Michael Veeck
Mike Veeck is a nationally renowned speaker, entrepreneur, author, college professor, marketing, promotions and advertising expert as well as an owner of six successful minor league baseball teams. His name is synonymous with fun and creativity and he continues to blaze new trails each year. Who else would train a pig to deliver baseballs to the umpire, hire mimes to perform instant replays or lock fans out of the stadium to set an all-time attendance record for fewest people at a game? Mike even worked for 4 ½ major league baseball teams!
It is with the belief that anything is possible, and fun is crucial to success that Mike runs his companies. Along with this culture of fun, it's their willingness to take creative risks, forge innovative partnerships and deliver outstanding customer care that proves to be the positive difference that leads to success. This is the message of his first published book, Fun Is Good. His Saint Paul Saints have become a model organization and have been recognized as one of the best customer care organizations in the country in Leonard Berry's book, Discovering The Soul of Service. It's no surprise then that SNL alum and film guy Bill Murray (a co-owner and partner in a number of Mike's teams) serves as Team Psychologist / Director of Fun. Murray is sometimes seen taking tickets, selling programs, coaching third base and giving noogies. Fans love the positive vibe, family feel and great customer service they get at Mike's ballparks! This business philosophy has garnered national attention, with Mike being featured on NBC Nightly News, 60 Minutes, HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, ESPN Sports Center, The Late Show with David Letterman and may other national media outlets.
While "Fun Is Good" started as a book telling stories of the successes and failures that Mike Veeck experienced in his many years as a Marketing, Sales & Promotions guru, it has morphed into a very cool consulting company. A few years ago, Fun Is Good - Employee Engagement Consultants was created to bring these lessons to companies and individuals throughout the United States.
Mike Veeck is a nationally renowned speaker, entrepreneur, author, college professor, marketing, promotions and advertising expert as well as an owner of six successful minor league baseball teams. His name is synonymous with fun and creativity and he continues to blaze new trails each year. Who else would train a pig to deliver baseballs to the umpire, hire mimes to perform instant replays or lock fans out of the stadium to set an all-time attendance record for fewest people at a game? Mike even worked for 4 ½ major league baseball teams!
It is with the belief that anything is possible, and fun is crucial to success that Mike runs his companies. Along with this culture of fun, it's their willingness to take creative risks, forge innovative partnerships and deliver outstanding customer care that proves to be the positive difference that leads to success. This is the message of his first published book, Fun Is Good. His Saint Paul Saints have become a model organization and have been recognized as one of the best customer care organizations in the country in Leonard Berry's book, Discovering The Soul of Service. It's no surprise then that SNL alum and film guy Bill Murray (a co-owner and partner in a number of Mike's teams) serves as Team Psychologist / Director of Fun. Murray is sometimes seen taking tickets, selling programs, coaching third base and giving noogies. Fans love the positive vibe, family feel and great customer service they get at Mike's ballparks! This business philosophy has garnered national attention, with Mike being featured on NBC Nightly News, 60 Minutes, HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, ESPN Sports Center, The Late Show with David Letterman and may other national media outlets.
While "Fun Is Good" started as a book telling stories of the successes and failures that Mike Veeck experienced in his many years as a Marketing, Sales & Promotions guru, it has morphed into a very cool consulting company. A few years ago, Fun Is Good - Employee Engagement Consultants was created to bring these lessons to companies and individuals throughout the United States.
Fun Is Good
Make work fun and you'll create a culture of creativity where the best people will want to work and customers will want to spend their money. That is maverick marketing whiz Mike Veeck's Fun Is Good philosophy in a nutshell. And in this book, he demonstrates how it has worked, not only to make an evening at one of his minor league ballparks-full of laughs, zany promotions, and free giveaways-enjoyable for everyone, but also how it can turn any organization into a thriving one.
Finding Your Joy & Passion
Tapping into the successes and failures of author, national public speaker, marketing maverick and entrepreneur Mike Veeck, this seminar shows us how to create a fun work environment that builds to an engaged, creative and successful culture. Laced with firsthand accounts from leaders that have implemented the Fun Is Good philosophy, Veeck entertains us while teaching us that Fun is Good business!
Creating Memorable Marketing
Cultivating Your Creativity
Ever feel stalled, weighed down and a thousand miles from creativity? Let us move your team out of the doldrums and into the land of innovation through our powerful and proven "I-Quation." Imagination + Integrity + Irreverence + Incongruity = Innovation AND Income! A perfect session for marketing departments, advertising agencies, leadership teams and companies looking for a dramatically different perspective in approaching projects and overcoming everyday hurdles.
Fostering Strong Teamwork
