Finding the Funny in Change
The lightning-fast pace of change is staggering to many leaders, organizations, and some members of your teams. Rapid, continuous change often results in fear, tension, and miscommunication. What are some practical tips that can help leaders in difficult times? Jan has spoken across the country on the use of humor in organizational leadership. In this keynote your attendees will learn how to diffuse tension instantly, initiate tough conversations, and facilitate communications through using humor. She’ll also share some research behind laughter and good health. Your group will walk away laughing and learning about dealing with change in a unique way.
Hilarious Hosting
Whether it’s 3 hours or 3 days, you’ll want someone who can not only pronounce people’s names correctly, but who can keep the program interesting… even for the people who aren’t winning awards. Jan uses lots of humor throughout the event. She’ll kick off the program with some laughs to grab everyone’s attention, make funny observations about the events taking place during the program to keep people engaged, and then wrap-up with some humorous thoughts about the event to end on an upbeat note. She’ll also keep the program running on-time and make people look forward to it for the next year. Give yourself a break and leave it to Jan to keep the show rolling smoothly.
Cubicle Comedy
It’s time to laugh, relax, and recharge as comedian and keynote speaker Jan McInnis takes you on a fun journey from working with crazy bosses to dealing with every day life. This “no-note-taking-allowed” clean comedy show will help you refresh, re-motivate, and give you a humorous perspective on work, family, kids, and “stuff.” Don’t miss this chance to renew your spirit and tickle your funny bone! The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the Huffington Post have all featured Jan for her clean humor.
Flourishing From Failure: Managing Mistakes Like a Comedian
Blunders, mishaps, and mistakes. . . no one talks about ’em but we all make ’em. How do we handle, recover, and avoid these missteps in the future? Keynote speaker & comedian Jan McInnis shares the insights, tips and tricks that comedians use, AND she does it with hilarious humor and captivating stories from her early years in comedy. Jan’s unique keynote is chock full of content with guidelines for handling life’s curveballs!
Finding the Funny in Communications
In order to accomplish anything, you need to be heard and remembered! Humor works. Using humor in both your written and verbal business communications will keep your audience engaged, connect with clients, employees and coworkers, “sell” your organization, product or service to others, and make your message memorable. This keynote combines Jan’s humor along with some easy-to-implement techniques that anyone can use to inject humor into their communications. Jan has written for everyone from the Tonight Show monologue to radio, greeting cards and CEOs – but this is not just about joke writing. She uses examples from your industry to demonstrate how to create and use humor that works. This is based on her book Finding the Funny FAST: how to create quick humor to connect with clients, coworkers & crowds.
