Big Productions, Big Budgets, Big Egos and Big Headaches - Hollywood's top producers handle it all with style to bring you the world's biggest blockbusters. Now, the Producers Guild of America and BigSpeak are teaming up to bring this unique insight and experience directly to you. We're dropping some pretty big names here - Oscar caliber producers with major league credits - like Bruce Cohen , Mark Gordon, Gale Anne Hurd, David Picker, Tracey Edmonds and Lauren Shuler Donner to name a few. From negotiation, finance and team-building to management, problem-solving and epic storytelling, get the inside view of how these top professionals command small armies to deliver on time and on budget in a business where the stakes are high and the pressure is relentless (sound familiar?) Imagine the benefit their insight, energy and inside stories can bring to your organization. Make your next conference a summer blockbuster, have your people call our people today!

The Big O

BigSpeak's own exclusive chef, author and organic food expert Domenica Catelli, has been officially signed as spokesperson for O Organics™  to star in commercials and embark upon a 28 city tour in the next 12 months. 
O Organics™ is one of the nation's largest organic brands by retail sales and offers consumers and retailers a complete, multi-category lifestyle solution with products in nearly every aisle of the supermarket. Available in mainstream grocers, O Organic simplifies the shopping experience by allowing consumers to take care of all their organic and conventional food needs in a single location. Additionally, the brand has been recognized as one of the key players transforming the organic sector from niche to mainstream by making great-tasting organic foods affordable and widely available to consumers nationwide.

At the annual Environmental Media Association Awards in Hollywood, the gala event merged together culinary excellence with organic responsibility.  All the dishes had one ingredient in common - O Organics™. Chef Catelli served up organic dishes to stars such as Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Rosario Dawson, among other Hollywood notables.  Her Organic Rosemary and Balsamic Beef Skewers was the most popular dish of the evening! Domenica was also the top chef at a star-studded Pregnancy Awareness Month event hosted by O Organics™ on May 2, in Santa Monica, California.

Earlier this month, Domenica Catelli was again a big hit at Mission Hospital's (Asheville, NC) breast cancer program and healthy cooking demonstration. For over 300 guests Domenica presented a menu designed to emphasize the benefits of healthy nutrition, recipes, cooking, organic ingredients, antioxidants and their relation to cancer prevention and health.

When it came time for her keynote, she spoke on her passion: making easy, healthy changes in the pantry, the grocery store, and in the kitchen to transform the ways we cook and feel. She also covered some common misperceptions on what is considered 'natural' food and then wrangled some volunteers to come up and learn a few quintessential cooking tips. She also signed copies of her book and met with her newest legion of fans.  As organic cooking and nutrition continues to grow from novelty to necessity, Chef Domenica Catelli is definitely in-demand and on the move.  For details on customized presentations your organization and to secure availability for your next event, call BigSpeak today.

Focus, resilience, motivation, teamwork, leadership, performance. They're the words that drive today's toughest business competitors in the marketplace, but also resonate like thunder on the battle fields of professional sports. Just ask the two finalists in last week's NBA Championship. It's what brought these two disparate teams - The Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic- from opposite ends of the country to face each other in the NBA's ultimate battle of wills and skills.

The Magic truly lived up to their name and defied the odds, by beating Philadelphia, winning the series in Boston after being down two games to three, and officially shocking the NBA world by advancing past the seemingly invincible LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, heading to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1995.

Despite a league-leading season of dominance, the Lakers stumbled and overcame some stunning defeats at the hands of playoff rivals in Utah and Denver only to re-group and come back stronger than ever in the finals as a team on a mission, ultimately taking the title in five games.

Now, BigSpeak can deliver the same motivation, inspiration, insight and championship team-building strategy to your organization, directly from those who have been to the big show.

Legendary NBA coach Pat Riley brought "Show Time" to the epic showdowns between the Lakers and Celtics in the eighties.  His coaching prowess earned him six championship rings and accolades as "Coach of the Year" with three different franchises. Currently the President of the Miami HEAT, Pat Riley is consistently rated as one of the top motivational speakers in the country. Coach Riley's prodigious protégé, Earvin "Magic" Johnson also knows the feeling of both NBA and Olympic victory as a Hall of Fame player, and continues to reign as a champion both on and off the court. As the Vice President of the Lakers organization, Magic is a respected sideline sage in the broadcast booth as well as an accomplished entrepreneur and community philanthropist.

Pat Williams is the senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995. Twenty-three of his teams have gone to the NBA playoffs and five have made the NBA finals. Pat Williams was named as one of the "50 most influential people in NBA history" and continues to be recognized for his vision, strategy and service. 

Renowned leadership expert, Patrick Lencioni was deemed one of the Fortune's  "Top Ten Business Gurus." His book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team continues to be a fixture on national best-seller lists and he was brought in to address NBA management at their annual confab through BigSpeak.

And rounding out our "Pantheon of Pats" is Pat Richie. Also no stranger to building and guiding champion athletes and organizations, the San Francisco 49'ers awarded him three Super Bowl rings in recognition of his contribution to the team's success after Super Bowls XXIII, XXIV and XXIX.

As associate editor of Sports Illustrated, Don Yeager has had unprecedented access to the best minds and talents in sports and seen the results of championship coaching strategies and mindsets first hand, including the NBA Finals, chronicled in his article Leadership Lessons from a Hotel Lobby. In his 20-plus years as a journalist, he has conducted interviews with some of the greatest athletes of our time - Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Emmitt Smith, Serena Williams, Jimmy Connors and countless others.

With access to such a world-class roster of world champion talent and wisdom, isn't it about time you brought a little heat, magic and show time to your organization? Let the best in the business inspire your business... make BigSpeakyour first-round pick.

BigLaughs

Make it a summer of Winters... Jonathan Winters ("Yes, he's still alive" is how he begins his own biography). In fact, this beloved award-winning legend of film, television (over 25 appearances on the Tonight show) and stand-up comedy is still going strong and available through BigSpeak for your next event. Our multi-talented neighbor and master of mischief was recently the subject of an original "mockumentary" by director Jim Pasternak. Certifiably Jonathan is part documentary/part flight of fancy, showcasing Mr. Winter's wealth of creativity expressed through his brilliant work as a painter, best-selling author and master of outrageous improvisation. The film also features star-studded cameos from the likes of Jeffrey Tambor, Robert Klein and Sarah Silverman, giving not only a rare glimpse into the inner workings of this comic genius, but also the profound influence he's had on contemporary comics, including Robin Williams and Howie Mandel. To book an evening of inspired improv, insight and insanity from one of comedy's gentle giants, contact us today.

BigSwells

With summer upon us, we thought we'd recognize that International Surfing Day is June 20th. In a town like Santa Barbara - home to many of the sport's demigods -this is big news. Surfing here is equal parts industry, lifestyle and religion (we even have a massive parade downtown to welcome the Summer Solstice). If your organization could use some summer stoke and insight from a bold entrepreneur, passionate environmental advocate and daring world champion, look no further than BigSpeak. Recently we brought in surfing legend Shaun Tomson to re-energize and inspire a group of battle-weary tax professionals. The result:

"Shaun is an amazing keynote speaker!! His energy, passion and ability to relate surfing to the business arena is truly impressive and very motivating. Everyone at my company is stoked and READY TO PADDLE OUT!! Thank you for sprinkling your magic on all of us."
---Roni Deutch, Owner and Founder,
      Roni Deutch Tax Center

Currently on a book-signing tour with author Stuart Coleman Eddie Would Go, Fierce Heart, Shaun is signing copies of his book and DVD Bustin' Down the Door. Summe's here and the time is right for action with BigSpeak.