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Keynote Speaker

George Campbell

a.k.a. Joe Malarkey

George Campbell is a 10-year veteran of professional comedy. For the last decade,
he has worked comedy clubs from the Bahamas to Alaska, New York to Los Angeles.
He has also appeared on Arts & Entertainment (A&E) and the Showtime cable networks.
In 1988, George competed in the White Mountain Cooler comedy competition.
At the national finals at the Improv in Los Angeles, he was voted champion
and awarded a contract with Rhino Records.

In addition to writing his own show, he has contributed material to Jay Leno
and The Tonight Show. Performing “clean” comedy afforded George more than 200 opportunities to perform
stand-up for corporations and associations. From these positive experiences came the motivation to write a program
specifically focused on these groups’ interests and concerns. For the last two years, George has been refining,
performing, and constantly improving “Joe Malarkey, The Worst Motivational Speaker in America!”

Joe Malarkey is best described as a man very excited about some extremely bad ideas. During the course
of the program, Malarkey touches on affirmations, goal setting, subliminal tapes, relationship skills,
and dress for success techniques. Each subject is treated to Joe’s upside-down, “Choose to Lose” viewpoint.
Leaving comedy stages, he now performs exclusively for the corporate and association market. The Joe Malarkey
show has entertained diverse groups from doctors and lawyers, to entrepreneurs, salespeople, and office workers.
(He was our Wednesday keynote speaker at SNUG 2011, and we’re so happy he could join us for our SNUG 2019
opening session!) George was inducted into the National Speakers Association’s CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame in 2002.