Ben Hanlin

Ben Hanlin is one of the UK’s most successful magicians and awarding winning keynote and inspirational speaker on resilience, goal setting and engagement and winner of two Speaker Awards.

The Brummie is co-writer and star of ITV2’s prime time hidden camera show Tricked where he has captured audiences with his – occasionally shocking – magic and boy next-door character. Tricked won ‘Best Entertainment Program’ at the renowned Broadcast Digital Awards and was a ratings hit! Known for his unique pranks, Ben’s mischievous magic has persuaded famous personalities to believe he had invented a time machine, has convinced an actress to believe that she had seen a ghost and prompted a UK boy-band to watch as one of their members fell off a cliff-top from a moving trailer.

With bags of television already under his belt. Ben has featured on Celebrity Juice, The Apprentice, Xtra Factor, West End’s The Illusionists and he performed a trick to over 2,000 stunned people at Live at the Palladium to a standing ovation. In 202 he was a contestant on Dancing On Ice.

Ben Hanlin rose as a YouTube sensation, making the Magic Boy Finds series through his own channel. Using social media to hunt down celebrities he performed his fresh style of magic to Nicole Scherzinger, David Hasselhoff, Michael Mclntyre, Frank Skinner and many more. Ben continues to perform at events across the globe, from close up intimate shows to large-scale stage tricks and illusions. His warm, cheeky style makes him an instant hit.

Ben Hanlin has now created a series of inspiratipnal also delivers inspirational talks too and recently won two awards at the Speaker of the Year Awards 2024

KEYNOTE TALKS

ENGAGEMENT & CONNECTION – HOW TO MAGICALLY ENGAGE AND CONNECT WITH ANY AUDIENCE, ANY SIZE, ANYTIME!

Failing to connect in the workplace can have negative effects across the entire company:

• Staff aren’t clear on their direction
• Leaders/managers can’t inspire, motivate or change their team’s behaviour
• Client relationships suffer, and it’s more difficult to nurture and close potential leads.

Ben has spent decades mastering these skills and will teach some of the key principles that he uses.

These principles can be applied in a number of different situations so that your message will resonate and be heard with whoever you are talking to.

MINDSET: FAILING FORWARD, RESILIENCE, GOAL SETTING – HOW DO MAGICIANS CREATE THE IMPOSSIBLE!

A magician, by definition is able to make the impossible….possible. How?

The answer – They don’t have “magic powers” instead, there is a clear process involved coupled, with extremely hard work and resilience. Ben has applied these skills to multiple ventures and the results have been amazing. From creating and executing hundreds of TV magic tricks, growing a social media following of over 2 million, or creating and building a successful Digital Marketing Agency the core skills remain the same.

His mindset can be distilled and explained in the form of core skills such as: Being able to set clear goals – every single trick begins with a crystal clear goal. Ben knows exactly the destination he is heading for – He works backwards to create a step by step roadmap to get there. Learning how to Fail – Every trick Ben has ever done has performed has failed at some point. He embraces failure as it is a chance to learn and grow.

Resilience – If you have a bad gig, the trick goes completely wrong, or the TV show you star in gets cancelled….it’s very hard to get up the next day and keep going. Ben has had so many moments in his career where “the rug has been pulled from underneath him” – in those moments, how do you keep going and keep moving forward.

AWARDS HOST

From Awards, conferences or any large events, Ben’s warm, funny personality makes hims the perfect host.

A typical hosting role will involve Ben performing his amazing magic either in one performance (approx 15-25 mins) or multiple times throughout the event. This is a fantastic way to engage and energise the audience, before formal preceedings begin. 

MAGICIAN

Either on stage in West End shows or at corporate events, Ben’s act can be summed up in four words – Amazing. Funny. Inoffensive. Interactive.

• Amazing – From reading people’s minds to magically changing the contents inside a sealed coke can. Wherever he goes, Ben leaves audiences minds’, completely blown!
• Funny – The glue that holds everything together is Ben’s witty personality. Ben’s goal is to make sure that when audiences aren’t being “wowed”, they’re laughing.
• Inoffensive – Ben prides himself on being “100% inoffensive” with all of his material. At no point will he be controversial or alienate members of the audience.
• Interactive – Most of his tricks involve audience participation at some level which means crowds feel they are part of the show, and stay engaged throughout.