Jon Petz is an INTERNATIONALLY
ACCLAIMED OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
who makes people more valuable by teaching them Rules for Amazement to positively impact relationships, culture, sales and service.
Opening Keynote Speaker Background / Bio
Jon Petz is the founder and CEO of Bore No More LLC, a firm whose mission is to increase people’s value at work and their enthusiasm for life.
As an opening keynote speaker and conference emcee, Jon has presented at over 1,500 events, to more than 1,000,000 audience members, in over 200 industries. From soft goods to hard goods to services to advanced technology to digital to manufacturing to mining, there isn’t a sector of the international economy that Jon’s work hasn’t touched.
Before founding Bore No More, Jon was a tech-industry sales-and-marketing senior executive. As a member of a 15-person start-up, he helped build the company to 1,500 team members. As the organization’s leading salesperson, he was instrumental in helping it acquire over $300M+ in VC funding.
Following that success, Jon became VP of Sales in an insurance-industry firm, and helped it to convert from a transactional sales model to value-based model. This change of models and philosophy helped prepare the 52 office organization for acquisition.
As part of his insurance industry work, Jon presented to his own 250-member sales organization using his unique trifecta of business strategies, entertainment, and inspiration.
Word got around about the excitement and usefulness of his presentations, and his customers asked he if would present to their own sales team. Then vendors asked . . . then companies that Jon had no affiliation with started to ask him to speak to their teams.
In June of 2004, Jon realized he had more people to help and left his corner office corporate exec role to form Bore No More. He’s gone on to inspire and empower organizations like Dell, Deloitte, Diebold, Nationwide Insurance, P&G, US Bank, US Air Force, and dozens of associations in different industries.
Jon has also assisted many client partners with their event flow. This skill led to Jon assisting as emcee, keynote speaker, and even co-director or producer. For one such client event, Jon has in fact hosted and directed it for, as of 2024, 20 consecutive years!
An important part of Jon’s opening keynote speaker role comes from his background as a professional magician.
Jon first got bit by the magic bug as a little boy, when his father showed him “The World Famous Penny Trick.” The youngster began to teach himself magic through library books. Since then, Jon has performed magic in Paris, London, Sydney, Las Vegas, and Orlando. Whether creating sleight-of-hand magic for billionaires or large-scale illusion shows for the stage, he creates an unequivocal connection and energy with an audience.
As part of his magic work, Jon created the “7 of hearts mission,” which is highlighted in his book Significance In Simple Moments. There are over 100,000 7 of hearts playing cards circulating the globe as audience members pay-it-forward with a message of hope and inspiration.
Jon is the founder and producer of Miracles And Magic. This 501c3 organization provides children — suffering with life-threatening illnesses — the opportunity to forget about the realities of shots, surgeries, and chemo treatments for a day, and instead helps them experience the wonder of magic. Jon brings together the world’s best magicians to create life experiences for these children as well as for their families.
Jon has authored several books — with two reaching the business best-sellers list. Boring Meetings Suck™ was named an INC Magazine Top Ten business book. Significance In Simple Moments is in its second edition, has undergone six printings, and all its profits are donated to Jon’s charity, Miracles And Magic.
Jon’s work has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, Success Magazine, Readers Digest, The Globe, The Daily Mail, Costco magazine, and on ABC News, CNBC, and CBS News, among others.
For 20 years, Jon has been a member of the National Speakers Association. In 2013, he received his Certified Speaking Professional designation or “CSP” for his many speeches and presentations. He is also a member of the prestigious Million Dollar Speakers Group.
Jon lives in Ohio, enjoys a good adventure, and loves to connect with people around the world.
Learn More About Jon as an
OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jon Petz is an entrepreneur, former corporate sales and marketing executive and two-time bestsellers list author. Additionally, Jon has the unique expertise of also being a world-class magician
who has performed around the globe.
The result? A perfectly blended trifecta of real-life strategies, deep inspiration & motivation all
performed in a one-of-kind energizing and entertaining keynote. THAT is unequivocally
THE Jon Petz Experience.
As an entrepreneur and professional magician, his craft is to imagine, design and deliver precise
moments of impact, engagement and the unexpected. When you create this level of amazement and
intrigue, two things immediately happen:
(1) EVERYONE asks you: “How’d ya do it?”
(2) They get all their co-workers and friends, run them up to you and EXCLAIM. . . “DO IT AGAIN!”
How great is it, or how great would it be, when people say this about what YOU do?
How can you create these intentional “Moments of Amazement,” of intrigue, and magic in your business
to:
– Drive sales?
– Build an intentional culture?
– Empower the lost art of human connection?
– Bolster innovation and a sense of purpose in a hybrid workforce?
With the Jon Petz Experience, your participants will leave knowing the art and science behind Rules for Amazement.
Check out Jon’s Most Recent
BOOKS & PRODUCTS
Business Best-Sellers list books