When groups want a message with their merriment, Mack is the comedic motivational speaker they call. Creating hilarious custom humor for each client comes naturally to the former staff writer for Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, and his stories of surviving two battles with cancer, a stay in an African prison, "the sharks in showbiz who stab you in the front," and one "near-fatal marriage" are as inspiring as they are laugh-out-loud funny. If anyone knows about overcoming adversity to achieve his goals, it's Mack, and his proven 7-Step Formula is simple, practical, and inspiring.

After hearing of Mack's harrowing survival stories, a TV producer asked him to speak to a group of graduating students. Mack's presentation, "Laugh to the Top: A Hilarious Guide to Achieving Your Goals," was so moving and funny (he's made his living onstage for more than two decades) that he got immediate spin-offs and has since shared his inspiring story and unique, clean humor with thousands at corporate and association meetings nationwide.

From humble beginnings as "the funniest paper mill employee in Mississippi," Mack became an award-winning journalist, a black belt karate champion, and finally a professional comedian whose talent and perseverance eventually got him hand-picked by Bill Maher to write on the acclaimed show.  As a performer, he's appeared on The Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, many other TV shows and movies, including JAG and a recurring role as a judge on ABC's The Guardian. (His credentials as a Renaissance Man were boosted in 2008 when a Canadian firm began the manufacture and worldwide distribution of his invention, the Canvas Keeper, www.canvaskeeper.com).

Laugh to the Top

Mack's thought-provoking presentation, Laugh to the Top: A Hilarious Guide to Achieving Your Goals, will give the attendees who are fortunate enough to hear it the confidence, practical tools, and motivation they need to attack their work-related and personal goals with renewed vigor and fire. They'll listen, they'll laugh, and they'll learn that nothing can prevent them from making themselves and their organizations the very best that they can be.   In his speech, Mack will outline the Goal Achieving formula and offer practical tools for how to:

• Control Your Fears and Stresses
• Maintain a Positive Mental Attitude
• Identify a Specific Target
• Write a Plan for how to get to your goal
• Take Decisive Action
• Study the Reaction you get, the Response
• Learn from the Response, and Adjust your approach until you find what works.

Managing Transition with a Chuckle

Mack's dynamic presentation, "Managing Transition with a Chuckle" provides managers with the powerful and practical tools they need to lead their people through uncertain times-and to keep a  sense of humor while they do it. "If they're laughing, they're listening," is Mack's motto, and he's a master at engaging and entertaining even as he gives invaluable lessons in the essential art of Transition Management. So his audiences are upbeat and inspired as they learn how to:

• Identify problem areas early and head them off
• Convert naysayers to believers
• Help employees manage their emotional reactions to change
• Maintain an acceptable level of productivity in the midst of the weirdness
• Give employees confidence in times of confusion and uncertainty
• Give employees a stake in a positive outcome
• Get employees' minds, hearts and guts behind a change
• Harness the creative power that is a natural by-product of change
• Nourish, support and reinforce New Beginnings so they'll 'take'

The Perfect Host

Whether your event is a general session, an award show, or anything in between, your Emcee can be the difference between a couple of hours of drudgery and a rollicking good time.  Mack is The Perfect Host, a world-class Emcee who turns awards shows and general sessions into uproarious, memorable events.

Celebrating Cancer Survival

The funniest two-time cancer survivor in the country inspires and motivates with his hilarious stories of beating the Grim Reaper to spread laughter in his uniquely warm, family-friendly style. Cancer survivors and care-givers leave Mack's celebration speeches refreshed, thoroughly entertained, and re-energized to pursue new goals and lend support to victims of this cruel disease.