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Key Points for Homer Papantonio

  • The Corporate Impostor, Homer Papantonio delivers presentations as a unique character created specifically for your event under the guise of an overseas industry expert or guru.
  • He targets the key issues of any profession / organisation as well as addressing the central theme of an event to educate, entertain and inspire.
  • Homer undertakes comprehensive briefing with the client & extensive research with meticulous attention to detail to develop each keynote / character..often spanning several months or research, writing and re-writing until the performance date.
  • Each keynote / character creation is accompanied with a meticulously tailored Visual Power Point Presentation.
  • Engaging the Corporate Impostor at your next conference, special event or product launch is virtually guaranteed to be a success as well as the highlight of your entire event. Independent post performance client evaluations on Homer's last 1000 engagements over a decade shows he has a 99% Excellent rating across the diverse client range.

Topics for Homer Papantonio

  • The corporate impostor
  • Hoax with a difference
  • Ferrari’s global marketing director
    We have been lucky enough to secure the services of someone who is currently visiting our shores as part of national lecture tour. Enrico Galliera is the Global Marketing Director for Ferrari one of the world’s most recognizable brands. As he will outline….unlike many other vehicle manufacturers, his company no longer relies solely on selling cars and winning races to generate revenues ....indeed their multi-billion dollar licensing and retail division has become the model for sports properties around the world. This keynote is ideal for breakfast, luncheon or after dinner address.
  • The sports psychologist to the stars / wellbeing guru / futurist
    Doctor Tony Valenti is an internationally renowned speaker, author and motivator who has been universally dubbed as the sports psychologist to the stars As a former champion cyclist and now a highly successful business person he can empathize with top level athletes, coaches and leaders. He has individually counseled world champions in athletics, soccer, basketball, cycling, as well as being the unnerving inspiration behind World Champion Valentino Rossi.
    Key take away outcomes from sports psychologist to the stars character – the Corporate Impostor:
    • Each Dimension of Energy must be managed. Essentially there are four dimensions of energy that must be managed for us to “succeed” – an integral definition of success is being the very best you can But the four dimensions of energy are: physical energy, emotional energy, mental energy, and spiritual energy. If you lack physical energy you'll automatically lack the other three types of energy. Physical energy comes from exercising. Mental energy comes from being creative and maintaining a positive outlook on life. Spiritual energy comes from your integrity, passion, and character and can be boosted by volunteering. Emotional energy is managed by keeping your self-confidence and empathy on a high-note and being able to self-regulate. We must build up our emotional, mental, and spiritual energies in exactly the same way as we do physical endurance – By pushing ourselves a little harder, a little further each time and then allowing enough recovery time. It might feel uncomfortable, especially to begin with, but with time and practice the benefits are seen and felt within us. So we build capacity in all aspects of our life – similar to how we build our muscles – the stress isn’t necessarily bad but its not recovering from it that may be harmful.
    • Increase good habits & rituals. Following specific rituals, habits, and patterns ensure you keep each of your four energy levels topped up and results in you being able to complete all the tasks you need and want to do whether at work or in your personal life. Good habits to maintain each of the four energy levels include getting enough quality sleep, staying hydrated, exercising regularly, eating a nutritious diet, practicing patience, being honest, planning and setting life goals, staying positive and more. Negative habits, whether that's eating too much junk food, not getting enough sleep, rushing around because you didn't plan your day, and multitasking all drain your energy also depleting stored energy levels so that you feel sluggish.
    • Sprint through life and enjoy more breaks & why a playful approach to life is imperative for well being. Most people get through the workday (and indeed life) as if they're running a marathon, they'll multitask, work for 8 hours solid with only a 1 hour break, and at the end of the day wonder where the time went and what they actually achieved. In a nutshell, we spend too much of our lives using up our energy without taking the time to recover it. Just as a car needs to be filled up after a certain amount of mileage, so too must we take the time to 'fill up' each of our 4 energy levels. Playfulness in adults is linked to certain desirable characteristics, such as liking to make people laugh, the ability to ease tension, and being able to support creative processes in a group. Playful individuals have higher creativity, appreciate beauty, approach life with excitement and positive energy, better express love, hope and a sense of humour. Play helps individuals cope with stress. Playful people are more likely to be intrinsically motivated to exercise when having fun. In other words, often when exercise feels like play instead of hard work, adults are more likely to engage in it. In summary - a practical way for to be a full engaged sales person / leader and to embrace change is to cultivate a total wellbeing approach with greater resilience with humour and playful motivation. These are critical factors in optimising people’s performance, whilst minimising the impact of the increasingly common physical, emotional and mental health problems that diminish personal confidence and achievement. These lifestyle pillars are vital to developing effective change management skills, increasing problem solving efficiency, building and maintaining interpersonal relationships and fostering a culture of realistic goal setting. Fully implementing these mantras will greatly enhance an individual’s wellbeing and ability to perform in daily life. This keynote is ideal for breakfast, luncheon or after dinner address.
  • Wine character: The president of the Italian wine society
     Dr Antonio Passini is President of the Italian Wine Society as well as a descendent of one of Italy’s oldest and most aristocratic families. Antoniou is also an author, speaker and featured columnist for European Wine Business Monthly and writes regularly for other magazines. This keynote is ideal for breakfast, luncheon or after dinner address. 
  • Business futurist guru
    One of Europe’s leading futurists Dr Paolo Ponitti is founding president of the Europa Futuring Group which is dedicated to disseminating information about the future of leading, managing and getting clients to create what he calls their “preferred future”. Paolo has been a change agent and strategic advisor to CEO’s from the top ten Fortune 500 companies. He assists such senior personnel to develop game-changing strategies aimed at facilitating them to become fully engaged both in work and in life …in order to create what he calls their “preferred future”. Paolo encourages business leaders to not only manage their time …but also to manage their energy. So will leaders shape the future or will the future shape leaders? This keynote is ideal for breakfast, luncheon or after dinner address.
  • Royal inhouse butler – Andrea Ricci
    Between 1995 and 2010 Andrea Ricci was the Royal Family’s Butler …their exclusive sympathetic in house therapist at both Kensington and Buckingham Palace. Andrea’s childhood was humble ..a far cry from the luxury of Buckingham Palace. But after a synchronicity of events he began serving the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Phillip personally as well as following them often to almost every corner of the world. As recognition to his service to the Royal Family in 2007 Andrea was decorated by the Queen with the Royal Victorian Medal at an investiture at Buckingham Palace.  


