Forget the autograph line. Embrace the line of people heading out of the showroom. This line is often right next to the staircase leading off stage or a space next to the table selling memorabelia. A performer is often caught in the outpouring of congratulatory hands after the show to offer a compliment on a job well done. In the midst of shaking hands and selling product, a star is born. Some performers feel like flight attendants shaking hands and saying the obligatory thank yous. I use that opportunity to tweak my show and get feedback. I enjoy hearing the accolades from the audience. But the part that I enjoy the most is hearing what people have to say between the lines of ego-boosting verbiage. It is always easy to say “great show”. I love engaging audience members with questions like “What did you find the most memorable moment?”, “What struck you as if it did not belong” and “What would you improve?”. The show needs continuity. As a comedy writer, I listen to my audience’s point...

The art of booking a party is timeless. Here is an updated checklist. “Holiday entertainment planning is a serious business – a lot happens behind the scenes, long before the CEO says thanks for a job well-done”, says Incredible BORIS (Boris Cherniak). Around this time of the year, human resources managers, entertainment committees and company CEOs are asking the age-old question - How do we make our holiday event an affair to remember? After all, we are simply trying to thank the employees, suppliers and their families for a job well done throughout the year. We also want this event to motivate the group to be happy and productive in the future. This is a more difficult task that may appear. “The event planning committee has an enormous task of fitting into the ever-shrinking budgets while keeping party-goers excited,” says Boris Cherniak, corporate event planning professional, comedy hypnotist entertainer and motivational speaker. Here is a helpful checklist of planning a holiday par...

As the weather gets warmer, it marks the start of summer reality talent shows. Some of the guilty pleasures of mine are two shows - America's Got Talent and Last Comic Standing. I watch it not because I want to see the heartbreaking stories and misfits that are there to joke around, but because I get to see some of my friends and misfits daring to put a spark in their careers that will start a fire. I owned and ran a comedy club chain for 10 years of my life and have been instrumental in giving some of these brilliant talents much needed stage time. I love the fact that talents get exposed to mass TV audiences and wish everyone the very best. I regularly follow the behind the scenes accounts and enjoy watching the outcomes from the couch as an audience member, rather than an industry insider. Special mention goes out to the new judge, Howie on AGT. Continued success and glad you help make careers of others. Comedian Stage Hypnotist for Corporate functions and Team Building Entertai...

I recently did an interview. I found the concept fascinating and the outcome superb. You can read the interview along with pictures here - http://www.artzmark.com/Interview_Boris_Cherniak.htm The artist, Marc Eliuk, does an interview after a lot of research, then paints the subject. Judge for yourself, because he posts the interview and the painted portrait for everyone to see. Interview Subject, Comedian Stage Hypnotist for Corporate Events, Team Building Entertainment Ideas, Frosh week student activities Stage Hypnosis shows

The masses are abandoning the news sources. Talk shows have to proclaim ALL NEW! to distance themselves from reruns. Media has become about shocking and teasers. It will get our attention, but when everyone is doing it, the message becomes so watered down, it becomes hard to decipher the real shockers from the attention grabbers. On the other hand, the news is easily and instantly available through sources like talk shows and social media outlets. Talk shows scrape the surface in the monologues, while social media gives you the option of further inquiry. You can always follow a link at your leisure. It’s amazing how the talk shows are becoming the delivery vehicle for news to a vast majority of people. Or if you really want to know…just look for twitter trending topics, which is simply a measure of what everyone is talking about. We all want acknowledgement of our existence, but the world somehow became about talking to ourselves. We can do it from the privacy of our gadgets anywhere. ...

I haven’t blogged in quite a while, since I found that my emotions could be condensed into 140 characters - embracing the likes of twitter.com, ping.fm, facebook status updates and similar social networking facilitators. However, I don’t spend as much time on these social sites (as it may immediately appear), since most sites have allowed each other to steal status updates via a myriad of services. You just have to take the time to interconnect them all and keep track of all the passwords. In fact if you look at some of the older posts, a few of my thoughts slipped through the cracks and were delivered as blogs. But… are 140 characters enough to deliver a sentiment or a link? I think NOT. The internet became a sea of abbreviations and condensed terms to fit into the tight space – LMAO, LMFAO, OMG, BRB, GTG. This changes the way we speak and acronyms have become commonplace, virtually shouted to someone who will listen. Social sites are full of people trying to leverage the medium as a ...

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