Cincinnati, OH – I attended a training last week and was surprised to find that one of the evening activities was to visit a comedy club for a social event. I was even more surprised to find out that the headlining comedian was none other than Rajiv Satyal, the Funny Indian and personal friend of mine.
Rajiv had a great set for the intimate crowd, until he decided to bring me up on stage to perform some material. I couldn’t resist the chanting of the crowd so I got on stage and performed a completely unprepared 3-minutes of old corporate material that went over surprisingly well considering I had no idea I was going to perform.
A big thanks to Rajiv for all of the laughs and for forcing me on stage. It was a great time. To learn more Rajiv and his corporate comedy ways, check out funnyindian.com. You can also check out our corporate entertainment offerings.
Boston, MA – A friend and I had the opportunity to perform 2-person improv as part of a celebration event at an organizational off-site last night. In front of 150 employees at a Fortune 25 company, we did a variety improv games aimed to please and impress.
The entire evening was an incredible amount of fun and a big shout-out to the audience, who was great (perhaps even funnier than we were). We had great suggestions, great volunteers and lots of great laughter. We even beat out Game 6 of the World Series for their attention.
UPDATE: I got some feedback on the show and celebration as a whole:
- “The celebration was TERRIFIC. Loved having the comedy. It is so good laugh and relax.”
– Attendee
- “I thought you would be good, but you blew me away. Fantastic job.” – Fellow Speaker
- “You are quite attractive on stage.” – Event Planner, married woman
To find out more about our corporate entertainment options, check out our corporate humor programs.
Boston, MA – I had the honor of being the co-MC of an awards ceremony at work for 300 people. In addition, I spearheaded the whole event and made sure to include some Humor Awards to keep things interesting.
The MC part of the gig was a lot of fun. My co-MC was a long-time member of the team so we were able to play with a lot of old versus new jokes.
The Humor Awards were a smashing success. We had 4 set categories (Best Story, Best Email, Best Meeting, Best Video) and a custom humor award where employees could submit humorous awards to managers in the organizations. Managers went home winning such great awards as “Most Likely to Answer a Question with a Story” and the “Back in My Old Organization…”
UPDATE: I got feedback on the awards ceremony and the audience loved it:
- “Thanks for making our awards ceremony fun and engaging.”
- “Great job MCing last night’s event! Thanks for making the presentations so enjoyably and funny.”
- “Very inspiring and energizing.”
To have me come host one of your ceremonies, shoot me an email at consulting@humorthatworks.com.
What’s better than Pictionary? Telephone Pictionary that helps you get to know your team a little better.
Telephone Pictionary, a game that combines elements of the classic verbal exercise of Telephone with the fun drawing of the game Pictionary, is great for any size group, so long as they can be broken into smaller groups of 5-10 people each.
To play, give each person a sheet of paper for every person they have in a group (so if 8 people, each person gets 8 sheets of paper). Next, have them write down some type of phrase on the top sheet of paper and then pass their entire stack to the person on their left. That person will read the phrase, move that sheet to back of the stack, and draw a picture representing that phrase on the next sheet of paper. They’ll then pass it to the person on their left, who will then look at the drawing, move that sheet to the back of the stack, and then write a sentence that describes that picture. This repeats until the stacks make it all the way around the circle.
NOTE: Each person has a stack of paper to start, so everyone in the group is always doing the same thing, just on a different stack of paper.
For more detailed instructions you can share while doing the activity, check out the presentation below.
For more on team-building activities, check out our humor training programs.
