Jan McInnis

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. Your attendees will learn how to diffuse tension instantly, initiate tough conversations, and facilitate communications through using humor. They’ll walk away laughing and learning about dealing with change in a memorable way.

Bouncing back. That’s the key in life. Whether it’s personally or professionally, we all hit bumps in the road when things go “not as planned.” Comedians know this more than anyone because they have a very high-profile job. And when something goes wrong, it needs to be fixed fast and on the spot. In this fun and informative keynote, Jan offers tips and insights on dealing with life’s pitfalls – how to avoid, handle, and recover from them – so you can move through these challenging situations. Don’t let blunders and mishaps hinder your future success! This keynote is based on Jan’s book, “Convention Comedian:  Stories and Wisdom From Two Decades of Chicken Dinners and Comedy Clubs”.

This keynote is more in-depth information on putting humor into your written and verbal business communications. In order to accomplish anything, you need to be heard and remembered! This keynote will show your attendees how to create and use humor in business so that they connect with employees/coworkers/clients, keep people engaged in their message, “sell” their product or service, and have their message remembered. This is a very customized program. Jan takes examples of communications (memos, documents, etc…) from your industry, and shows attendees how to make their message stand out by using humor.

In this keynote Jan offers a big dose of her humor, as well as some tips on humor and health – some of the research (they’re finding out that laughing actually burns calories!) and the benefits for using humor. She’ll also toss in some quick tips on finding the humor in your life. This is a fun and light keynote that connects well with the attendees, as they laugh a lot and get a few take-away tips.

Whether your event is a half-day or the whole week, keep your attendees INTERESTED by having Jan emcee. Jan mastered her emcee techniques hosting hundreds of shows, so she knows how to keep things on track, handle the problems, and make people enjoy being there. Give yourself a break and leave it to Jan to keep the show rolling smoothly.