Testimonials for Homer Papantonio

Sensational- a top notch performance with intelligence, creativity, style and the very best spell binding delivery our delegates have ever witnessed. They are still talking about the performance a year later, what better testimony! And it is the third time we have used you.
NZ Taxi Industry 50th Anniversary Conference

Outrageously brilliant …..most impressed by how much research goes into his presentation ….a great mix of hysterically funny patter, a wonderful characterization as well as a great take home message for the delegates.
Viticulture Wine Growers 30th Anniversary Conference

You professional boisterous persona kept us in stitches …your onslaught of humour with relevant and impactful points on business, success, motivation as well as dealing with life challenges gave us great value.
Annual One Group Millinium Conference

Thanks for your fantastic contribution. The feedback was awesome ! Your performance was beyond our expectations …very well researched and delivered with great creativity and humour.
Australian / New Zealand Practice Management Conference

As our closing keynote / futurist speaker attended by over 400 delegates you were completely plausible - insightful, thought-provoking, inspirational, and highly entertaining. The audience were totally riveted, hanging onto your every word, noting down key points, and thinking about their own practice. And the look on their faces at the end was wonderful! Your keynote closed our successful national conference in a way none of us could ever have imagined.
NZ National Project Management 20th Anniversary Conference

A wonderful performance the feedback we had was fabulous. Your in-depth background research about our industry made your presentation so authentic. Indeed a number of people remarked as to how much research you must have conducted as well the message you conveyed. It was also thrilling to watch the delegates laugh virtually non-stop from the beginning to to the end. You made us ( the conference organisers) look good simply by choosing you. Thank you.
Concrete Industry National Conference

Fantastic …even though this is the fourth time we have used you ..you were even funnier and more engaging. Absolutely brilliant and entertaining and we can’t wait to have you back again.
Global Business Camps Annual Conference

Excellent, funny, totally surprising and relevant to the context of the conference.
Local Government Management Leadership Conference

You gave us many of the best attributes of all types of corporate speakers. You were brilliantly creative, highly insightful, extremely entertaining and hilariously funny. Our delegates were enthralled, educated and entertained, and were kept guessing until the very end. It was the highlight of a very successful conference.
Boston Scientific Australia New Zealand Leadership Conference

Brilliant, professional, thought provoking, reflective and very funny. Your performance was outstanding and complimented our conference theme so well. The whole thing was just right!
National Local Search Company Conference

What a highly entertaining presentation …it really surpassed our expectations …the feedback was incredible and unprecedented ..I put that down to your original wit, your awesome delivery and the thorough research you did beforehand to understand this particular audience.
Australian Egg Corporation Conference

A fabulous performance …thoroughly enjoyed working with you and watching you deliver.
Toxfree National Conference

The response was overwhelming and the standing ovation you received was testament to your outstanding performance” You mixed humour with insight and it was very evident that you had researched the content and made it extremely relevant to our target audience. Device Technologies National Conference

Fabulous…people commenting that your presentation was the best they had ever heard….your humour and honest values that you were able to communicate resonated with all!
Tasmanian Cancer Council Blue Tie Dinner

This was the fourth time we have used you ..you were like always great to work with …very entertaining and a great way to commemorate our conference.
Australian Super Yacht Marine Export Conference

A big thank you…we have had nothing but positive feedback about your performance.
AFL Chairman’s Luncheon

You were a hit ….. A great mixture of expertise, knowledge, fun and dynamic interaction ..it was with your help that our dream became a reality.
Inaugural Project Management Institute Conference

Fantastic ….in front of a high-calibre multinational audience of scientists and engineers, it was a refreshing change to have entertainment of such high quality. Tears of laughter….many thanks.
Carbon Fibre Future Directions International Conference

