Larry Olson - Speaker & Entertainer

Larry Olson

Larry Olson
Entertaining Speaker

A Message with Magic...
Variety entertainment to enhance, reinforce and/or deliver your message for conferences, seminars, and trade shows. Presentations can also be created for annual meetings, year-end reports, sales meetings, and/or other events. Scripts utilizing a visual component are specifically written from and with the information you provide. Key words to deliver your message are combined innovatively with toss juggling, magic, object manipulation, balancing, and feats of dexterity. Add a highly memorable, entertaining message with magic to your next event.

Juggling Learning & Creativity...
This seminar or breakout session helps you discover the state of relaxed concentration, the key to achieving your highest potential. Explore the process of step-wise motor learning. Learn how to balance playfulness with serious purpose. Find out why failure is important. This energizing, fun, hands-on experience uses scarf juggling as a metaphor for learning & creativity. You will learn to juggle three scarves in as little as ten minutes. Never thought you could? You will... & more. This fool-proof method of learning will prepare you for other challenges you thought impossible. "Juggling Learning & Creativity" can also be combined with a kick-off or culminating performance of the Larry O. Show. This performance & seminar package can provide a perfect blend of fun, learning & creativity for your next event.

Create A Script...
Have a script written, and performance created, for your special event. Scripts are customized to embellish your theme, and can include pertinent information about the event and/or sponsor.

Background Information

Besides being an entertainer and speaker Larry has been producing events, managing artists and serving on the board of directors for numerous arts organizations since 1978.

Larry's event planning and producing background began in college as a coffeehouse coordinator, concert program chairman, and chairman of freshman orientation. Following college, he served on the board of directors for two dance companies and three regional art groups. Larry was also the assistant statewide arts curriculum coordinator for K-12 schools in the state of North Dakota.
For twenty years, he was the producer and personal manager for a variety arts troupe which toured extensively throughout Minnesota, the Dakota's and the surrounding region.

In 1980, Larry was elected to the board of the International Jugglers' Association, an international organization for variety arts performers. He served on their Board of Directors for four years, and was elected vice president twice. Three times he has been named a judge for the IJA's US Nationals competition. Larry served as chairman of the 33rd Annual IJA Convention, and was the media coordinator for the 46th Annual event. More recently he served on the site selection committee for the 2008 festival.

Larry is thankful for all the wonderful people he has met producing, managing, and performing. He is looking forward to entertaining and /or speaking at your next event.