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Keith Kong helps audiences rethink perception, communication, and decision-making through mentalism. A corporate keynote speaker, after-dinner entertainer, and mentalist, he is a Penn and Teller: Fool Us winner and TEDx presenter who has performed for Universal Studios and Sony.
Keith Kong is an award-winning mentalist, keynote speaker, and corporate entertainer who uses psychology and live mentalism to explore how people think, communicate, make decisions, and connect.
Keith has a degree in psychology and criminal profiling and more than 20 years of experience studying human behavior, perception, influence, and communication. He has performed for major corporations, universities, celebrities, and private events worldwide, and is known for fooling Penn & Teller on Penn & Teller: Fool Us. He is also a TEDx performer and guest host for the Florida Lottery.
Rather than simply describing psychology and influence, Keith demonstrates them live through mentalism, giving audiences a firsthand look at how perception, assumptions, and communication shape their decisions and interactions. In a world where most answers are a search away, he argues people want mystery more than ever, and builds his keynotes and workshops around that idea.
Audiences leave with practical lessons on communication, ethical influence, and connection, alongside a shared, memorable experience. Keith tailors each keynote, workshop, or after-dinner performance to the room, from corporate conferences to exclusive private dinners.
Book Keith to turn a routine gathering into a moment audiences remember and keep talking about long after the event ends.
Topics, sessions and talks
Keith Kong leads a fast paced, highly interactive mentalism experience built around impossible predictions, mind reading, influence, and audience participation. Rather than watching from their seats, guests become part of the show, creating a shared experience designed to generate genuine reactions and conversation. Drawing on more than two decades of reading and influencing audiences, Keith turns each performance into a memorable, talked about moment that fits keynotes, galas, and after-dinner entertainment alike.
Keith Kong explores the psychology behind accomplishing things that initially seem impossible. Through mentalism, storytelling, and real-world examples, he demonstrates how perception, assumptions, communication, and the way a challenge is framed can dramatically change what people believe is possible and how they approach achieving it. Blending live demonstrations with practical psychology, Keith gives audiences a sharper sense of how their own thinking shapes the outcomes they believe are within reach, at work and beyond.
Keith Kong combines mentalism and psychology to explore what it really takes to build strong relationships with the people around us. Through interactive demonstrations of communication, perception, and human behavior, he reveals how easily assumptions and blind spots get in the way of genuine connection. Audiences leave with practical, memorable habits for listening better, reading people accurately, and building lasting trust with colleagues, clients, and everyone in between, at work and beyond.
Keith Kong leads an interactive workshop on the psychology behind communication, influence, and ethical selling. Through live demonstrations and practical tools, he shows how people actually make decisions, how false assumptions derail sales conversations, and how greater clarity and understanding change outcomes. Participants learn to read a room, build trust faster, and apply influence without manipulation, walking away with techniques they can put to use in their very next client conversation.
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Keith Kong structures his sessions around live mentalism demonstrations that place audience members inside the experience rather than observing it. Drawing on a psychology and criminal profiling background spanning over two decades, he uses real-time mind reading, prediction, and influence exercises to make abstract concepts — such as perception, assumption, and communication — visible and felt in the room.
Keith Kong's sessions cover mentalism and impossible predictions, the psychology of reframing challenges to shift what people believe is achievable, and building genuine connection through communication and human behaviour. He is best known for fooling Penn & Teller on their television show Penn & Teller: Fool Us, and holds a degree in psychology and criminal profiling with over two decades of experience studying perception and influence.
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