Derek Selinger
Illusionist, Speaker & Mind Reader
When was the last time you sat on the edge of your seat, fully engaged, eyes wide open in amazement? Illusionist, Speaker and Corporate Mind Reader, Derek Selinger will have audiences captivated and spellbound from the moment he steps on the stage until long after the lights go down. Throughout this highly energizing performance, he will engage your audience's senses, mystify their minds, and delight their eyes. You will be amazed at the results! [more...]
When was the last time you sat on the edge of your seat, fully engaged, eyes wide open in amazement? Illusionist, Speaker and Corporate Mind Reader, Derek Selinger will have audiences captivated and spellbound from the moment he steps on the stage until long after the lights go down. Throughout this highly energizing performance, he will engage your audience's senses, mystify their minds, and delight their eyes. You will be amazed at the results!
Derek Selinger has helped local and international organizers of television shows, newscasters, journalists, casinos, cruise ships, tourism boards and hundreds of corporate employees tasked with creating successful corporate events that captivate and engage millions of audience members.
Derek believes (and can prove) that corporate audiences and senior management teams can achieve and exceed their goals by increasing their employee and customer engagement.
He has spent more than a decade as a professional entertainer and holds six international awards for entertainment excellence. Selinger's success as a trainer and motivator is driven by his ability to provide carefully crafted "edu-tainment" designed to connect and inspire each group with so much impact that a unique and memorable experience is the outcome time after time.
As a charasmatic leader, in-demand speaker, emerging author and experienced trainer, his articles and presentations are focused his belief that the magic of leadership in any organization is "developing what it takes to lead people and organizations to impossible places". This unique and mindset altering perspective combined with his audience engagement speciality have made him an in-demand and innovative expert in the corporate world.
An expert who has the advantage of having gleaned first hand knowledge from working with hundreds of companies, as well as the being involved with the inevitable surprise challenges of countless stage productions, Derek Selinger is a catalyst to help organizations create engaging experiences that will lead them to the next level. [less]
Engage
An Interactive Mind Reading and Illusion Experience
Up to 45-60 minutes
When was the last time you sat on the edge of your seat, fully engaged, eyes wide open in amazement? Illusionist, Speaker and Corporate Mind Reader, Derek Selinger will have audiences captivated and spellbound from the moment he steps on the stage until long after the lights go down. Throughout this highly energizing performance, Derek will engage your audience's senses, mystify their minds, and delight their eyes. You will be amazed at the results!
Throughout Engage, Derek Selinger's interactive mind reading and illusion experience, audiences will:
- Witness the mystifying power of the mind as Derek perceives thoughts and anticipates decisions;
- Feel the magic of breath-taking illusions;
- Participate in a multi-sensory experience;
- Discover what your perceptions are as experience and reality collide;
- Laugh, relax and enjoy an event with mesmerizing entertainment.
Derek Selinger's mind reading and illusion experience Engage will enhance your organization's conventions, conferences, awards banquets, customer and staff appreciation events, holiday parties and fundraisers. Because this performance is produced with minimal infrastructure, it is ideal for just about any corporate environment.
Captivate
An Experience Where the Impossible IS Possible
60 minutes
What would happen if someone could read your thoughts at any given moment? What if you could witness a woman materialize out of thin air in the blink of an eye? What would you think if you watched someone manipulate the fragility of life before your very eyes?
You have to SEE it to BELIEVE it ...
Illusionist, Speaker and Corporate Mind Reader, Derek Selinger will transport audiences to another dimension with this dynamic, interactive and fast-paced experience. Captivate the imagination of your audience by raising the bar of your event to an extraordinary level and enhance your diverse setting with this exceptional addition.
Throughout Derek Selinger's Captivate, audiences will:
- Witness mind bending illusions;
- Discover how perceptions are questioned as experience and reality collide;
- Gasp for breath at the death defying spectacle of fire and steel;
- Applaud your avant-garde approach to event creation;
- Continue to talk about the experience... months after the event.
This exciting illusion show is designed to be the ideal length to captivate the attention of a corporate audience.
Derek Selinger's Captivate will make your organization's conventions, conferences, awards banquets, customer and staff appreciation events, holiday parties and fundraisers an explosive expression of spectacle and imagination.
Beyond
A Unique, Mystifying and Magical Theatrical Experience
2 Hours
Have you ever wondered what real magic was? What makes illusions so intriguing? When was the last time you were at an event where the entertainment experience has taken your breath away?
Illusionist, Speaker and Corporate Mind Reader, Derek Selinger is a magical master who weaves his theatrical story together in Beyond, with magic, illusion, film, music, state-of-the-art lighting and surround sound to create a riveting singular experience you will never forget!
Beyond is like no other theatrical performance you have seen before. Derek takes the audience from darkness to light, exploring themes of transformation, delight, triumph over fears and obstacles, and finally celebration. All of these themes are presented through various Grande Illusions as well as smaller, more intimate pieces that allow members of the audience to share the spotlight.
Derek Selinger's Beyond experience will have audiences of all ages:
- Captivated by spectacular "Vegas" style Grande Illusions;
- Energized by the magic immersed in the mystery unfolding before their eyes;
- Witness the rare Excalibur illusion. (Derek is one of very few in the world to perform this illusion.);
- Discover what your perceptions are as experience and reality collide;
- Gasping, erupting and smiling as they embark on this magical journey.
Derek Selinger's Beyond is a unique entertainment solution that will leave a lasting impression on your audience.
