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Jon Colby has been empowering people all over the world with improv for over 24 years. From presenting to performing, his engaging and interactive approach has successfully helped audiences across the world to be better communicators, leaders, teammates, salespeople, and even [insert your job title here].

 

Jon combines his master’s in education and his background in theatre to craft a meaningful and interactive experience where audiences have the opportunity to apply what they learn. 

 

As a graduate of the world-famous Second City Conservatory comedy program and an educator with 15 years of classroom experience, he can keep an audience laughing while sharing practical knowledge that can be put to use right away. He has motivated and entertained hundreds of clients, including some of the nation’s top companies and organizations.

 

Every business is different. They all face challenges, but those challenges differ from company to company. Since your organization is unique, the presentation designed for it should be too. Every keynote and workshop delivered is customized with your input to address your organization’s specific needs.

Speaking Topics

Team Building: The Importance Of Building Strong Teams

Experts agree that building a strong team is important for the longevity and success of any company, but creating and maintaining that supportive culture can be challenging. Often companies try to create competition to do this which can be counterproductive. Instead of creating winners and losers, improv creates trust and understanding for everyone in a fun and safe environment.


Communication: Effective Techniques To Improve Communication

Whether you are speaking with a co-worker or a client, communication can either cause frustration or make people feel valued. Employees often avoid communication for fear of confrontation. An improv presentation can include exercises that focus on listening, nonverbal communication, intentional language, and having difficult conversations.


Leadership: The Potential Is Unlimited

A leader is not defined as a manager, director, or boss. A leader is simply someone who leads. Improv exercises serve to remind the team that leaders communicate clearly, celebrate achievements, and set goals with their team. If everyone in an organization is empowered to lead, the potential for that organization is unlimited.


Being Happy: The Art Of Not Taking Oneself Too Seriously

Harvard research says that people who are happy at work are more successful. Managers can improve customer satisfaction by 50%, sales can increase by up to 37%, and doctors are up to 19% more accurate when diagnosing illnesses when they are happy as opposed to negative, stressed, or even neutral. All improv training sessions are highly entertaining by celebrating choices and not taking oneself too seriously. They even offer tools to keep that positive attitude upon returning to day-to-day activities.

Creativity: Celebrating Risks And New Ideas

Forbes states that decision making and problem solving are two of the most important skills for an employee to have. Employees often have creative ideas in these areas, but are afraid to share them because they don’t want to be wrong. Improv encourages risk-taking and celebrating those risks, which opens the door to a world of new ideas.

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Testimonials

"For our premier event we were looking for someone to bring incredible energy to a program that mirrors our relentless culture. Not only did Jon put in the effort to understand and work into the progr...

"We hired Jon Colby as a motivational speaker for a recent Corporate Workshop. Jon delivered an exceptional presentation, which was on-point with our desired prospectus, while successfully keeping eve...

"Jon Colby has presented to two different audiences for my company and both times he received RAVE reviews. The presentations were grounded in sound business principles and strategies while maintainin...

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