Humorous motivational speaker in Texas – Joel Zeff

When searching for a humorous motivational speaker in Texas, consider Joel Zeff.  Texas audiences remember his hilarious and thought provoking program long after your conference is finished.

Click below to visit Joel Zeff online or call 214-827-1337.

Joel’s spontaneous humor and vital messages have thrilled audiences for years. As a Texas speaker and humorist, Joel captivates audiences with a unique blend of hilarious improvisational comedy and essential ideas work and life.

Texas groups, as well as organizations in Fort Worth and across the country seek him out to motivate and energize their employees on such topics as creativity, communication, teamwork, passion and fun. His first book, Make the Right Choice: Creating a Positive, Innovative and Productive Work Life was just published by John Wiley & Sons.

A former newspaper journalist and public relations executive, Joel started his own consulting business in 1994. His business initially focused on helping technology and telecommunications companies with marketing, advertising and public relations. As he came in contact with so many corporate cultures, he noticed the glaring need for Texas speakers to encourage employees to have more fun and reenergize their creative spirit.

In his corporate entertainment, Joel draws from his work culture expertise as the author of Make the Right Choice, a book that outlines the ways that a positive attitude makes all the difference in transforming corporate culture-one employee at a time.

Joel fuses his knowledge of improvisation and his experience with the Texas business world to create a humorous motivational speech that makes a difference. His style creates a positive and comfortable environment for his audience that allows them to take risks and explore their creativity. His humorous motivational presentations have been met with roaring approval from more than 1,200 companies and organizations and thousands of audience members. As a professional Texas speaker Joel makes audiences laugh, but he also makes them think. Participants discover for themselves how to apply his messages to become better people and better employees.



A workshop with Joel is sure to be a funny, if not hilarious experience. He uses humor to develop a positive environment that gives participants the opportunity to take risks. Joel's humorous motivational speeches and energetic corporate presentations break down barriers and help the audience learn and retain his key messages on creativity, communication and teamwork.

The high-content, customized program involves the entire audience - whether the group numbers ten or ten thousand. Joel engages the audience in the learning process through humorous improvisation exercises and activities. The games help participants understand the message and are designed to be easy, accessible and successful for any level of employee.

As a humorous speaker, Joel’s improvisational games provoke participants to be more spontaneous, responsive and confident. One of Joel's key messages to Texas business audiences is to give each other the opportunity to be creative and the positive support to take risks. Part of that "opportunity" is to learn to become more open and flexible to change. After each game, Joel leads a discussion on the skills that made the game successful, and how the participants can apply what they have learned to their office and team.

Each experience is custom-tailored to meet your objective and group size. Some clients want to focus on creativity, while others want to work on team building skills. Many clients just want to use the games as humorous motivation. Joel's sessions are perfect for a meeting kick-off or closing; breakout sessions; after-dinner keynotes; executive retreats; employee training; incentive events; or just a fun break from the routine.

As a Texas speaker, Joel travels across the country to deliver his keynote presentation, but always enjoys staying close to home and working with clients on their Texas conferences.  If you’re in need of light-hearted entertaining content for your conference, meeting or convention, Joel’s clean, dead-on workplace humor is a great place to start.

For more information on booking Joel to entertain your Texas organization, call 214-827-1337.

For in-depth keys to Texas corporate culture success, read the essential new book, Make the Right Choice.