SPEAKING
LIVE & VIRTUAL KEYNOTES
Want to set an exciting, uplifting, and energizing tone at your next seminar, conference, or annual meeting?
Looking to send the audience home with new ideas that'll have people chatting and laughing around the water cooler?
See what I did there?
Book David Horning to open or close your event with a powerful message and action steps that any audience can use to grow themselves, their careers, and their businesses.
Challenge what you thought you knew about leadership, work, and the same old "Rah rah" motivational keynotes by booking a speaker who will have your audience saying "I can't wait to come back next year!"
IMPROVE PROBLEM-SOLVING, CREATE
CONNECTIONS AND BOOST PRODUCTIVITY
Hire David Horning to energize your next conference, meeting, or event with laughs
LIVE AND VIRTUAL KEYNOTES
Want to set an exciting, uplifting, and energizing tone at your next seminar, conference, or annual meeting?
Looking to send your audience home with new ideas that'll have people chatting and laughing around the water cooler?
See what I did there?
Book David Horning to open or close your event with the kind of momentum that can only be generated by a powerful message and combined with some hahas that turn your uh-ohs into a-has.
David challenges conventional wisdom with a humorous and meaningful message that reframes leadership as a continuous process and sends your audience home with action ideas, rather than some intangible concept that your typical "rah rah" motivational keynote provides.
He knows - he used to be that guy.
The 4 Awesome Outcomes You're Leaving On The Table By NOT Booking A Funny Keynote
PROGRAMS
Lead With Laughs:
Use Humor To Put The 'Human' In HR
(SHRM & HRCI Certified)
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The definition of humor, its most common myths, and why it's the answer to employee disengagement.
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4 reasons why it's VITAL to address disengagement in new ways.
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5 hallmarks that separate demotivating, humorless industrial management styles from the human-centric leadership styles of top workplaces.
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6 guidelines for effectively incorporating humor into your workplace culture.
Leadership Laugh Hacks:
12 Steps To Shift Stress To Success
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4 Reasons Why You Feel Stressed.
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Reframing stress into a tangible, manageable, actionable, setup to an eventual solution.
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The definition of humor as a strategic stress-solving skill.
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12 self-reflection steps for shifting stress into success.
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Dealing with internal objections to your new framing of stress.
Think Like A Comedian,
Act Like A Leader:
6 Pivots From Problem
To Punchline
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What it means to "think like a comedian."
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The 6 identical behaviors that great comedians and great leaders regularly display.
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6 stand-up comedy skills translated into terms that anyone can use to approach problems, deal with failure, connect with others, and make work fun.
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How to deal with "hecklers," naysayers, and noise.
Stand Up And Lead: How Thinking Like A Comedian Builds A Standout Culture
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Unlearn and redefine humor as a practical leadership skill, rather than something to be afraid of.
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Simple, repeatable creative thinking exercises to help embrace uncertainty and innovate problem-solving.
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Utilize the basics of "Yes, and" to speed the path to trust, break down silos, and streamline collaboration.
LET THE CLIENTS DO THE TALKING
ELIZABETH / DELAWARE STATE HR CONFERENCE
David's message on humor in the workplace is more important now than ever. His presentation is fun and enlightening and the perfect way to end a three day conference - on a high note!
DAN / FIRSTMARK CONSTRUCTION
I wholeheartedly recommend David Horning as an engaging, fun, and inspiring speaker. David's approach and insights resonated well with me in both my personal life and the workplace. After an hour and half meeting, I wanted to hear more. We need more positive and fun messages like this.
SURVEY RESPONSE / KENTUCKY STATE SHRM CONFERENCE
Not the type of presentation I thought it would be - surprisingly more
relevant. A refreshingly unusual topic that ties in perfectly with where HR
and companies need to shift. Great presentation and speaker.
