WHO IS VINNY VERELLI? Vinny was born in Brooklyn when the Dodgers were still in town and he received his education on the streets of New York. Vinny’s life was going nowhere fast until, at the age of 42, a homeless man (and a robbery conviction) turned his life around. Vinny overcame a total lack of ambition and left the “family” business to become a successful motivational speaker. He breaks down the motivational metaphors and profound parables into one big chunk of Gorgonzola. He takes on the sacred cows and tells it like it is: “You don't touch my cheese, let alone move it.” THE GOOMBA GURU OF NEGATIVITY MANAGEMENT® - How did Vinny Verelli get to be the foremost expert on Negativity Management? "That's easy", Vinny says. "I started with a short term plan to address long-range goals on a wide variety of narrowly-focused issues. In other words, I Made up." Managing negativity is easy with the Bada Bing Philosophy and the three simple tools that make up the F-Factor. WHAT IS THE F-FACTOR? F-Factor stands for Fun - Focus - Fervor. These three simple tools will allow you to accomplish anything … or at least be happy with what you've got. After all, if you’re having fun where you are, who’s to say you should be somewhere else? IF YOU’RE NOT HAVING FUN, YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG About now, you're saying to yourself, “Is this guy for real?” Okay, we're coming clean. Vinny Verelli is actually Jonathan Schwartz, a character actor with over 35 years of professional performing experience. Some highlights of Jonathan’s performing career: Tour of Samuel Becket’s Waiting For Godot to 12 Florida State Prisons, Classes with the Polish Mime Theatre in Wroclaw, Poland, Master class with Marcel Marceau in New York City, World premiere production of Tiger Tail with artistic supervision by Tennessee Williams, National tours with the Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre, including a week at Carnegie Hall, 11 years on and off cruise ships as entertainer, port lecturer and Cruise Director, Still receives residuals 11 years after taping an episode of, "Wildest Police Videos." For 18 years Jonathan and his wife, former Broadway performer Ginny King, produced shows for the event business in Atlanta. Jonathan has written, produced and directed fourteen interactive mysteries that have been produced at over 350 corporate events. Jonathan is a past president of the Georgia Chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA). Titles If You're Not Having Fun, You're Doing It Wrong. Motivate This! Topics Humor, Motivation, Emcee Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range Less than $5,000 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State GA Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.

TESTIMONIALS: Vinny didn't have to break any arms to get these quotes: There's not much to laugh about in health care these days, but you helped put difficult situations in perspective with your no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners, street-smart approach. My members are still talking about the 3 F's. -- Executive VP, Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities Your presentation was an absolute RIOT! I am still hearing from participants about your performance. -- Penny Murphy, President & CEO, Empire State Society of Association Executives "The time (Vinny) spent researching our company definitely showed in his presentations! He was able to incorporate ideas and humor concerning our business to keep our conference lively and interactive. This set the tone for sharing information in an open and collaborative atmosphere ... he had us laughing all day long. I highly recommend him." - V.P. of North American Operations, Scientific Games International "Having years of experience listening to motivational speakers (ZZZZZzzzzzzz), I found Vinny Verelli to be the most interesting, relevant, fall-out-of-your-seat funniest of them all. You far exceeded my expectations and you definitely won over the Prewett family. Your delivery, honesty, humor and simplicity of message caught the attention of what is normally a very tough audience. -- Atlanta Kitchen & Bath "... a fabulous addition to our worldwide franchise partner conference ... Vinny delivered an inspirational message, with his own sense of style that was right on target and very well received. So get off your butt and hire Vinny!" -- President and CEO, FOCUS Brands