Dave Raymond has been dubbed the “Hero of Happiness” by national media outlets. With “The Power of Fun” process, he teaches audiences how to leverage the simple but life-changing tools that he’s picked up during a long career–backed by brain science, but learned in real-time, with feet to the fire. (You’ll never guess where).  Dave brings an infectious energy that reaches out and connects to the audience as humans first, drawing on his expertise in engineering human happiness and some serious non-verbal communication skills that your audience will love.

Dave’s speaking career has allowed him to influence thousands, leaving a trail of laughter, transformed lives, (and a few tufts of fur) in his wake. He outlines a simple process—a ground-breaking, data-backed theory about fun—that actually changed his life and has the potential to change yours too. He entertains audiences with hilarious anecdotes from his performance career, where he spent sixteen years as the man inside the original Phillie Phanatic.

But Dave will be the first to tell you, it wasn’t always fur and games. His Evolution of Happiness began with hardship when divorce, parental loss, and depression crept into his life. (That’s where Dave learned all this while literally operating from inside a costume, flailing away and letting the healing power of laughter and fun transform the person inside who was suffering.)

Keynote Title: The Power of Fun

What Happens When Life Gets Hard?
You may try to leave their personal problems at home, putting on a brave face to get the job done. Sometimes we cope by stuffing another version of ourselves deep inside, operating from within a smile-plastered suit, madly flailing while trying to hold it all together and perform for the crowd. (Hold on to that image.)

But when you’re just masking and coping, you can’t also be growing or thriving–which is exactly why you are ready for your own personal Evolution of Happiness.