People who have enrolled in Richard Saldan’s seminars and courses give consistently high ratings because he is exceptionally dedicated, committed, enthusiastic, energetic and knowledgeable in his various fields. His outgoing and playful personality energizes the class and stimulates higher levels of participation. Participants know that he truly cares about their growth and success, helping them to get from where they are now to where they want to be.

Richard’s consistent record exemplifies his deeply rooted beliefs in helping others to grow and reach their potential -- proven leadership traits which are critically important for the challenges we face today.

Part of Richard's skill with his audience is contributed to from his 10 years experience as a seminar leader and corporate trainer. This background gives the experience and skill to reach and connect with audience members from all walks of society, resulting in a fun packed and entertaining performance that will reach your audiences in a remarkable and memorable way!

Richard also has 12 years experience as a trainer in technology education working for large corporations, law firms and financial firms. With these background experiences combined, Richard 's work provides a unique ability to blend inspirational talks while selling a motivational message to the audience. This provides additional value to you by being able to enjoy a highly entertaining magical performance, as well as a message that will inspire! Richard's Motivational Magic programs cover a wide variety of topics including leadership building, public speaking, conflict resolution, presentation skills, goal setting, time management, cold calling, conducting sales presentations.

Richard has five self-published books. His special area of technical expertise includes data manipulation miracles, and teaching others how to be able to take those tasks which consume 20 to 40 hours, and reducing it to minutes with tools already on your computer desktop!

Richard believes in living a very full and energized life, such as being an avid skydiver with 180+ jumps; he has run two 26-mile marathons, has worked with the White House Advance Team, has served with the Marine Corps Reserve, has served with eight political campaigns from Office of the Mayor up through United States President, and was a finalist for the Gold Congressional Award for Community Service for 1200 hours of service with prisoners, homeless people, runaway teens, and others. He launched the Panorama Toastmasters Club while President of the 1500 Locust Residents Association. He also was the founder and past chairman of the Philadelphia Pyramid Club's Programs Committee.

Richard uses a very unique teaching tool - implementing professional stage magic! In the world of magic and entertainment, Richard has had personalized training with some of the top award winning celebrity names in the world of professional stage magic, such as Marc DeSouza, Mio Rodriguez, Haruo Shimada, Johnny Thompson, Martin Lewis, Jeff McBride, Rocco Silano and Todd Robbins. Richard has attended magic lectures in New York, New Jersey, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania and Florida. He has been a student of the Caroline's Professional Comedy Course of New York City. These effects have proven to be very strong attention getters making the class a very enjoyable, inspiring and educational experience, as well as providing a vehicle for driving home key points and increasing the retention of the material covered and taught.


Community Service

This summary represents several thousand hours over 20 years of service to others.

Gold Congressional Award: finalist in recognition program for community service for extensive work with prison inmates, homeless people, runaway children, youth at risk and imprisoned juvenile delinquents. Nominated by Captain R.H. Schwalm, United States Marine Corps.

White House Advance Team: Administrative aide reporting directly to the United States Secret Service advance team coordinator; served with five Presidential Visitations under President George Bush. Responsibilities included recruiting drivers and participating in the Presidential motorcade, securing loaned vehicles from area car dealers, recruiting volunteers to serve as guides for visiting staff at special events, and administrative computer support work.

Political Campaigns: Served with eight political campaigns, including State Senator Denny O’Brien, State Representative Tim Kelly, Mayor Frank Rizzo, Sam Katz for Mayor, District Attorney Ron Castille, Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice Ron Castille, United States Senator Arlen Specter, and United States President George Bush.

Philadelphia Young Republicans: Past President and Member of Board of Directors.

Fifteen Hundred Locust Residents Association: Past President and member of Board of Directors. Recruited leaders for and launched six clubs to increase participation among our 800 residents.

US Marine Corps Reserve: Training for three months at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, and an additional three months at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. Also served with the Field Artillery Unit of Third Battalion, Fourteenth Marines in Philadelphia, as well as the Fourth Force Reconnaissance Parascuba Unit in Honolulu, Hawaii.
 

The Pyramid Club: Founder and Chairman of Programs Committee; planning and executing social and business activities for the Pyramid Club, a center city private club.
 

Philadelphia Panorama Toastmasters Club: Singly spearheaded the launching and promotion of this Philadelphia group for public speaking training.

First Troop Philadelphia City Calvary: Army National Guard unit. Served as a crewmember for the M1-Army Tank.

Recipient of the Dale Carnegie Highest Achievement Award, 1994.

Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer: Wrote 20+ editorials on community service and related topics.

Other:

Maryland Geronimo Skydiver Demo Team; logged 180+ skydives.

Successfully competed in two 26-mile marathons, Philadelphia, PA.