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Dr. Bertice Berry
No one defies stereotypes, generalizations or cliches more than Dr.
Bertice Berry. Growing up poor in Wilmington, Delaware, the sixth of
seven children, Bertice was told by a high school teacher that she
was "not college material". Fortunately, there was another teacher
who believed that she was destined for more. Berry applied to
several schools without any idea how she would pay the tuition if
she were accepted. The day her application arrived at Jacksonville
University in Florida, a wealthy benefactor called the Admissions
Department looking for a potential student "who could swim if they
had the right backing," and might sink without it.
Steve Bridges (President G.W.
Bush)
The uncanny results now appear regularly on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(NBC) and have been featured on
Inside Politics
(CNN),
The Early Show
(CBS),
Good Morning America
(ABC),
Hannity and Colmes
(FOX), and
The Jeff Foxworthy Roast
(COMEDY CENTRAL). Bridges’ impression of President George W. Bush is a
hilarious, bipartisan comedy performance that will entertain any crowd. Staying
above the political fray, BRIDGES elicits unparalleled raves from both parties.
Whether you cite the “Hollywood Elite” or the Oval Office, everyone knows the
material is refreshing, topical, and funny.
Bill Butterworth
Bill
Butterworth's extraordinary ability to blend humor, story-telling, wisdom
and practicality has made him one of the most sought after speakers in
venues throughout North America. Many consider him the #1 humorist/expert
on life and work issues. Through his wit, warmth, insight and realism, he
brings help and hope to his audiences everywhere.
CHRISTINE CASHEN
Fasten your seatbelt
and enjoy the ride. Christine Cashen delivers a fast –paced, hilarious program
with useful content that makes her a sought after speaker worldwide. For more
than 10 years, she has jazzed an amazing variety of audiences throughout the
United States, Canada, South Africa and Australia. Christine is an authority on
sparking innovative ideas to handle conflict, reduce stress and energize
employees.
WAYNE COTTER
Wayne Cotter is a
favorite of the talk shows, having appeared dozens of times with
both David Letterman and Jay Leno. With Leno, he also appears in a
recurring role as a roving reporter for The Tonight Show. A top
nationally touring comedian, Wayne hosted the Fox Television Network
series "Comic Strip Live" for many years, and was seen in the
feature film "Spy Hard." He has also been nominated as "Best Standup
Comedian" in the American Comedy Awards, and has appeared in
numerous cable television specials. He also served as host of the
long-running Discovery series "Amazing America," a light-hearted
look at weird and wacky subcultures throughout the United States.
Regularly appearing in nightclubs and casinos, he has also become a
highly sought-after entertainer for corporate events.
ADAM CHRISTING
As one of the world's
premiere interactive entertainers, Adam Christing has amused, mystified,
and delighted more than 3,000 separate audiences across North America.
Hailed as a "meeting planner's dream", Adam has become a favorite guest
performer, emcee, and after-dinner entertainer for hundreds of the top
companies and organizations in the world, including Toyota, Microsoft,
Stanford University, and scores of others.
Durwood
Fincher
Durwood Fincher,
a.k.a. Dr. Robert Payne, is an entertainer, a linguist and an
insightful comedian, whose specialty is corporate communications.
Fincher has been the secret ingredient at hundreds of successful
corporate functions, making certified heroes out of meeting planners
since 1981. He is on the road an average of 200 days a year. He
never fails.
JULIET FUNT
Daughter of Allen Funt,
creator of the Candid Camera television show, Juliet has spent her life
observing the hidden truths beneath our social selves. She won't hide a
camera in your office but will shine a light on the blind spots holding
you back from creating the life you dream of.
Juliet lights up the platform with a true wordsmiths love for the poetry
of a well-turned phrase. She then backs up her engaging words and rich
stories with thought-provoking content that has made her a nationally
recognized expert in the areas of ethics, stress management,
communication and presentation skills. Her show biz genes are amplified
by years performing improvisational comedy on the professional stage and
many, many hours on the platform challenging her audiences to think
deeper, laugh harder, and change their lives more profoundly. She helps
businesses, from top management to front line employees, find and
nurture the human capital that is the fuel behind every organizational
success.
