Todd Hunt
Todd Hunt looks like a pleasant, buttoned-up corporate professional. But when he opens his mouth, audiences reel with laughter. His stories and examples, delivered with the sly wit of a seasoned comedian, stick with you long after his program.
Consider a man who started a financial services company in Chicago, grew it to 400 employees in three years, then sold it and opened a bookstore in Vermont...after appearing on NBC's Seinfeld for three seasons.
Todd Hunt did not do any of those things.
But he worked for a financial services company in Chicago, shopped at a bookstore in Vermont, and watched Seinfeld on NBC every Thursday.
Now he speaks to organizations that want to add fun to their meetings (virtual and in-person) and send members back to work smiling, with tips to improve communication and success.
As an executive at Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world's largest advertising agencies, Todd learned the inner workings of communication.
Additional jobs with an insurance administrator, direct marketing company and ad department of a major retailer confirmed what he had suspected all along -- people mess up communicating every day!
In 1991, he started his own successful marketing agency in Chicago. One day he discovered that people were hungry to hear his funny, true stories about sales, customer service, leadership and change that he gathered during his years in business. Using humor and sensibility, he demonstrates how we can all communicate better and become more successful.
Todd has written two books: "Communication Bleeps and Blunders in Business" and "Pardon Me, But That's a Really Stupid Sign!" His business humor column appears in newspapers in the United States and Canada. He's been featured on television and radio shows, and stars on several CD and DVD programs.
Todd Hunt looks like a pleasant, buttoned-up corporate professional. But when he opens his mouth, audiences reel with laughter. His stories and examples, delivered with the sly wit of a seasoned comedian, stick with you long after his program.
Consider a man who started a financial services company in Chicago, grew it to 400 employees in three years, then sold it and opened a bookstore in Vermont...after appearing on NBC's Seinfeld for three seasons.
Todd Hunt did not do any of those things.
But he worked for a financial services company in Chicago, shopped at a bookstore in Vermont, and watched Seinfeld on NBC every Thursday.
Now he speaks to organizations that want to add fun to their meetings (virtual and in-person) and send members back to work smiling, with tips to improve communication and success.
As an executive at Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world's largest advertising agencies, Todd learned the inner workings of communication.
Additional jobs with an insurance administrator, direct marketing company and ad department of a major retailer confirmed what he had suspected all along -- people mess up communicating every day!
In 1991, he started his own successful marketing agency in Chicago. One day he discovered that people were hungry to hear his funny, true stories about sales, customer service, leadership and change that he gathered during his years in business. Using humor and sensibility, he demonstrates how we can all communicate better and become more successful.
Todd has written two books: "Communication Bleeps and Blunders in Business" and "Pardon Me, But That's a Really Stupid Sign!" His business humor column appears in newspapers in the United States and Canada. He's been featured on television and radio shows, and stars on several CD and DVD programs.
Communication Bleeps and Blunders in Business
You said one thing; your coworker heard something else. Neither was wrong, but now the customer is confused and someone has to deal with it. In this entertaining and informative keynote, Todd Hunt shares funny, true stories of miscommunication and how we can improve and become more successful.
Will your group laugh?
Yes. After a keynote at a funeral directors convention (true), a woman came up to him, grinning from ear to ear. "You are so FUNNY! I...
Effective Communication for Leaders
A deeper dive into communication misfires, in which we analyze what went wrong and brainstorm how to improve…with hands-on writing exercises, systematic instruction demonstration and tips for non-boring PowerPoint and video.
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What Time is the Noon Lunch? (Maintaining Your Sanity in the Wonderful World of Meetings)
CMP: 1.0 hour for Domain G (Meeting or Event Design)
(Flexible courtesy fee for meetings industry events)
Todd Hunt presents a high-energy keynote for planners and suppliers that teaches valuable communication lessons wrapped in laughter. No jokes, but true (and hilarious) stories of miscommunication in the meetings world, and how we can fix it to become more successful. Each attendee receives a complimentary copy of his smile-guide for overworked meeting...
Finding, Hiring and Working with Professional Speakers
CMP: 1.0 hour for Domain G (Meeting or Event Design)
(Flexible courtesy fee for meetings industry events)
"We had a comedian last year, but he wasn't funny." "The celebrity we hired read his speech from a legal pad." "Our keynoter recited 237 PowerPoint slides and everyone fell asleep. Including me."
Sound familiar? After the temperature of the room (freezing) and quality of the food (lousy), attendees are not afraid to tell you if a...
