A Keynote-Caliber Experience for Thinking Audiences

Blow Their Minds

(Without Insulting Their Intelligence.)

Corporate Keynote Speaker for Conferences & Executive Events

Ideas refined across cultures and centuries — demonstrated through mentalism and illusion — to improve judgment where decisions shape real outcomes

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Gentry’s work blends keynote-level insight with the techniques of a professional magician and mentalist for corporate events. If you’re planning a keynote and want something more engaging — without sacrificing substance — this experience is designed for you.

For planners looking to hire a mentalist or magician for corporate or private events, a dedicated overview of that experience is available here.

A Keynote-Caliber Experience

(Designed for Audiences Tired of Keynotes)


Delivered through an experience people actually remember


Why this works better than a traditional keynote:

  • No platitudes

  • No recycled frameworks

  • Ideas are experienced, not merely described

  • High retention, minimal fatigue

Is Gentry the Right Fit?


This is a purposeful experience designed to land as part of your event’s core message — not an aside.

It is engaging, human, and memorable, without sacrificing substance.

If you want something that remains meaningful long after the room resets, this is a strong fit.

Why Organizations Hire Gentry:

Nicholas Gentry giving a keynote at TEDx.

Keynotes

Conference Openers & Closers: A fully customizable live demonstration of how attention, judgment, and perception actually shape choices — calibrated to your event’s mission, audience, and strategic goals — with lessons executives can use Monday morning.

Executive & Team Sessions

Breakouts, Offsites, Leadership Meetings: Fully customizable interactive sessions designed around your team’s context and objectives, creating shared reference points that lead to clearer communication, stronger alignment, and fewer costly misunderstandings.

Nicholas Gentry performing mentalism for a live audience.

Evening Experiences

Receptions, Dinners, Closing Events: Fully customizable, intelligent interactive mentalism, calibrated to your event’s audience and intent—creating shared moments of insight without resorting to empty spectacle. This format is designed for adult audiences who want an engaging experience without novelty-act energy.

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Multiple Services; One Common Thread:

Making Human Judgment More Useful — Where Decisions Carry Consequence.

Beyond the Stage:

The services described below are for organizations already familiar with the work, or exploring additional deployment contexts.

Most organizations first encounter Gentry in conference rooms or on stage.

Over time, some discover the work is equally effective in other environments where attention is scarce and conversations are costly:

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Trade Show

Qualified Lead Capture: A fully customizable trade-show activation designed around your product, message, and buyer profile—stopping traffic, sparking substantive conversations, and capturing qualified leads through live, interactive demonstrations at the booth.

Nicholas Gentry engaging guests during a corporate cocktail reception

Networking

Cocktail Hour: A fully customizable, mobile, informal series of brief judgment and perception demonstrations—designed to fit your event’s tone and flow—sparking conversation, lowering social friction, and creating shared moments of insight during receptions, arrivals, and networking periods.

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Cognitive Analysis

Facilitated One-On-One Session: A structured, fully customized session designed around the leader’s role and context, focused on how judgment, communication, and decision-making actually function at the individual level.

Work With Gentry

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Keynotes & Corporate Events:

Intelligent Entertainment

Trade Shows

Team Building & Communication Training

Serving the Northeast Corridor (Boston–Washington, DC), including NYC, NJ, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh — plus nationwide and international clients.

Available for conferences, corporate events, and private engagements throughout the Northeast and beyond.

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