- Hey, I've been wanting to talk to you.
Don't go anywhere.
I have been speaking for conferences
and conventions for 26 years.
Some people say my speech is the best
they've ever had at their convention,
but I've never spoken for your group.
What's going on?
Hi, I'm Ron White.
I'm a two-time U.S.A. Memory Champion.
I used to hold the record for the fastest
to memorize a deck of cards in the United States.
And you might have seen me on the
National Geographic show Brain Games,
the History Channel show Stan Lee's Superhumans,
or Martha Stewart, Dr. Oz, or Fox and Friends.
My talk for your group is going to blow them away.
It's called triple your memory, triple your business.
How having a better memory's gonna help you
become more productive and profitable in business.
Have you ever shaken somebody's hand
and in two seconds after you shake their hand,
you can't remember their name?
It's happened to everybody,
and it's costing you business.
It's costing you sales.
It's costing you relationships.
I will solve that problem for you in my speech.
Have you ever stood up in front of a group
to give a speech or a presentation,
and you can't remember what you were gonna say?
Maybe it's a one-on-one presentation, and you miss a point.
You lose the sale because you did not cover that point.
I'm gonna fix that problem in my speech.
First of all I want you to imagine this.
It's gonna be like a Vegas show.
(many people cheering)
A Vegas show
with high educational content.
I know you don't believe me when I say this,
but it's gonna happen.
I will stand at the door or
mingle with the audience before I speak,
and I will meet as many as 200 or 300 people.
I'll say my name is Ron, good to meet you.
I'll go to the next person, get their name,
get their name, get their name.
I will meet 200 or 300 people
before I speak,
and then when I get up on that stage,
I will have everyone that I met stand up,
and I kid you not,
I will jump off the stage, run around the audience,
and call every single person by their name.
Sean, that's Kevin, that's Patrick, you're Gary.
Steve DeFlorio.
Patrick, this is Ada, Atta, Gail.
Lisa, Bridgette, Rick, Warren, Jenette
and you are Jerry.
It is like a Vegas show.
It's a huge, fun atmosphere.
Everybody's eyes are going to be popping out.
They are not going to believe that they are actually
seeing this in real life.
It is fun,
fun,
fun.
And we are going to have so much fun while you are learning.
One person told me once before
they said, "Ron, I knew we were getting memory training,
I didn't know we were going to get a comedy show".
That's okay.
(audience clapping and laughing)
Everybody else, you are not going to get
anything past me, okay, alright.
After I memorize everybody's name
I am going to memorize a 50 digit number for the group.
I'll point to 25 random people
and I'll say, give me a number, give me a number,
give me a number.
People will give me 25 sets of two.
We will create a 50 digit number.
I will never see it and then I'll say that number
forwards and I will say that number backwords
from memory.
If you don't see it in person, you might not believe it.
And most importantly,
the bulk of my speech,
after the two demonstrations of remembering the names
or remembering the number,
we are about 15 to 20% into my speech.
The next 80% of my speech is teaching
your group how to do what I just did.
I will walk them through the 5 steps
to memorize anything and then I will teach them
and give them tangible takeaways
they will leave with that day.
How to meet people and
remember their names to build relationships
and to build your business.
Number 2
I will teach everyone
how to give speeches or presentations from memory.
Never get up on a stage and forget what you are going to say
or have to read your notes.
Never give a presentation and leave a key detail out
that cost you the sale.
And number 3,
How to remember what you learn
in books, seminars, or classes.
This saves you time and it saves you money.
I have the exact same goal as you.
And that is, to make this event
the best event you have ever had.
Let me come out, memorize everybody's name,
give them tips on how better memory is going to
improve their business and give you one of the
best speeches you've ever had.
Don't take my word for it,
check it our yourself.
So if I get your name right, sit down.
If I miss it, stay standing.
I don't expect to get everybody's name in here correct
but I do expect to do very, very, very, very good.
Please cover up your name tags or flip them around.
Here we go.
Richard and sweet thing Cindy, uh Candy you can sit down.
And I believe it is uh, Randy right here,
you can sit down.
Don you can sit down, Ottie you can sit down.
I believe this is Paul you can sit down.
Lydia you can sit down, Elizabeth you can sit down,
Trey you can sit down. I believe this is Paul right here
and Myrna and Cindy, you can sit down.
I believe this is Ross right here, you can sit down.
Melanie and Lisa and Linda, you can sit down.
This is Gus right here, I believe you are Craig
and this is Tommy, you are Chris. I believe that is Dean
and you are Jennifer, and there is Warren and you
are Randall. And that is uh,
that is Kelly over there and you sir I believe are
Dan, is that right? And Babs and Debbie and this is
Sonya right here and I believe you are Richard.
And then I am going to come over this way
Evan you can sit down and uh
Michael you can sit down.
I believe you are uh
Jack, is that right? You can go on and have a seat.
And uh, I believe this, this right here is Evan
and Evan you can have a seat and this is
excuse me, Andy and Andy, you can have a seat.
And then I'm going to come back over here this way.
Jacob you can sit down, Alan you can sit down.
I believe you are John right here,
there's Spark you can sit down. Mike you can sit down.
I believe this is uh Clark, you can sit down
and then sir I believe you are Phillip and that is
Fee right there. You are Robert
and uh this is uh Becky and
you are Neil and this is Morris right here.
And then I believe you are Dominque and this is Donna
and Perry. This is Rick, Rickie right here.
You are David and
um, I believe sir you are,
you are, uh Dan.
And this is Don right here and you are Missy
and this is Cameron. And you are Michael right here
and you are Mark and then uh,
over here we have Tracy and you are Kevin
and that is Evan right there.
And I believe sir you are John, is that right?
And then this is Linda, and you, uh Brenda
and then this is Allen I believe.
And you are Bill, is that right?
And then I am going to come back over here
to these lovely ladies.
That this is Michelle and you are Jamie.
That is Patty right there and you are Bonnie.
And then I'm going to come over this way.
Is it Andy?
- Andrew
- Andrew, okay.
And then, uh
Craig, thanks for not putting your hand over your name tag
it makes it a lot easier.
(audience laughing)
Okay, Alright
That is Nancy right there. You are Byrum I believe
and this is Brandy right here and you sir
I believe are Paul, is that right?
Is that everybody?
(audience applause)