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LIVE & VIRTUAL KEYNOTES
Want to set an exciting, uplifting, and energizing tone at your next seminar, conference, or annual meeting?
Looking to send the audience home with new ideas that'll have people chatting and laughing around the water cooler?
See what I did there?
Book David Horning to open or close your event with a powerful message and action steps that any audience can use to grow themselves, their careers, and their businesses.
Challenge what you thought you knew about leadership, work, and the same old "Rah rah" motivational keynotes by booking a speaker who will have your audience saying "I can't wait to come back next year!"
LIVE AND VIRTUAL KEYNOTES
Want to set an exciting, uplifting, and energizing tone at your next seminar, conference, or annual meeting?
Looking to send your audience back to work with new ideas and connections that will spark the kinds of new conversations around the "water cooler" that will have them collaborating in new, innovative ways?
Book David Horning to open or close your event with the kind of momentum that can only be generated by a powerful message and combined with some hahas that turn your uh-ohs into a-has.
David challenges the status quo of the typical conference with a loose, conversational, experiential (and funny) keynote with takeaways that will have your audience rethinking leadership, emotional intelligence, innovation, problem-solving, communication, storytelling, resilience, psychological safety, and other corporate buzzwords through the lens of a stand-up comedian.
This isn't your typical "rah rah" motivational keynote.
He knows - he used to be that kind of keynote.
The 4 Awesome Outcomes You're Leaving On The Table By NOT Booking A Funny Keynote
PROGRAMS
Stand Up & Lead: How Thinking Like A Comedian Builds A Standout Culture
(SHRM & HRCI Certified)
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Unlearn and redefine "thinking like a comedian" as a practical leadership skill, rather than something to be afraid of.
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Three reasons why "thinking like a comedian" must be a cultural cornerstone in the modern workplace.
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Utilize the basics of improvisational comedy to speed the path to trust, break down silos, and create a safe space for open collaboration.
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Three simple, repeatable creative reframing exercises to embrace disruption and uncertainty.
Stand Up & Innovate: How Thinking Like A Comedian Builds Standout Leaders
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Unlearn and redefine "innovation" as a tangible, actionable goal.
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Utilize the basics of improvisational comedy to lower defenses and create a psychologically safe space for open collaboration.
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Innovate problem-solving conversations through strategic curiosity.
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Three simple, repeatable creative reframing exercises to embrace mistakes and uncertainty as a confidently vulnerable leader.
Stand Up & Speak: How Storytelling Like A Comedian Builds Standout Collaboration
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Reframe emotional intelligence, psychological safety, and storytelling through the lens of humor.
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Three storytelling techniques for disrupting mental narratives using the basic principles of stand-up & improv comedy.
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How to deal with "hecklers," naysayers, and noise through the art of asking questions and genuine curiosity.
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Demonstrate the importance of support and trust in moments of miscommunication and disagreement using the basics of improvisational comedy.
Stand Up And Change: How Rethinking Like A Comedian Builds Standout Resilience
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Redefine humor as a psychological coping skill using the tragedy+time principle.
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Communicate confident vulnerability and empathy in the face of "bombing."
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2 humor styles to embrace and 2 to avoid in tense situations.
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6 stand-up comedy skills translated into action items that anyone can use to approach problems, deal with failure, connect with others, and collaborate on problem-solving.
LET THE CLIENTS DO THE TALKING
ELIZABETH / DELAWARE STATE HR CONFERENCE
David's message on humor in the workplace is more important now than ever. His presentation is fun and enlightening and the perfect way to end a three day conference - on a high note!
DAN / FIRSTMARK CONSTRUCTION
I wholeheartedly recommend David Horning as an engaging, fun, and inspiring speaker. David's approach and insights resonated well with me in both my personal life and the workplace. After an hour and half meeting, I wanted to hear more. We need more positive and fun messages like this.
SURVEY RESPONSE / KENTUCKY STATE SHRM CONFERENCE
Not the type of presentation I thought it would be - surprisingly more
relevant. A refreshingly unusual topic that ties in perfectly with where HR
and companies need to shift. Great presentation and speaker.
