This is what performing is all about…
Sometimes, the reasons why I do what I do are perfectly clear. Gaining clarity in moments isn’t always easy, but helps when you have a friend who is a professional photographer to catch the moment on...
View ArticleSpeaker…ACTOR? Lessons from a film set in NYC
Greg Bennick with Edoardo Ballerini and Gabriel Judet-Weinshel In 1995, I was just out of acting school – having attended in order to learn vocal technique to augment my stage presence as a speaker....
View ArticleNew interview: Greg on Life Mastery Radio
I didn’t know what to think when Life Mastery Radio said they wanted to do an interview. Was I worthy of being called a “life master”? Would I fit their demographic: an interview that started out with...
View ArticleA championship winning humorous speech
Two nights ago I won the Toastmasters International, Humorous Speech Contest for District 2 with this 7 minute speech, “The Road to Love is Paved With Good Intentions”. Toastmasters International...
View ArticleThe show must go on: one for the record books
Read this next part out loud in your best movie blockbuster announcer voice: “In a world gone mad…one speaker…determined to survive at any cost…makes his way through ice and snow and first class...
View ArticleNew interview about work, Russia, and global projects
CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE TO READ THE INTERVIEW…or the link below! The interview site said it best! Greg Bennick is an award-winning speaker, a writer, a curious world traveler, a film producer, the...
View ArticleAbout my work in Haiti and perspectives on it…
NPR ran a story yesterday about the recent spike in cholera cases in Haiti. This was a follow up to their story last week about cholera being on the rise. Then today, a major story on ProPublica broke...
View ArticleMy favorite person of the year…
Life goal accomplished. This is Leonardo. He is 90 years old. For years, on random days, he has walked around Green Lake in Seattle wearing a homemade shirt that simply says “SPANISH LESSONS”. I first...
View ArticleFlashback Friday – Juggling in Haiti
On one of my early trips to Haiti, after the earthquake, I decided to start juggling for the people in the village of Madan Belizé. Madan Belizé is so poor that when aid workers first arrived, many of...
View ArticleThank you Europe! Post tour thoughts…
I am in Prague, at my gate at the airport about to fly home from Europe after a couple extra days here and just wanted to say thank you. Thank you Europe. Thank you every single person who came to...
View ArticleEducational session audio specific to the fair/festival industry
In the early 2000’s I was actively involved in the fair/festival industry as a performer. I removed myself from that industry because I found myself frustrated at my own frustration with it. Its a...
View ArticleNew Years early hours 2016
Note to self in the early hours of 2016. Let every moment of this new year be a call or response to the need for revolution in my heart and mind. A devotion to writing, speaking and sharing about the...
View ArticleTransforming the world: One Hundred For Haiti
In this video, recorded just before the 6th anniversary of the earthquake, Greg takes some time to explain the work that his organization One Hundred For Haiti does in Haiti and the difference between...
View ArticleA true creative revolutionary: David Bowie
David Bowie was a constant presence and challenge for me. Twister of reality, exposer of awe. A true creative revolutionary. I’ve always thought that an artist is at their best when they cause us to...
View ArticleI see you. I am here.
I just had a truly genuine human interaction. I was walking from my loft to the train, about a mile or so. I usually take a back way, along the tracks, by some spray painted walls and broken chain link...
View ArticleChanging the World Without Having a Clue
Tonight at Minnesota State University, my keynote to the students was VERY well received: 120 students attended and then afterwards I held a three hour question and answer session informally which let...
View ArticleGDA Podcast on connecting with audiences!
Thanks to my good friends at GDA Speakers for featuring me on their podcast recently where we discussed how I got into speaking and performing, and how/why its so important to really connect with and...
View ArticleSea-Town podcast interview about activism and business
My friends at Sea-Town Real Estate, which is a premier real estate company in Seattle serving a solid base of personalized clients, just interviewed me for their business podcast and you can hear it...
View ArticleJust added as PRODUCER to “Holding These Moments” documentary
I have been brought on as producer to help with coordination and completion of the upcoming “HOLDING THESE MOMENTS” documentary on legendary hardcore band BANE. The film is being directed and edited by...
View ArticleOmphalos film premiere in San Jose CA
Four years ago film director Gabriel Judet-Weinshel called and asked me to act in his debut feature film Omphalos about a murder mystery solved across time. I flew to New York City for a month. I was...
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