If you’re booking corporate entertainment in Atlanta and searching for a mentalist or mind reader who understands this market, you’re in the right place. Atlanta has grown into one of the biggest convention and corporate event cities in the Southeast, and with that much competition for a planner’s attention, the entertainment has to be something people actually talk about afterward.
A MAJOR HUB FOR CORPORATE EVENTS AND SALES CONFERENCES
Atlanta’s economy is built around exactly the kind of companies that book a mentalist and mind reader show for their sales conferences and corporate events — logistics, finance, film and media production, and one of the busiest airports in the world sitting right there to bring people in from anywhere in the country without a connection. As a corporate mentalist and mind reader who’s worked this market plenty of times, I’ve found Atlanta audiences tend to be warm and quick to get involved, which makes for some of the most fun, high-energy shows I do anywhere.
The city’s convention business has grown alongside its corporate base, and it’s not unusual for a single week in Atlanta to have several major sales conferences and national meetings running downtown at once. That kind of density means a planner here is often competing with other events happening the same week for attendees’ attention, which is exactly where a strong mentalism and mind reading show earns its keep.
THE VENUE: GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER
Most of the large-scale convention business in Atlanta runs through the Georgia World Congress Center, one of the largest convention facilities in the country, with roughly 3.9 million square feet total, including over a million square feet of exhibit space, more than 100 meeting rooms, and two grand ballrooms. For a mentalist and mind reader show like mine, a facility that size means the act can scale from an intimate breakout room to a general session in front of thousands without missing a beat.
The Georgia World Congress Center sits right in downtown Atlanta next to Centennial Olympic Park, within walking distance of a huge block of downtown hotels. For planners, that means attendees can walk from their room to the general session to dinner without needing a car or a rideshare, which keeps a multi-day sales conference feeling manageable instead of spread out across the city. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is also one of the most connected airports in the country, which makes Atlanta an especially easy pick when a sales conference is pulling attendees in from all over the country and everyone needs a direct flight in and out.
WHY A MENTALIST FITS THIS ROOM
I get asked sometimes whether a mind reader act plays differently for an Atlanta crowd than it does somewhere like Detroit or Dallas. It doesn’t, really — a good mentalist reads the room in front of him, not the zip code. What Atlanta does bring is energy. Between the warmth of the city and the number of sales teams that come through here celebrating a strong quarter or kicking off a new one, audiences tend to arrive ready to be part of the show rather than sit back and watch it, which is exactly the kind of room a mentalism and mind reading act thrives in.
Atlanta is also a market where I do a fair amount of work tailoring the show specifically around a company’s sales goals rather than running a generic act, since so many of the groups coming through are regional or national sales teams. When a room is full of people who negotiate and read customers for a living, there’s an extra layer of fun in flipping that around and having them be the ones who get read instead.
BEYOND THE BALLROOM
If your group is staying an extra day, or if anyone’s bringing family along, Atlanta has plenty to offer beyond the convention center. The Georgia Aquarium, one of the largest aquariums in the world, sits right next to the Georgia World Congress Center, and the World of Coca-Cola is another easy add for a half-day of downtime. None of that is part of the show itself, obviously — my act is built for a corporate ballroom, not a family outing — but it’s genuinely useful for a planner deciding whether to build in extra time for a spouse program or an extended stay.
BOOKING A CORPORATE MENTALIST AND MIND READER FOR YOUR ATLANTA EVENT
Whether you’re running a sales conference, a national meeting, or a company-wide gathering at the Georgia World Congress Center or a hotel ballroom anywhere downtown, a mentalist and mind reader show from John Pullum gives your Atlanta event something a keynote or a slide deck alone can’t: a shared moment the whole room experiences together, and remembers. If you’re planning something in Atlanta, get in touch and let’s talk about what fits your event.If you’re planning a corporate event or sales conference in Atlanta and want entertainment that goes beyond a traditional speaker or passive performance, John Pullum is the one you want. CLICK HERE to get in touch to check availability and start planning entertainment your guests will actually be talking about long after the event wraps up.