Gilan Gork
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Category:
Speaker, MC
Location:
Johannesburg South Africa
Preferred Language:
English
Tags:
Entertainment,Inspiration,MC,Mentalist,motivation
Profile:
Mentalist and Guest Speaker Gilan Gork and his team at The Influence Institute, believe that everyone has ideas, products or services that deserve attention.
“We want to empower people with the ability to get the buy-in, agreement or support they need from others, so they can reach their highest success”, says Gilan.
Gilan creates unique learning experiences that help people unleash their influence. He teaches how to apply a working knowledge of influence and persuasion to real-life practical situations, to be able to lead, sell, negotiate, market and inspire on a new level.
GILAN HAS BEEN A HIGHLIGHT FEATURE ON MANY TELEVISION SHOWS, OFTEN ATTEMPTING CRAZY STUNTS.
For example, on South Africa’s longest running investigative journalism show, Carte Blanche, Gilan was challenged to drive around a racetrack in a sports car after being blindfolded by Derek Watts.
Gilan has been invited as a guest on many radio stations, as he successfully reads thoughts live on air!
Print media regularly feature stories on Gilan alongside other world-renowned personalities such as Derren Brown, David Copperfield, David Blaine and Criss Angel.
As part of Gilan’s distinctive presentation style, he interactively demonstrates a remarkable ability to decode people's thoughts and to influence them. He demonstrates how through psychology, non-verbal communication and presentation, you can increase your ability to positively and ethically increase your influence ability.
Mentalist and Guest Speaker Gilan Gork and his team at The Influence Institute, believe that everyone has ideas, products or services that deserve attention.
“We want to empower people with the ability to get the buy-in, agreement or support they need from others, so they can reach their highest success”, says Gilan.
Gilan creates unique learning experiences that help people unleash their influence. He
Synopsis:
CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND REFERENCES for Gilan Gork
PERSUASION GAMES
REFERENCES
The feedback we have received has surpassed all expectation. Many of our clients at the Spring Conference commented on the way you energised our conference and the impact of your performance. - Adam Craker, CEO of IQbusiness
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE SHOW
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? FULL OF INTERACTIVE HUMOUR, GILAN’S SHOW WILL HAVE YOUR GUESTS ENTHRALLED, ASTOUNDED AND INSPIRED BY THE TIME THE MIND-BLOWING FINALE ENDS IT OFF.
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? FULL OF INTERACTIVE HUMOUR, GILAN’S SHOW WILL HAVE YOUR GUESTS ENTHRALLED, ASTOUNDED AND INSPIRED BY THE TIME THE MIND-BLOWING FINALE ENDS IT OFF.
The Mentalist Experience is an intelligently entertaining experience in which Gilan demonstrates phenomenal abilities of influence, thought-decoding, psychological persuasion and even predicting audience’s thoughts before they’ve realised they will think them!
The show comes after Gilan’s theatre production ‘Beyond The Mind’ toured around the country to sold-out audiences.
The impact of this show saw Gilan featured extensively in the media, and Gilan has gone on to present his unique mentalist feats in over 20 countries. The Mentalist Experience is a world-class performance with extreme ‘wow factor’. It’s as thought-provoking as it is mindblowing, and has been carefully designed for corporate events, suitable for every type of audience.
IN A NUTSHELL
IN A NUTSHELL
Perfect for the audience that craves impactful ‘WOW’ moments.
Extra layers of mystery for analytical types who enjoy discovering the psychology behind Gilan’s abilities.
An uncomplicated audio-visual setup that delivers massive production value.
A brilliant substitute to having a comedian as Gilan’s show is loaded with hilarious interactions.
Fitting for all audiences and non-offensive.
Gilan has presented thousands of times for a myriad of audiences around the world, and will ensure a perfect performance that is relevant to your group.
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Get the most out of having Gilan at your event by hiring him as your MC. Using jaw-dropping mentalism as icebreakers
and energisers, Gilan will keep your audience engaged, entertained and attentive.
With his extensive experience as both an on-stage performer and business speaker, Gilan is a professional and articulate
MC who will take the stress out of the facilitation of your event.
PERSUASION GAMES
You are playing persuasion games all the time – whether you realise it or not. For the first time, you now have access to the hidden secrets of persuasion and influence that will enhance your personal, social and professional life with Gilan Gork’s book, Persuasion Games.
