Most Requested Topics
- “You Gotta Fail…To Succeed!” (motivational and humorous on risk-taking and change; highly interactive)
- “Public Speaking: Get A’s, Not Zzzzzz’s!” (presentation skills; based on book)
- "Whose Line-Manager Is It Anyway?" (humor on management and teamwork − a duo program)
- "Laugh In The Fast Lane?" (humor on sales, training, event planning, and adaptable to many topics − also a duo program)
- “Grow With The Flow” (adapting to change with a good attitude − a 30 minute program, somewhat interactive)
About This Speaker
Milo Shapiro walked away from his B.S. in Computer Science and fifteen years in Information Technology to pursue his passion: applying improvisation to business practices, presentation skills, and personal development. On his last day, a co-worker whispered, “Who’s going to make it fun to work here now?”
Milo began studying improvisation in 1990, joined his first troupe in 1992, and began teaching in 1993. He has traveled in the US and Canada to continue his own improvisation education and teaching skills. He served six years as the business manager of the comedy troupe TheatreSports. Through TheatreSports, with whom he performed for 14 years, he worked with at-risk teens using improv to give them a healthier outlet for expression.
The former Toastmaster and National Speakers Association board member also offers business services as a speaker, a trainer and a coach. His self-created training program, “TEAMprovising”, has created a team connectedness, improved communication and boosted innovation in groups as diverse as engineers, nurses, office clerks, and US Marines. His interactive motivational speeches hit upon important messages about our relationship with risk-taking and change while giving the audience a lot of participatory reasons to laugh with each other.
As attendees kept approaching Milo after keynotes asking if he’d be willing to coach them or work with their staff, Milo developed an off-shoot division of his business called Public Dynamicsä. This coaching and training led to Milo publishing his book “Public Speaking: Get A’s, Not Zzzzzz’s!” and eventually the development of a keynote with the same name, featuring a lively, story-filled speech with ten key points from the book.
What Clients Are Saying
About “You Gotta Fail…To Succeed!”:
"At a pretty early hour, you had my people laughing and tapping into creativity...ready to be at their best for the challenges of the conference."
- Southwest Airlines
"The raves continue...the value of appropriately taken risk and dealing with the feelings around it."
- Hilton Hotels
About the duo improv programs "Whose Line-Manager Is It Anyway?" and “Laugh In The Fast Lane”:
"Four stars!...We wanted something funny, topical, and valuable and you fit the bill beautifully."
- Pfizer
"...the perfect start to our conference...delivering a pertinent topic with improvisational skits and songs is entertaining and effective."
- Meeting Professionals International
About the “Public Speaking: Get A’s, Not Zzzzzz’s!”:
“Milo Shapiro made this one hour mini-workshop well worth the cost of the entire seminar. He captured the attention of
the attendees and held it throughout...”
- International Association of Administrative Professionals
“I was really glad that Milo provided a handy note taking guide because he covered so many good points. Months later, I still use it as
a reference. I especially found his explanations of his “Four Steps to a Successful Speech Structure” very helpful. It is deceptively
simple and easy to understand.”
- American Society of Training and Development
About the “Grow With The Flow”:
"The stories were touching, the messages were motivating, and it created the open-minded feeling we wanted for the rest of the event.
Equally special were the interactive games you led us through in the middle of the program. Some tables were laughing so hard at
their unexpected creativity!
- City of San Diego, Housing Commission
Recent Clients
Southwest Airlines
Wellpoint/BlueCross
Minolta
Pfizer
Kodak – national conference
Sempra Energy (San Diego’s energy utility)
Cox Communications (San Diego’s cable company)
Fair Isaac (formerly HNC Software)
Home Depot
International Special Events Society
KaiserPermanente Health Care Organization
Southwest Airlines
U.S. Department of Defense
Computer Sciences Corporation
Int’l Society for Performance Improvement
The U.S. Marine Corps
Union Bank of California
Sontek
Pacific Monarch Resorts
San Diego Gas and Electric
Congresswoman Susan Davis and her staff
The Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica’s bus system)
Amer. Society of Training & Development – int’l conference
San Diego Chamber of Commerce
National Management Association
Meeting Professionals Int’l (San Diego sector)
Meeting Professionals Int’l (Los Angeles sector)
Golden Triangle Chamber of Commerce
San Diego Disc Jockey Association
Encouragemint
San Diego Accounting Day |
The Project Management Institute
Association for Women In Science
Employee Involvement Assoc. – national conf.
General Dynamics
National Eye Institute
San Diego Educational Consortium
Center for Financial Training – nat’l conference
Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Assoc.
Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Assoc.
Housing Commission - City of San Diego
Techflow
Corp. for Educational Network Initiatives in Calif.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute for Managerial Accounting
Society for Software Quality
Veritas
The Surplus Line Association
San Diego State University
California State – San Marcos campus
The Event Team
King Technologies
California Men’s Gathering
San Diego Educational Consortium
City of San Diego – Registrar of Voters
Humboldt Co. Dep’t of Health & Human Services
San Diego Regional Energy Office
Roberta Exotic Gardens
Captiva Software – national conference
The Power Team
San Diego County Bar Association
Int’l Assoc. of Administrative Professionals |
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