Matt Weinstein is the nation's foremost authority on the use of fun and humor in team building. Called "The Master of Playfulness" by PEOPLE Magazine and "America's Pied Piper of Play" by the Houston Post, Matt Weinstein's playful vision has been the subject of dozens of national newspaper articles, magazine features, and television appearances.

Matt is the founder and Emperor of Playfair, Inc., an international consulting firm based in Berkeley, California whose philosophy is, "If you take yourself too seriously, there is an excellent chance you'll wind up seriously ill!" Matt was elected to the Professional Speaker's Hall of Fame by the National Speaker's Association, and was honored by Successful Meetings Magazine as one of the "21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century."

Matt's television special "FUN WORKS!: The Power of Humor in the Workplace" was broadcast nationally on PBS. His latest book, GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM was released in September of 2006 and his previous book DOGS DON'T BITE WHEN A GROWL WILL DO: What Your Dog Can Teach You About Living A Happy Life was the #3 bestseller on the nationwide bestseller list, What CEOs Are Reading.

• Gently Down The Stream-Four Unforgettable Keys to Success in Life and Work
Sometimes the simplest solutions are the most profound ones. As Confucius pointed out, "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complex." Using a simple, universally familiar verse as a metaphor for success, Matt Weinstein will show you how to increase happiness, reduce stress, find more fun at work, and enhance motivation, communication, teamwork, and satisfaction on the job.

As Arthur Schopenhauer reminds us,"The task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees." In this dynamic and mind-expanding session you will learn the four unforgettable principles for success that can make your life a waking dream. This session is based on Matt Weinstein's latest book, Gently Down The Stream. Come prepared to have some serious fun!

• Managing To Have Fun.
This hands-on session will teach the skills of "Managing To Have Fun." For the past twenty-five years Matt Weinstein's Playfair organization has been a laboratory for the development of "fun-centered" management skills that can have a profound effect on team building, employee retention, and corporate loyalty. These skills include:
1. Learn To Give and Receive Reward and Recognition
2. Establish Employee Support Systems
3. Deal Positively With Negative Change
4. Have Fun With Your Customers

In this dynamic program, Matt Weinstein takes a look at ways to restructure the organizational culture so that it supports laughter, play, and the "human" values in the workplace-and at the same time increases productivity, teamwork, and physical wellbeing. Come prepared to have some serious fun!

• Work Like Your Dog
Every working person has heard that he is supposed to work smarter, not harder--- but what, exactly, does that mean? How, exactly, do you do that? One important step to working smarter is to learn the skills of working like your dog.

How many times have you heard people complain that they have been "working like a dog"? However, before you ever use the phrase "work like a dog" again, take a moment to think about how your own dog actually spends her days! Dogs approach their work not only with dedication, loyalty, discipline, sensitivity, and love, but also with joy, enthusiasm, happiness, and a willingness to see their work as play.

Once you bring a sense of fun and joy and celebration to your workplace, you will become a more valuable manager and team member, and one who is less likely to suffer from job burnout. Yours will be a workplace that is filled with joy and celebration and a resurgence of energy. By learning to play with the problem situations that arise on the job, you will actually work smarter, produce more, and earn more.

That sense of fun at work is exactly what the other members of your team will feel, as well, once you inspire them to go on out there and work like your dog!