Keynote Presentation:
All Business is Show Business
The Magic of Working Together
It’s a brave new world where "All business is show business". Derek Selinger is a born entertainer and has closely followed entertainment culture as it has affected communication, education and influenced business for more than a decade and a half. Derek Selinger is the choice of corporate audiences on five continents for more than ten years. His balanced approach comes from investing years as an advisor in post-secondary education and creating winning teams as a college basketball coach. A winner of six international awards, Derek has "wowed" royalty and the corporate elite; honing his skills as a first-class entertainer in front of millions all over the world on six major TV networks including the Discovery network, Fox News in New York City, CTV and Global. His key note presentations are exciting, eye opening and relevant. [more...]
Keynote Presentation:
All Business is Show Business
The Magic of Working Together
It’s a brave new world where "All business is show business". Derek Selinger is a born entertainer and has closely followed entertainment culture as it has affected communication, education and influenced business for more than a decade and a half. Derek Selinger is the choice of corporate audiences on five continents for more than ten years. His balanced approach comes from investing years as an advisor in post-secondary education and creating winning teams as a college basketball coach. A winner of six international awards, Derek has "wowed" royalty and the corporate elite; honing his skills as a first-class entertainer in front of millions all over the world on six major TV networks including the Discovery network, Fox News in New York City, CTV and Global. His key note presentations are exciting, eye opening and relevant.
In this keynote and optional breakout sessions watch award-winning Illusionist Derek Selinger reinvent employee engagement for the 21st century with mind blowing object lessons direct from many of the world's most beautiful stages; in New York City, Las Vegas, Malaysia and Paris. See perspectives change right before your very eyes. Experience how working together to achieve a common purpose is real magic.
Insightful, articulate and passionate, Derek delivers content that captures the imagination and engages the mind. Drawn from personal experiences and hard fought lessons in his field, Derek is able to communicate the importance of creating an experience of teamwork that makes each team member feel good about their work and their lives at the end of the day.
Derek’s many awards in entertainment have been as a result of a deep commitment to excellence and personal integrity. It is the uniqueness of his field and this commitment that unites Derek’s presentations into an inspiring and perspective changing conversation that is accessible by all levels of the corporate community.
Derek is motivating without being a typical "motivator", insightful and intelligent without seeming purely "academic", and polished without being "slick". He offers an authentic and uniquely balanced approach to work and life. "I think that it is easy to forget the importance of our work as it relates to our life, and to the work as a whole being accomplished by our team. All of us need other people, and together we can do spectacular things!" [less]
Acera Developments Inc.
Agricore United
Agrium Inc.
Alliance University College & Nazarene University College
AML Mechanical
Association of Insurance Brokers of Alberta
Autopro
Blakes Cassels & Graydon
banzai! Communications - New York City
Brookfield Properties Corporation
Canadian Association of Police Boards
Calgary Airport Authority
Calgary Police Service
Casino Regina
CEO TV on Global
Chevron Canada Ltd.
City of Langley, BC
CityTV - Breakfast Television
ConocoPhillips Canada
CTV Television Inc.
Delta Hotels [more...]
Acera Developments Inc.
Agricore United
Agrium Inc.
Alliance University College & Nazarene University College
AML Mechanical
Association of Insurance Brokers of Alberta
Autopro
Blakes Cassels & Graydon
banzai! Communications - New York City
Brookfield Properties Corporation
Canadian Association of Police Boards
Calgary Airport Authority
Calgary Police Service
Casino Regina
CEO TV on Global
Chevron Canada Ltd.
City of Langley, BC
CityTV - Breakfast Television
ConocoPhillips Canada
CTV Television Inc.
Delta Hotels
Discovery Communications Inc.
Ducks Unlimited Inc.
Edmonton Christmas Party
Enbridge Inc.
Enerflex
Fluor Corporation
French National TV Station TV 5
Friesians Publishing
Funeral Directors of British Columbia
Genting Festival of Magic in Malaysia
Golder Associates Ltd.
Greyhound Canada Transportation Corporation
Halliburton
HAWC II Helicopter Unveiling
High River Honda
Holland America Line Inc.
Hudson's Bay Company
Investment Planners Inc.
Jack Carter Chevrolet Cadillac
Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc.
Miller Thompson
Moose Jaw Cultural Centre
Newpark Drilling Fluids
North Caribou Air
NovAtel
Paramount Resources – A Starry Night
Paramount Resources Ltd.
PrimeWest Energy Trust
Remington Development Corporation
RK Heli Ski
Royal LePage
Royal LePage Real Estate Services
Rundle College
SAIT
Schlumberger Ltd.
Seabourn Cruise Line
SemCams
Seneca Energy Canada Ltd.
Spartan Controls
SWIFT Conference
The Calgary Airport Authority
The Calgary Stampede
The City of Calgary
The Pajama Party – Jasper Park Lodge
The Riviera Hotel & Casino
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.
Travel Alberta
Trinity Drilling
University of Regina
Venture Communications
Veritas Energy Services
Webber Academy
Westin Hotels and Resorts
White Hat Awards with Gord Gillie [less]
The show was absolutely fabulous and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely. The raves are still coming in.
–ConocoPhillips
The show was absolutely fabulous and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely. The raves are still coming in.
–ConocoPhillips
Our clients, sales team and management thoroughly enjoyed your performance at our CTV Calgary Fall Launch Preview. We appreciated your flexibility and Willingness to make our event unique and specific to our audience. Thank you for your professionalism, humor and talent and for making our fall launch one of the most successful to date.
–CTV Television Inc.
As conference organizers, we were thrilled that your presentation was so much more than a magic show.
–Calgary Board of Education
The show was fast-paced, delightful, mesmerizing and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Vegas caliber
–The Hudson Bay Company
When you captivate an audience of 600 people for an hour and a half, you know you have done well. Most importantly, we appreciated how you tailored your presentation to our business and made connections between what you do and what we do. The short manager session following the keynote presentation was most appreciated. My senior team of leaders felt privileged to be able to meet you after the show.
–Friesens Corporation
