Theresa Behenna

Mixes Live World Class Piano Music With A Customized Message, Highly Entertaining! Adds ‘that Something Different’ Factor.

Categories: Attitude, Change, Communication, Customer Loyalty, Emcee’s, Healthcare, Humour, Leadership, Motivation, Musical Entertainment Acts, Stress, Success Tag: Texas

Theresa Behenna is a motivational keynote speaker and acclaimed international pianist that has been helping people upgrade their thinking, improve communications and deliver excellent customer service since 1998. Her entertaining, upbeat programs provide a unique learning experience for audiences that have resulted in positively memorable events for associations and corporate giants like EXXONMOBIL that wrote: “Your keynote presentation was engaging, inspiring, practical and funny!”

Her passion and spontaneous humor stem from over 25 years as a professional entertainer that began as a piano player in a pub in her native country Australia and culminated in performing at the 2006 Olympics in Torino. Traveling the world as a musician/small business owner, Theresa’s experience in communicating with different cultures, adapting to changing markets and appearing before celebrities, gives her the distinct ability to combine practical content with dynamic entertainment to produce positive change.

Theresa’s Unique Selling Point is the piano she plays in ALL her presentations to emphasize points and enhance her stories.

Oh wait. Theresa Behenna is funny too. She shares hilarious compelling stories, involves audiences in fun exercises that maximizes engagement, increases memory retention, relieves stress, energizes and uplifts attendees…..no worries, Mate!

Theresa’s most popular keynote is “From Gershwin to Gaga: Extraordinary is the New Norm!” The core message is how to stand out from the competition to get the customer/keep the customer, get the job/keep the job. It’s about winning fans and influencing people by being extraordinary at what you do applying the same principles she used to master the piano.

Theresa Behenna customizes each presentation to suit the client’s industry and needs by interviewing several audience members before the event and weaving that information into her speech.

Because audiences leave Theresa’s programs feeling happy, energized, motivated and inspired, she is most suited for:

Opening/closing general session
Mid-day keynote to energize
After dinner program to entertain
Client that wants something totally different

Topics

Change Your Tune, Change Your Life!
A unique combination of audience interaction, live music and funny stories results in hilarious teamwork, high energy and maximum engagement that leaves attendees glad they attended.

Customized content ensures relevant points emphasized by popular songs played on piano and demonstrated by games throughout the presentation. Audiences learn how attitude is key to seeing change as opportunity versus being fearful and negative.

Uplifting, entertaining and fully engaging, this program is popular with all generations and meeting planners looking for something different.

Happy Customers Are Loyal Customers!
In today’s crowded marketplace organizations are finding it a challenge to attract and keep clients with so many businesses competing for the same customer. So how do you create a culture that influences people to buy from you versus the other guys?

In this humorous presentation, audiences learn the three keys to being part of a successful team that delivers excellent customer service and impacts the bottom line. Practical ideas mixed with popular music,funny stories and interactive games, guarantee attendees to be fully engaged, entertained, energized and motivated to action!

Keys to Employee Engagement: It All Starts With You!
* Motivation * Employee Engagement * Productivity * Teamwork * Attitude * Humor *

Did you know that only 32% of all US employees are engaged in their jobs? Employee engagement is strongly connected to business outcomes essential to an organization’s financial success, such as productivity, profitability and customer service.

This interactive keynote uses music, humor and stories as tools to energize, engage, entertain and empower people to boost productivity, inspire innovation and transform negative attitudes. Audience members participate in games and exercises to demonstrate great teamwork between the generations, the power of passion, the impact of positive communications and the importance of building good relationships.

Oh wait. It’s a ton of fun too!

Learn From the Beatles: Leadership That Motivates Creates Rock Star Teams & Raving Fans!
Motivation * Leadership * Team building * Humor * Customer Service
All leadership begins with self-leadership. Why were The Beatles so popular? How did they attract millions of fans world-wide? What made them different from other bands?

They were likable, they were passionate about their music, they had a unique sound, they worked well as a team. People are influenced by people passionate about their work.

A leader’s job is to create the kind of work environment that inspires employees to motivate themselves. Likable leadership combines listening skills with an open door policy to ensure workers feel valued because people join companies but leave bosses and the #1 reason? They feel unappreciated.

She loves you, yeah yeah yeah……!

