Tim Washer
MBA
NY, USTim Washer spent 20 years at IBM, Cisco and Accenture mostly feigning interest on conference calls. Moonlighting as a comedy writer/actor on SNL, Conan and The Late Show established him as a Subject Matter Expert in nonsense, and he applied humor to humanize some of the world's most boring brands. He uses laughter to help corporations capture attention, show empathy, build rapport and make a persuasive case with B2B technology audiences on topics such as the Internet of Things and mainframe computers, where the comedy writes itself.
As an event emcee Tim has brought laughter to executive meetings in the most conservative cultures, including Saudi Arabia and even IBM. He emceed the Oscar Short Film Awards featuring Pixar CEO John Lasseter and Melissa Leo, and hosted events with Emmy-Winner Tony Hale (VEEP, Arrested Development). President George Bush and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu.
Leveraging wit, satire and parody, Tim lampoons counterproductive behavior like using the word "leveraging." Laughter dramatically improves retention, reinforces key points and opens minds to accepting change.
Tim studied improv under Amy Poehler, comedy writing with The Colbert Report executive producer Tom Purcell, and has appeared on the Onion Sports Network, HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and a T-Mobile commercial with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Tim has written and performed custom PowerPoint Comedy at corporate events for Deloitte, CDC, Google and The White House. His award-winning corporate work has been featured in The New York Times, WSJ, Ad Age, ADWEEK, and Fast Company. He's presented at SXSW, Harvard Business School and Forrester's CMO Council. Tim holds an MBA from McCombs at UT Austin, where he majored in PowerPoint.
Tim Washer spent 20 years at IBM, Cisco and Accenture mostly feigning interest on conference calls. Moonlighting as a comedy writer/actor on SNL, Conan and The Late Show established him as a Subject Matter Expert in nonsense, and he applied humor to humanize some of the world's most boring brands. He uses laughter to help corporations capture attention, show empathy, build rapport and make a persuasive case with B2B technology audiences on topics such as the Internet of Things and mainframe computers, where the comedy writes itself.
As an event emcee Tim has brought laughter to executive meetings in the most conservative cultures, including Saudi Arabia and even IBM. He emceed the Oscar Short Film Awards featuring Pixar CEO John Lasseter and Melissa Leo, and hosted events with Emmy-Winner Tony Hale (VEEP, Arrested Development). President George Bush and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu.
Leveraging wit, satire and parody, Tim lampoons counterproductive behavior like using the word "leveraging." Laughter dramatically improves retention, reinforces key points and opens minds to accepting change.
Tim studied improv under Amy Poehler, comedy writing with The Colbert Report executive producer Tom Purcell, and has appeared on the Onion Sports Network, HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and a T-Mobile commercial with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Tim has written and performed custom PowerPoint Comedy at corporate events for Deloitte, CDC, Google and The White House. His award-winning corporate work has been featured in The New York Times, WSJ, Ad Age, ADWEEK, and Fast Company. He's presented at SXSW, Harvard Business School and Forrester's CMO Council. Tim holds an MBA from McCombs at UT Austin, where he majored in PowerPoint.
The Business Case For Nonsense: Humanizing the Brand with Humor
Research shows that nearly 73% of people who read corporate blogs are in fact people. And one of the strongest connections we can make with another human is to make them laugh. We'll share a few comedy lessons learned from freelancing on The Onion and Conan and show how those rules can be used to create corporate social media content to breaks through the clutter. We'll share case studies on how humorous corporate videos earned headlines in the New York Times and inclusion on...
Improv Rules for a More Creative Workplace
Ever have a great idea shut down by corporate complexity and fear? Tim shows how to cut through hassles, bureacracy, and unproductivity with humor that gets your message received and your project moving forward... by using the principles of improv comedy. Tim studied improv under Amy Poehler at the UCB Theater, and applied what he learned to be more innovative and creative while writing/producing for IBM's Smarter Planet campaign and for Cisco's "Network...