Sam Glenn
Who is Sam Glenn? Sam is creatively known as the “Chalk-Man.” At 6’7”, Sam
graduated from Xavier University on a basketball scholarship. After graduation,
he ran a business in a multi-million dollar industry, but saw it instantly
vanish before his eyes in a fire. Riddled with depression, he spiraled until he
was sleeping on borrowed floors and working as a nighttime janitor. Eventually,
a few small words took hold of him and motivated him to change his life, making
him the huge success he is today.
Dale IrVin
Dale Irvin is a comedian, speaker and author, but is best known as The
Professional Summarizer™. As a comedian, he has appeared on over 100 national
television shows including appearances on Showtime, MTV, A&E, HBO, and Oprah.
As a speaker, Dale reaches over 100,000 people a year with his message of
laughter therapy. He is a Certified Speaking Professional and is a member of the
Professional Speaker Hall of Fame.
Darren LaCroix
As well as keynote speaking and founding The Humor Institute, Darren
LaCroix, performs stand-up comedy, and can be seen in many TV Commercials.
This summer he shot scene with Jim Carey in his upcoming movie Me, Myself & Irene. (Darren says if you rent the film you'll use
the rewind button to find him).
He has been hired to bring humor to corporate training videos by such
companies as:
Dunkin Donuts, Motorola, EMC2 Corporation, and CVS.
Loretta LaRoche
After receiving
her Bachelor's Degree in speech therapy and communications from Hofstra University, Loretta LaRoche did post-graduate work in dance
therapy. She works with the Mind/Body Medical Institute, an
affiliate of CareGroup and Harvard Medical School and is president
of The Humor Potential, Inc. which offers seminars,
presentations and resources enhancing the human potential
through wisdom, wit and humor.
Mack & Jamie
They've most recently been seen on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Jay Leno said, "When comedians talk about comedy teams, Mack and
Jamie are at the top of the list. They are the funniest duo,
working today!"
Mack & Jamie have become favorites on the corporate circuit because
they're clean ("We've worked for Bible salesmen"), hilarious ("My
cheeks hurt" is a common complaint), flexible (they once performed
for twenty executives sitting around a campfire in Arizona and 8,000
nurses in New York within 24 hours) and creative customizers.
Ron Pearson
Ron Pearson has performed as an entertainer and keynote speaker at major
corporate functions for such companies as McDonald's, Motorola, Hewlett Packard,
Pepsi Cola, Toyota, Verizon, Miller Beer, and many others.
John Powers
John speaks to over one hundred groups a year, which includes
business and professional people, educators, students and
community groups. He has spoken before such organizations as
American Express, AT&T, Arco Oil, the Chicago Buffs, General
Dynamics, The International Association of School Business
Officials, Mutual of New York, The National Association of
Fraternity Advisors, Norwest Bank, Suimitomo Corporation, Sun Life of
Canada, Union Carbide, U.S. Steel and the United States Post Office. He is
the only speaker in the seventy-three year history of the seven thousand
member Million Dollar Round Table to speak twice in four years on their
main platform.
Ken Richters
as Mark Twain
The CORPORATE TWAIN™ is pure
entertainment! This corporate address is
not designed to motivate a sales force, or give branch managers
a plan to become more productive. The Corporate Mark Twain
will deliver a keynote speech of laughter and liveliness that
sparks all audiences during conferences, conventions, and annual
meetings.
Jeanne Robertson
As a speaker in a world filled with thousands of professional speakers,
Jeanne Robertson stands above the crowd. As a wife and mother who combine
a happy home life with a successful career Jeanne Robertson rises above
many working women. As a humorist who packs a potent message into a
down-to-earth style, Jeanne Robertson towers over the rest. Finally,
because Jeanne Robertson also happens to stand -- not "five-foot-two,
with eyes of blue" but "six-foot-two, with a size eleven
shoe" -- Jeanne Robertson is, in fact, a very big lady in every sense
of the word.
