MARK GIBSON
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Mark's Keynote Topic
Corporate Events, Annual Conferences, Trade Associations, Sales Meetings, Awards Banquets

The UNnormals​
Why just settle for normal? Think... Act... Be... UNnormal

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IF YOU WANT TO BE:
  • safe
  • familiar
  • predictable
then just be normal

BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE
  • innovative
  • inspiring
  • exciting
  • creative
  • fun
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE UNNORMAL
Living in the "safe" predictable world of "normal" is very comforting for most people. (That's why it's called normal.) But, for those who want to truly delight their customers, energize their workplace and fully explore their potential, normal is not going to cut it.
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They are the UNNORMALS!
​They have learned how to:
  • use past success as a springboard not an anchor
  • thrive on the chaos of growth
  • think arrogantly without acting arrogant
  • become fascinated by the same challenges that have "normals" quitting in frustration
  • recognize fear as undeveloped confidence
You where raised to be normal. Now it's time to learn how to be UNnormal
In school you succeeded by being the best normal you could be. Fit in, follow the rules, do it the way it's always been done. But in the big scary real world the rewards go to those UNnormal people with the courage to embrace the unfamiliar and create the new normals.
Mark's audiences learn that the hard core champions of "UNnormal" are those with just enough talent to be in the game plus a critical cocktail of three indispensable qualities:
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  • ​UNNORMAL CURIOSITY They live fully alive and engaged by being irrationally obsessed with learning a new skill or qualifying for some higher level challenge
  • UNNORMAL AUDACITY They have a self-belief bordering on arrogance that has a positive effect on everyone they come in contact with
  • UNNORMAL TENACITY They are fascinated into taking action by the same setbacks, failures and fears that frustrated their less driven (but frequently more talented) peers into quitting​
Mark Has inspired audiences in 38 states over the last 20 years.​
He has led everything from intimate workshops with small groups of key people to major keynotes to a large audiences. His largest was over five thousand.

His style is a mixture of entertainment, audience involvement and inspiration.
Entertaining (so they'll be engaged)
Mark is a master story teller. He believes in putting his own advise into action and shares with his audience all the ups and downs of going after his own UNnormal goals. There was the impromptu gymnastics class he taught to a crowd of Nepalese kids in the Himalayas. Or the struggle of pushing a heavy loaded touring bicycle 5000 miles around Europe. Or the disastrous outcome of diving off a ten meter platform to impress a girl at the age of fourteen. (We've all been there.)

Audience Involvement (so they'll remember)
Before entering the corporate world Mark learned the craft of speaking from inspiring  teenage athletes. He quickly discovered that he has a lot more fun when his audience is having a lot more fun. He has been known to give phone book tearing lessons, stage hilarious flexibility contests and stump his audience with frustrating bar bets.

Inspiration (so they'll take action)
All the entertaining and audience involvement is for nothing if they don't leave with mind full of take away ideas that they can start putting into action before they even leave the room. Rather than temporarily motivate a reluctant crowd into briefly flirting with a "better attitude" Mark aims to create a true mind-shift moment that has a lasting effect.

Be UNnormal!

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"Those who were in attendance this morning and heard your presentation, raved about it.  Now everyone who did not attend is a bit jealous and anxious to hear you speak tonight."

"Wow! What a buzz Mark created at our recent membership meeting. His lively presentation combined all the elements we look for in a great program. It was fun, inspiring and informative."
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