White Plains, NY – I had the honor of heading to Dannon this past week to talk about humor in the workplace. During the 90-minute session, we covered the value of humor in the workplace, how to get started, and held a Q&A session for the attendees.
I could tell upon arriving at the site that humor was already part of the Dannon culture (pun intended), but our focus was just on how much more it could be leveraged. Thanks to all of the attendees and keep on humoring.
UPDATE: I heard back from the planner and the attendees rated the training as 8.1 out of 10. Thanks guys!
Check out our humor keynote page for more on leveraging humor in the workplace.
Cincinnati, OH – For the second time in three weeks, I returned to speak at Basco Shower Enclosures. This time it was to give productivity training at their annual sales meeting. The 60-minute talk covered the difference between efficiency and effectiveness and how to achieve both.
A big thanks to the great folks at Basco for having me back. It was a good group of sales people who will hopefully go out and sell more great Basco shower doors.
To learn about efficiency and effectiveness, check out our productivity training.
Baton Rouge, LA – While visiting my brother at LSU (he’s getting his PhD there), I gave a guest lecture in two of his classes (Public Speaking and Argumentation and Debate). For both, I led the class through improv exercises and linked them back to becoming better public speakers.
Both sessions were very well received and were so much fun to facilitate. While it felt a bit traitorish to be helping LSU students (given that I’m an OSU grad), the students were so great I didn’t mind.
UPDATE: My brother shared with me some feedback from his class:
- “The next time I have to deliver a speech, I will be able to do it with more confidence than ever before.”
- “It was non conventional but very effective.”
- “When Drew was finished with his hour and a half production, I felt as though I could get up in front of any audience and speak with more confidence than I do in daily conversations with my peers.”
To learn more about how improv could help teach your curriculum, check out our college humor programs.
Cincinnati, OH – In the first event of many this week, I spoke at Basco Shower Enclosures, a small-business in Ohio, on the topic of humor in the workplace. In the 60-minute keynote, we covered the value of humor in the workplace and how to get started.
Apparently they really enjoyed the talk as they want me to come back in two weeks for their sales meeting. I, of course, am happy to return as it really is a great group of people to work with.
To find out what they learned, check out more information on our humor keynote.
