slip.
Last-Minute Holiday Party Entertainment: What’s Still Possible in November and December
You’re late, but you’re not too late. What’s realistically gone by November, what’s still wide open (weeknights, Sundays, January), and how to vet an act on a deadline.
Award Show and Gala Host Entertainment: Filling the Program Between Segments
The program is the reason for the night, but the gaps between segments decide how it feels. Where host entertainment fits in an awards program, and how to plan the run of show.