From Gershwin to Gaga: Win Fans & Influence People to Supercharge Your Success!
Motivation * Peak Performance *Productivity * Innovation * Success * Humor *

This entertaining, humorous presentation addresses how people need to stand out from the crowd to be successful in today’s economy. Learning new ways of working promotes innovation and creativity that attracts the right kind of attention from the right kind of people – like Gershwin and Gaga. Audiences learn simple tools they can use to improve work performance, boost teamwork and increase productivity to get the job/keep the job, get the customer/keep the customer.

Through audience participation, popular piano music, funny stories and customized content this program engages, uplifts and energizes people leaving them glad they attended and motivated to take action!

Fifty Shades of Fun: Healthy Doesn’t Have to Be Boring!
Motivation * Stress * Healthcare * Inspiration * Humor

With the increasing population of aging baby boomers and rising costs of healthcare, it’s imperative that people take responsibility for their own health and wellness. Caregivers and healthcare workers are stressed out with multi-tasking and compassionate fatigue and need practical tips they can implement on the job.

Mixing music with message to maximize engagement, Theresa shows audiences how people can make the most out of life whether they are a working professional, approaching retirement or already in their golden years. With her extensive experience in performing for senior living communities and Alzheimers groups, she shares valuable insights on how audiences can live a joyful, fulfilling life that results in better health in mind, body and spirit.

Entertaining, interactive and uplifting, this program leaves people feeling happy, energized and inspired with ideas they can use.

Testimonials

“We were so engaged the whole time during your presentation no one used their cell phones which was amazing! The evaluations rated you as one of the most entertaining, funniest speakers we’ve had in years. A refreshing change was how you played interactive games with us to demonstrate teamwork. Super fun yet relevant!”
AMERICAN PAYROLL ASSOCIATION

“Our 800 admins raved about your informative, highly entertaining presentation on Customer Service at our 2019 CLAS Conference. They loved your humorous speaking style combined with the interactive games and popular music that was completely engaging! Your key points are still being discussed at team meetings.”
NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

“Your evaluations rated the highest points possible! Some comments I received from our members: EXCELLENT speaker!…Invite her again…She is SO FUNNY!…Loved the music mingled in with the message… REALLY DIFFERENT!…Her message was great and super entertaining!…AWESOME program!”
HOUSTON SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES

“DYNAMIC opening speaker! She really set the tone and raised the bar for this conference…Her message on Change made me feel she was talking specifically to me because it felt like she was one of us… Message was RELEVANT to us as writers…Fabulous inspirational high energy program!…She played an AMAZING piano!….SUPER start to the conference!”
Attendees at ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA international conference

“This year’s kickoff speaker Theresa Behenna was fantastic as evidenced by the STANDING OVATION at the end of her presentation! I was particularly impressed with how she CONNECTED to our diverse group by including several of our members in her program. Emphasizing her points with music definitely ranks her as being one of the MOST MEMORABLE and entertaining speakers we’ve ever had!”
AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION symposium

“Thanks again for a truly wonderful presentation that made a LASTING IMPRESSION on all who attended our Professional Admin Appreciation lunch. They are still talking about your fun program and how GREAT it made them feel about their work!”
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY

“As with most companies we have a real challenge in keeping our meetings fresh and interesting. From the feedback we received after your presentation the group really appreciated the change of pace and UNIQUE STYLE you brought to us while delivering the results we were looking for. I was amazed at how accurately you were able to weave our corporate culture into your program!”
Charlie Pierce, EXXONMOBILE

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Added Value

Mixing it up with music, humor and audience participation Theresa can:

•    Emcee your awards program and spice it up with humorous anecdotes and popular songs
•    Host your corporate event and add fun activities to energize and maintain attention
•    Facilitate teams, breakout sessions, round table discussions
•    Keep people awake as an after dinner speaker
•    Provide piano entertainment at your VIP reception or any time slot during your conference
•    Create a musical program tailored to your group for any event – no rules, no worries!
•    Write a customized song about your organization for keepsake memorabilia

Past Clients

Exxonmobil
Houston Society Of Association Executives
Romance Writers Of America
American Business Women’s Association
Texas Educational Support Staff Association
National Association Of Purchasing Managers
Metro National Corporation
Houston Apartment Association
Women’s Council Of Realtors
Communicators Federal Credit Union
Texas Health Choice
National Speakers Association, Australia
Engineering Management Construction Services
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Customized Real Estate Services
Associated Builders & Contractors
Texas A & M University
Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association
Five Star Quality Care
Fort Bend Association Of Realtors
Texas Rose Festival
Commercial Real Estate Women