The Pro-Kids Show
Tim with a full staff team after a keynote event
Teacher Institutes & Staff Events

A Keynote Experience Built to Reconnect Your Staff

Every teacher has tricks up their sleeve to reach a room of kids.

Tim uses a different set of tools: comedy, illusion, mentalism, storytelling, and engagement, to reach a room of adults.

The message: the work matters, no one's carrying it alone, and everyone on staff, from the front office to the custodian's closet, is in this together.

The same energy Tim brings to keynotes and staff events nationwide.

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Real Feedback

Real Feedback, From Real Staff Days

Two schools, two honest reactions, no scripts, just administrators talking about what actually happened.

Lansing's curriculum director and superintendent, on Tim's staff training and teacher institute day.
Channahon's superintendent, on why he'd recommend Tim for exactly this kind of day.

We're Always On Stage

Every teacher already knows this. The real work isn't just the lesson plan.

  • The hallway.
  • The parking lot.
  • Lunch duty.
  • The kid you greeted by name because you noticed he needed it.
  • The parent conversation nobody applauds.
  • The coworker you encouraged on a hard day.

Tim sees his own version of this constantly.

  • An audience of hundreds, watching how Tim will react to a parent and a crying child during his Family Night show.
  • Quietly adjusting a routine for a student with special needs, without ever making it a moment.
  • Working to earn a smile from the one adult with arms crossed.
  • Walking into a gym sixty minutes before showtime and finding nothing ready:
    • Nothing set up.
    • No stage.
    • No principal.
    • No one remembers he's coming.
    • Yet Tim still decides he has to deliver the exact same show, because the kids walking in soon have no idea any of that happened, and don't deserve a version of Tim that does.

Every person in that room is carrying something, their own story, their own worries, whatever role they walked in wearing that day. Part of the job is creating a space where they can set all of that down, even for an hour, and just be a kid again, or a parent again.

Tim wrote a book about this, called Perform. His version starts before the lights come up, the moment someone visits his website, how fast he returns a call. People size him up long before he does a trick.

Every classroom is different. Every audience is different. The good ones, teachers and performers alike, don't run the same show twice. They read the room and adjust.

One Story Tim Tells In This Keynote

A Family Night show. 400 people in the gym.

Tim noticed something was wrong with a child on stage.

What happened in the next sixty seconds is the real story.

Quiet thinking. Fast decisions.

Talking in code with the principal and the assistant principal.

Protecting that child's dignity in front of the entire room.

Almost nobody in that gym ever knew why.

The few who caught a glimpse of what was really happening backstage said it made them feel more connected to their school than anything else that year.

It's not a story for this page.

It's one you'll have to have him in the room to hear.

That's the idea behind this program. Just like a teacher keeps a few tricks up their sleeve to reach a room of kids, Tim uses a different set of tools to reach a room of adults, and to remind them why the work matters, that they're not carrying it alone, and that everyone on staff is in this together.

Proof

This Is What Tim Already Does For Rooms Like Yours

Most people who find this site know Tim from school assemblies.

Fewer know he's also brought the same comedy, magic, and message to staff trainings, conferences, and corporate events, everywhere from school gyms and auditoriums to conference ballrooms.

Same connection, wherever the room happens to be.

Wherever he goes, Tim is a people connector.
A show full of laughter, inspiration, and engagement.
Highlighting the real heroes in the room.
Corporate keynotes, conferences, staff events, the format changes, the connection doesn't.
Comedy and mentalism, built for an adult audience.
Having fun together creates connection.
Mentalism that gets a real response.
A keynote packed with audience participation.
Everyone gets a chance to shine, sometimes right on stage.
No one's falling asleep during this keynote. We promise.
A full room, fully in it.
A look at Tim's corporate and keynote work. The exact same energy, ready for your staff day.

A Closing Moment They Won't See Coming

Near the end, everyone pulls out their phone and opens the calculator.

Staff members call out numbers that matter to them. Years teaching. A classroom number. A birthday. Anything personal.

The room follows along, live, out loud. No trick anyone can spot.

Everyone hits equals at the same time.

The final number is today's exact date and time. Without any of them even realizing it.

Tim points out something most people never notice, that this moment, right now, the one they're all sitting in together, was always going to happen. It just took every one of their numbers to get here.

People don't screenshot the math. They screenshot the feeling, the idea that every moment, even the small ones, matters more than we think.

FAQ

Questions Schools Ask

How long is the program, and what does it actually include?

Typically 45 to 60 minutes, built around your event's schedule. It blends comedy, magic, and audience participation with a closing message, not a straight lecture and not a straight magic show, something in between that keeps a room of adults genuinely engaged the whole time.

Can it tie into our theme for the day?

Yes, and it's one of the most common requests. Tim works your school or district's theme, mascot, or focus for the year directly into the material, same approach he uses when tying school-wide expectations into student assemblies.

Is this just for teachers, or the whole staff?

The whole staff. Custodians, secretaries, bus drivers, aides, cafeteria staff, anyone who shows up for kids every day belongs in the room, and the message is built for exactly that mix.

If we're bringing Tim in for the keynote, is there anything else he can do?

Yes! If you're having a breakfast or luncheon tied into the day, Tim can interact with people close-up, in smaller groups, building rapport with staff before or after he takes the stage. This is close-up magic and mentalism with everyday objects, the kind of thing most people have never experienced up close. It adds real energy to the whole event, not just the time on stage, the same thing he does at corporate cocktail hours before an after-dinner keynote.

How is this different from hiring a motivational speaker?

This isn't a lecture with a slide deck of leadership platitudes. It's a comedy, magic, and mentalism show, with a genuine talk built into the close. Partway through, once the room's warmed up and laughing, Tim pauses to share the idea that we're all on stage, all the time, then spends five or ten minutes on it directly, with slides and real examples from a career that's now reached over two million people. He ties that back to what a teacher, a custodian, anyone on staff does every day. The message doesn't feel bolted on. It's earned by the time it arrives, because the room's already laughing and already with him.

How far in advance should we book?

Staff institute days tend to cluster around the same few weeks each year, so earlier is better, but reach out even if your date's coming up fast, there may still be room.

Any way to save if a neighboring district is booking around the same time?

Often, yes. If a nearby district is holding their staff training the same day, the day before, or the day after yours, there's a real chance for savings if you book together. Some days work out to one keynote in the morning and one in the afternoon, or two consecutive days back to back, worth asking about if you know of a neighboring district planning something similar.

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