Discover the powerful psychology of subtle, successful persuasion that you can use on your clients, colleagues, family, friends… and complete strangers! Persuasion Games explores, examines and explains the mind games of influence that are part of everyday life and how to win them. Learn how to enhance your own powers of influence in an ethical, responsible way and how to protect yourself from persuasive exploitation in all forms.
Gilan has combined knowledge from leading experts in influence with scientific research, studying not only the methods of those in the top of their fields but those in the normally private, secretive realm of professional ‘psychics’. Welcome to the Persuasion Games.
(Price is significantly reduced when Gilan is also booked for a talk or show)
BODY LANGUAGE CARDS
BODY LANGUAGE CARDS
87% of what our brains absorb is visual, not auditory. Soft skills such as using and reading body language are increasingly considered not only some of the most important soft skills in the business world, but are among the top distinguishing factors in great leaders.
These cards contain valuable lessons on how to read and influence people through the power of body language. Each pack contains 50 lessons that will enable you to start becoming more intuitive about what people are thinking and feeling, no matter what they are saying.
Co-branding the box is a popular choice.
(Price is significantly reduced when Gilan is also booked for a talk or show)
(Price is significantly reduced when Gilan is also booked for a talk or show)
REFERENCES
The feedback we have received has surpassed all expectation. Many of our clients at the Spring Conference commented on the way you energised our conference and the impact of your performance. - Adam Craker, CEO of IQbusiness
Just wanted to say a big thank you again for the show and learning event. It was a great success and everyone I've spoken to enjoyed it and have got takeaways for their business as well. I'll definitely recommend you to anyone I meet, I honestly feel it's one of the best events I've attended. - Jamie Pujara, Entrepreneur Organisation Nairobi
Everyone across the spectrum were completely drawn into your presentation, with key takeaways that are tangible and practical. - Angelique Reeby, Standard Bank
Thank you for doing a fantastic job whilst entertaining and wowing the audience at every moment! - Mercedez Benz
I had my board meeting yesterday and everyone raved about you. I will certainly recommend you wherever I can. - Meryll Lynch
Ryder:
TECHNICAL RIDER
TECHNICAL RIDER
Setup Time:
Setup Time:
- Time must be provided for equipment setup, sound check and AV check: 20 minutes is required if it’s for a Talk and 45 minutes if it’s for The Mentalist Experience (which is a show).
- The setup must be done either before the audience arrives or during a break in the program, e.g. a lunch break.
Performance Area:
- Performance area must measure a minimum of 3m wide by 2m deep.
- The space must be clear of all lecterns, cables, speakers, band or DJ equipment not belonging to Gilan Gork.
- This may or may not need to be a raised platform, as long as Gilan will be visible from all seats.
- Audience must be positioned in front of the stage, a minimum of 2m in front of Gilan.
- Theatre or cabaret style round table seating is acceptable. Sufficient space must be provided for Gilan to be able to move on or off stage and for audience members to be able to access the stage easily.
Technical Requirements:
- Lighting: The room must be lit enough for audience members to be able to read writing made on an A4 clip board with a thick marker. Please advise if any special lighting rigs will be available so that we can make use of certain special effects to enhance the production value.
- Microphone: Two microphones are required as follows: A wireless head microphone for Gilan to wear (The preferred type is a flesh-coloured Countryman microphone); A wireless handheld microphone on a stand will also be required.
- AV & Multimedia: Gilan’s presentation utilizes sound and video. An adequate PA system and screen(s)/projector(s) are therefore required.
- Technical Workspace: Enough space must be provided for Gilan’s technical director to set up his laptop. A plug point must be provided for the laptop with both a 3-pin and 2-pin option/adaptor. The perfomance area (see above for ‘performance area’ notes) must be visible from the technical workspace and the technical workspace must not be inside the performance area.
- Cables/ Audio: Audio from our laptop must be connected to the main sound mixing board.
- Cables/ Video: Video from the laptop must be connected to the screen(s)/projector(s) by VGA cable.
- Note on Cabling: Both the sound cable and the VGA cable must be located at the technical workspace (see point above on ‘technical workspace’) as we run both sound and video off one laptop.
- Live Camera Feed: For larger audiences it is recommended to have a live camera to projector video feed for any close-up shots. If a camera feed is used then it’s imperative that a Seamless Switched must be used too into which our laptop can connect.
Hospitality:
If Gilan Gork and any of his crew must be on-site more than 2 hours prior to the show then The Client will provide meals and refreshment. In addition, a bottle of Still Mineral Water should be available for Gilan Gork for during his performance.
