Tim Gard

Now you can harness the awesome power of humor in your personal and professional life. Producing laughter is a skill you can use to benefit yourself as well as others. Besides, it's fun!

Tim Gard, CSP, nationally recognized humorist and authority on stress reduction through humor, has taught thousands to unlock the power of their own "Comic Vision," improving their relationships and turning adversity to their advantage. Tim has travelled both nationally and internationally for the past decade, providing his fast-paced, entertaining and informative good-humor seminars to more than 100 groups annually. In fact, his friends in Denver say they have more sightings of Elvis than they do of Tim!

While working with the Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, he began to develop training to help fellow eligibility workers with stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue inherent to their jobs. He discovered in those early training sessions that sharing his own good humour and enabling the group to develop a Comic Vision of their own proved to be very effective and a fun way for people to deal with, and even avoid, the sometimes intense personal and professional stress most people encounter every day.

In 1989 he moved to Denver, Colorado to join the staff of USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) as a Program Reviewer. While with FNS, he continued to lecture and consult on interviewing, stress reduction through humor and self-esteem at local and national conferences. In February 1994 Tim resigned from FNS to devote all his time to training and seminars.

Tim blends his unique experiences as a student, US sailor, state welfare worker/investigator, federal employee, salesman, factory worker and small business owner into a dynamic, hilarious, good humour program you have to see! Tim's presentations are bursting with interesting and useful information that will help you handle stress in a positive manner, and his "unusual" props drive home the message, making it even more memorable. You haven't lived until you've seen his "noseflute concerto."

Presentations include:

Developing a Comic Vision (Keynote)
In this laugh-a-minute presentation, Tim finds humor almost everywhere. His outrageous stories and unusual toy props help audience members gain a fresh perspective on work and life through the principles of laughter. Discover how to harness humor to instantly reduce stress and renew spirits throughout the day. Perfect as an opening or closing key, luncheon, or dinner event.

Leadership ... The Tao of Humour (Workshop)
Although almost everyone agrees what a positive impact humour can have at work, when misused, it can have an equally negative effect. In this laughter-filled workshop, discover how Tim's humour plan can give you the guidelines crucial to harnessing humor as a practical skill. You'll gain insight on: humour and today's fast-paced, diverse workplace; how "funny" does not always equal appropriate; and much more. You'll also learn how to steer clear of the negative humour that may become a source of problems and complaints. Excellent as a workshop, general session, in association with EEO classes, or combined with any other Comic Visions program.

Juggling Stress: Laughter Works (Team Development)
How about a fun, interactive, laugh-out-loud, low-impact team development event? This popular one-hour class helps rediscover and sharpen basic team development skills. Perfect as a separate event or combine with any other Comic Visions program.

Client Ovations: The audience could not get enough of Tim! Standing Ovation from the entire audience!

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