A Northwest Favorite - Live and In-person!

John Keister

A Northwest favorite, John Keister has been entertaining audiences as host of the television show "Almost Live", a featured speaker at corporate events, and a motivational speaker at commencement and other educational settings.

During his fifteen year stint on "Almost Live" Keister was awarded ten local Emmy awards for hosting, performing, and writing. His work has appeared on the Seattle NBC and CBS affiliates as well as nationally on Comedy Central, HBO, and the Fox network.

A popular speaker in the greater Seattle area, Keister has appeared at hundreds of events. His client list includes: Microsoft, Boeing, Eddie Bauer, ATT Wireless, Bogle and Gates, Wall Data, Sellen Construction, Children's Hospital, Virginia Mason, as well as many public sector groups and local professional associations.

His presentation can be customized for your particular needs or just let John be John. Audiences will be excited to see John "completely live".

Here are comments from some clients:

WS Services for the Blind All Staff Training Day – I have heard so many compliments on your keynote presentation. Our entire staff thought you were very funny! I appreciated your tailoring your humor to our agency.

WS Department of Revenue - Very pleased with John Keister's presentation. He took the time to call ahead a couple of times to find out more about our organization, then tailored the presentation to our group. It was the best we have seen! He was personable, funny, spoke about events we knew and were connected to, he brought everyone into the conversation. People laughed and felt good about the work they do.

Suburban Cities Association - I have wanted to bring John Keister in for one of our membership meetings since the organization formally incorporated in the mid-90’s. The most frequent comment I heard after the meeting was, “Thank you for bringing him to speak. We needed to laugh.”

WA Department of Revenue - Excellent! John Keister was wonderful. He was our lunch time speaker. The audience enjoyed his humor and had a few really good laughs.

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Topics

Humorous Keynotes
Entertainment
Emcee and Auctions
Comedy

Client Feedback

American Public Works Association – John Keister was amazing. In my 20+ years with APWA I have never seen anyone entertain and keep the audience (of 400 engineers) laughing! They were thoroughly impressed that he had researched the conference program and incorporated that into his presentation.

WA Dept – Services for the Blind, JK –
Thank you for the outstanding job you did at our All-Staff Training. Hearing so many compliments on your keynote. I appreciated your tailoring your humor to our agency.

WA Department of Health – Seattle Bookings quickly located and scheduled the type of speaker we were looking for! Excellent service! John Keister was well experienced, adapted easily to the casual setting of the event, and provided helpful information for attendees.