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What Our Clients Say


Conference Presentation - Spiritual Marketing Super Summit -

Joe Vitale - "Mr. Fire" (Click here to view this in video)

"Hi , this is Joe Vitale. We are now wrapping up the Spiritual Marketing Super Summit, the first ever, here in Austin, Texas.

And we kicked it off with Mark Twain. And I want you to know that Gary brought to life and kicked this entire event into high drive, with creativity, with humor, with wisdom, with charm, with originality, because Mark Twain on the big screen with me interacting with him and my audience interacting with him was something nobody had ever seen before.

So I have found this breathtaking, and I have nothing but great things to say about Gary, about Mark Twain and what he does. I'm going to use him again for other seminars and my next big Summit in 2005, and I encourage everybody else to use him, too."


Tradeshow - AAPEX, for Ford Motorcraft

Thad Gessel - Derse Exhibits

"Working with Gary at CHOPS was an absolutely positive experience. He kept his routine strictly within our corporate guidelines and was able to generate great attendee draw. Gary was also meticulous with his advanced show planning and studying the materials we supplied to him. Lastly, over a four-day show, it seemed like Gary worked the crowds seemingly without any major downtime. Great work ethic! Terrific results!"


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Private Party for McManus/Salzman - Atherton, CA

Arianne Nichol - Robert Fountain Design

"Gary! What can I say? So easy to work with? Total pro? Incredible product? Talented improv actor? Worth every penny? You bet. It was a pleasure. Can't wait to do it again!"


Corporate General Session - American Red Cross -

Nancy Racette, Senior Director - Office of Events Management.

"The introduction of a virtual reality character to this year's convention added a new and different touch. I appreciate your willingness to operate Major Donor and be the voice behind the image.

"In an effort to spark some creative thinking regarding the future of fund raising, Major Donor and the dream sequence actors were creative, futuristic additions to our program. I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to ad lib some of the script and include a bit of your own personality. The on-stage interaction with Major Donor held everyone's attention and was quite entertaining. This year's event would not have been as innovative as it was without your assistance."


Tradeshow - American Soc. of Training & Development - DDI

Mike O'Connor - Business Development Manager

"Please know that all agreed that you were a terrific contribution to our conference in DC. Many attendees indicated that our booth was the best (and you were a big part of that) and that you (Dr. Dee) were the best part of the trade show. I agree!

"A few comments come "top of mind":

"- You were outstanding in your pre-conference preparation... you knew our company, products and services very well. You represented our company as professional and knowledgeable. All of us were surprised that you had so much to say (accurately) about our company.

"- You had an uncanny way of knowing a little something about everything, to facilitate meaningful conversation with all attendees. You knew little facts about different places (as when an attendee indicated they were from a particular state or country), current events, even speaking to people in different languages.

" - You were most helpful in screening and qualifying attendees. You quickly determined if they were serious (and introduced them to one of us) or just looking around (you simply invited them in the booth to look around). This helped the team focus on serious prospects, while making everybody feel welcome.

" - You had unbelievable energy, working non-stop for several hours at a time, and keeping such a terrific momentum. Over 4 days, I never saw your energy lull.

" - You were funny, maintained variety in your conversations, and yet stayed professional.

" - You were very flexible, followed suit with the DDI team, honored unique requests, and demonstrated a "can do" attitude all day, each day."


Tradeshow - Comdex - TechMedia

Elaine Cohen - Live Marketing

"Utilizing CHOPS in a total marketing package can double or triple the amount of qualified leads."


Tradeshow - Digestive Disease Week - Prometheus Labs

Larry Hansen - Senior Director Sales & Training
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"One of the challenges we always have is getting those people skirting around the edges of the booth and drawing them in. And one of the things we did differently this year, is we used Gary and the Prometheus talking head. And what that really afforded us is something novel to get the physician to stop long enough to interact, that gave our sales people time to then interact with the customer and bring more people into the booth."

CHOPS: So in your experience, they stayed a little longer than they did in some of the other booths?

"Oh, absolutely. I think our average contact time was close to 10 minutes per customer, and in other booths, I say that, aside from the free coffee and other gifts they're giving out, they are lucky if they are getting 90 seconds."


Some of our past and current clients include:

Leisure Entertainment Consultants
City of Lindsay
Disney Events Group
Dreamworks
Jack Morton Worldwide
Pinerock Productions
NUR America
Development Dimensions Inc.
Florida Power & Light
National Semiconductor
Aetna Healthcare
Pharmacia Biotech
Cable & Wireless
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Sun Microsystems
Hewlett Packard
Hertz
Nortel Networks
StarMedia
Proctor & Gamble
ExxonMobile
Altera
Frito Lay
Chase
Lucent
CNI
Dell Computers
Panasonic
Avocent/Cybex Computers
Pritt/Henkel
America’s Community Bankers
American Red Cross
Royal & Sun Alliance
Watchfire
Volt Inc.
AFCEA/GSA
IASA
Milliken-Kex
BASF-AG
Motorcraft
CUNA National
Engelhard
Bristol Meyers
Development Dimensions
Prometheus Labs
Columbus (Ohio) Technology Council

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