Jim Pelley

Jim Pelley is a former stand-up comedian and contributing writer for the original Saturday Night Live Show.  He  has left ’em laughing for more than 18 years at over 1,600 top organizations in the U.S. and abroad, including Disney, Intel, Southwest Airlines, Mattel, and AT&T. He’s brought his message of how to smarten up by lightening up to hundreds of thousands of people who are high-tech, low-tech, and no-tech-at-all. With his hilarious way of poking fun at the frustrations of everyday life, Jim demonstrates uproariously how to use humor to become more creative, more productive, and less stressed.

Jim Pelley can help you and your company:

• Employ humor to manage change with workplace/lifeplace issues.
• Create a positive team environment.
• Banish stress with laughter.
• Unleash creativity and enhance productivity.
• Develop techniques to create a more healthy and humorous lifestyle.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the biological and physiological effects of humor and laughter.
• Facilitate group exercises for team dynamics that focus on working together.
• Understand the relationship between humor, communication, and productivity.

Jim starts planning your program based on the experience he’s gained in many diverse industries and organizations (high tech, tourism, finance, health care, service, manufacturing, and education, to name just a few). He’ll use a detailed pre-program questionnaire to help him understand your specific environment. Then he’ll follow up with an in-depth interview to identify the challenges you perceive as most crucial and to focus on your desired outcomes.

With more than 18 years of experience, Jim is masterful at adapting his message to the underlying concerns, issues, and obstacles facing your audience. The intuitive understanding of their daily frustrations that he demonstrates with warmth and humor will have your audience embracing him as “one of us,” and taking his powerful message to heart.

Amaze your audience with a presentation that’s so personalized and so on-target that they’ll wonder where you’ve been hiding this guy! Jim Pelley is famous for the laser precision with which he customizes every keynote and workshop.

Your program from Jim Pelley is guaranteed to leave ’em laughing, but at the same time, it’s sure to leave ’em thinking.