STEVE RIZZO
As a world class expert Steve shows people how to choose a
healthy attitude both professionally and personally. His
audiences learn how to succeed and enjoy their lives in the
midst of challenging and changing times. He is extremely
entertaining and has a powerful message. Using the principles
that are instilled in Steve's programs has helped audiences throughout the
country to adjust their attitudes to discover brighter alternatives to
potentially negative situations.
Dr. Joyce Saltman
Joyce Saltman is a full-time
professor of Special Education at Southern Connecticut State
University in New Haven, and is a Gestalt Therapist with a
private practice in Cheshire. She chose to receive her doctoral
degree in Higher and Adult Education from Columbia University
because she loved the color of their doctoral gown. It was no
small feat that she was able to persuade her mentor to allow her
to write her dissertation on "Humor in Adult Learning."
Second City Communications
Second City Communications is the division of North America’s
foremost comedy institution that provides entertainment, training
and creative and multimedia services to businesses. With over 40
years of experience across a wide variety of industries, Second City
Communications provides a fresh approach to corporate entertainment
and training by tapping into The Second City’s rich pool of talent
and ideas. Specific services include customized improv shows
tailored for corporate events and meetings, in-depth training and
workshops for groups or individuals (topics range from presentation
skills workshops, to custom seminars that address, for example,
issues affecting performance within teams and organizations as a
whole), and video and multimedia services for clients who want to
tell their story with custom presentations utilizing Second City
actors and writing savvy.
GREG
SCHWEM
Chicago Magazine
called him
“America’s favorite corporate funnyman!” Washington Techway Magazine
called his show a “welcome refreshing change.” MultiFamily Executive
Magazine said his performance was “one of the funniest they had ever
witnessed.” His name is Greg Schwem and he’s ready to bring his custom brand of
business humor and motivational speaking to your next event.
ROSS SHAFER
Ross didn't start out to be the world's funniest motivational speaker. He was
reared in the rugged timberlands of the Pacific Northwest where his father
worked for Arco and his mother had her hands full managing Ross and his two
youngest brothers. In Junior High, Ross mowed enough lawns to switch buy an
electric guitar. Unfortunately, he didn't mow enough lawns to buy an amplifier.
Jimmy
Tingle
The Humor of Uncommon Sense:
Uncovering the absurdities of modern life with an irreverent and
incisive wit, Jimmy Tingle mixes the styles of Andy Rooney and Jerry
Seinfeld for a down-to-earth, belly-laughing look at today’s world.
Jimmy just completed two seasons with
60
Minutes II
on
CBS
as the humorist / commentator in the “Andy
Rooney”
spot. He has enjoyed the star spot on The Tonight Show,
The Late Show with Conan O’Brien, Larry King Live, MSNBC
and his own HBO comedy special.
Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin has been acclaimed in fields of writing that are
remarkably diverse. As someone who has published solidly
reported pieces in The New Yorker for thirty years, he has been
called "perhaps the finest reporter in America". His antic
commentary on the American scene- which now appears weekly in
Time magazine, and his books chronicling his adventures as a
"happy eater" have earned him renown as "a classic
American humorist".
Rosemary Verri
Find the funny side. Appreciate the ridiculous. Practice safe stress. For over a
decade, Rosemary Verri has taught hundreds of people -in every industry and
organization, from every walk of life- to learn how to harness the power of
humor. At your breakout session, dinner presentation or as the featured
keynote speaker at your next annual event, Rosemary will entertain, educate and
bring your people together with the gift of laughter. You’ll leave feeling
renewed, rewarded, rejuvenated—and if necessary, revived With over 20 years
experience as a sales manager in one of the largest direct sales companies in
the world, a social worker with the blind, and a mother of four, Rosemary Verri
learned early on how a humorous approach to life (as well as a smile) helps us
all cope in a fast-changing, tension-laden world.
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