A huge hit …the ultimate professional and the best keynote speaker with a twist we’ve ever witnessed. Our delegates are still talking about his brilliant performance.
Liquor Legends 20th Anniversary Conference

Would recommend you to anyone …your truly a funny man with the ability to get a profound message across to people ..whilst they are still laughing ! Your message of customer service, passion, drive, dedication and good business practice shone through……our network were totally absorbed the story you delivered!
Shed Company National Conference

Your character portrayal was perfect, your performance was impeccable with a message that made people think and with humour that had them laughing out …loud. Everyone is still raving about how great a speaker you were and we will certainly recommend you to anyone looking for a fantastically entertaining speaker.
Fulcrum Suspensions 40th Anniversary Conference

Thank you …you were the highlight of the conference.
eResearch Australasia Conference

Really great feedback…thanks again.
National Investigations Symposium

Very engaging, well researched and a great addition to our conference program. ..you scored very highly on our post convention evaluations.
National Insurance Brokers 30th Anniversary Convention

Awesome…your ability to keep everyone entertained was amazing! Thank you for playing such a huge part to making our event successful.
IVECO Truck Dealer Convention

Fantastic, amazing ….a breath of fresh air and quite hilarious.
New Zealand of Architects Gala Awards

Homer is a consummate professional to deal with. His preparation for our leadership conference was detailed and meticulous – nothing was left to chance. He had our audience in the palm of his hand, not knowing if they were being lectured to by one of the world’s leading sports psychologists, or a completely mad Italian. The audience feedback was outstanding – without exception everyone found Homer’s presentation incredibly clever and hilarious. Thank you for ensuring our conference ended on such a high!
Tabcorp 20th Anniversary Leadership Conference

Fabulous, excellent, hilarious, well prepared …the comedy just kept on coming …all our guests couldn’t remember the last time they laughed so hard.
Newcrest Mining Senior Management Conference

Excellent …extremely well received by all in attendance.
Australian Facility Management Conference

Absolutely excellent …your presentation was superb and extremely well received ….. feed back sheets indicated you were by far the most popular and well received of all our professional speakers…a super presentation.
LJ Hooker National Property Management Conference

Your presentation was perfectly paced, interspersed with moments of reflection and thought provoking statements were a delight to experience….you also managed to get across a profound message of positive psychology and the importance of team work and laughter . MIG – Agribusiness Biennial Dinner

Your speech was perfectly delivered the feedback from both brokers and sponsors has been extremely positive and we appreciate your efforts in making our conference finale a big hit.
National Mortgage Brokers Conference

We loved your whole performance containing a mixture of intrigue, and superb timing. A truly passionate performance and fantastic way to close our conference.
RSM Bird Cameron National Conference

Excellent …your presentation was thoroughly enjoyed by all our members.
Geelong Business Club Dinner

Wow…fabulous…what a truly memorable presentation ! The entire audience was in the palm of your hand ..they waited on your every word …your ability to stay in character for the entire 70 minute keynote presentation was amazing. You’re a very talented, humourous and entertaining speaker and made our conference the best yet.
EC Credit Control Aust’n / NZ Conference

Excellent ….Thanks for a great performance …it worked perfectly…exactly as planned.
Councillor’s Municipal Association of Victoria Conference

Great work…our company’s 50th Anniversary was the biggest event we had ever undertaken. We toyed with the idea of engaging various comedians …however we’d seen too much of that sort of thing before and wanted something really different and entertaining. You fitted the bill perfectly ..you were brilliant and the success we enjoyed with you had our audience in raptures and made it all worthwhile. Warren Saunders Insurance Brokers 50th Anniversary Dinner

Your humour, research and preparation were second to none. I was particularly impressed with the investment that you had made into developing a character that was as one client commented “spot on” for our industry. I for one spent the weekend after our gala dinner chuckling to myself as your hilarious anecdotes and amusing commentary replayed through my mind.
Recruitment Excellence Gala Awards

Excellent. . . .your presentation was well structured and incredibly well presented and you carried off the impersonation very well. Tertiary Education Management National Conference

Thank you for your opening keynote address at our most recent International Conference. It was without question one of the best addresses that I have had the privilege of witnessing. I feel qualified to make this statement having attended hundreds of Conferences in Australia and Overseas listening to many speakers claiming to be some of the best in the World. Your genius wit and flawless delivery with more twists than a Hitchcock novel entertained our membership magnificently. What a wonderful 60 minute journey that we shared! It would have been remiss of me not to single you out and congratulate you on being the star performer adding brilliantly to the overall success of our Conference. We wish you well and look forward to when we next share some time.
Professionals Real Estate Group 40th Anniversary Conference

We were fortunate to have Homer as the final keynote speaker throughout a series of State conferences in August . On each occasion our conference finished on an absolute high ! . In 5 years of hosting conferences for our members, I cannot recall a speaker receiving such glowing reviews from the audience. It is certainly an incredible experience to have a room of 200 members in rapturous laughter and then ending with standing ovations. An experience I won't forget in a hurry. ……Homer captivates the audience with exceptional visuals linked to brilliant stories that can make you laugh and cry all at once - a must have experience!
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