Why Hire a Comedian for your Corporate Event?

Clean Stand-up Comedian Shaun Eli for your Serious Corporate Event

Hire a comedian? Of course you should. Why wouldn’t you?

You’re planning a serious corporate event. Why would you bring in a comedian? Because the right comedian can make people laugh, relax, connect, and remember the event fondly—and look forward to the next one. All while keeping the event professional.

Corporate and industry events should conclude with entertainment, in-person or virtually.

No matter how much your attendees love their work, everyone loves and deserves to laugh. Professional comedy entertainment can enhance your corporate event by giving your attendees a shared experience they may remember long after the event and that can make them look forward to coming back to the next one.

• • Studies have shown that humor helps people retain what they’ve learned.
  • Like a fine wine or delicious dessert with a gourmet meal, comedy will add something special to your event.
  • People value memorable experiences more than possessions, and a comedy show gives attendees something fun to talk about and remember.
  • Shared laughter can help people connect with one another, whether they’re senior executives and employees, long-time colleagues, or meeting for the first time. That’s Brain Champagne^sm!

Read about the Health and Business Benefits of Humor

Is it Appropriate to Have Comedy at a Serious Corporate Event?

That depends on the comedian. There’s a big difference between a comedian who does silly song parodies or doesn’t know the difference between a corporate event and a comedy club, and a professional corporate comedian who understands business audiences. Shaun Eli is a Wharton-educated, award-winning economic forecaster and former bank vice president who can please your corporate or industry audience with clean, smart stand-up comedy.

Shaun’s comedy is relevant to business. For example, it’s not just financial companies that use principles of risk management. So do stand-up comics! Entertaining stories from the life of a comedian can show how he uses risk management to further his objectives and counter obstacles on the way to achieving his goals. He can even talk about a life lesson learned from the review of a toilet plunger.

What Event Planners Should Know Before Hiring a Corporate Comedian

Many corporate and organizational conferences end with entertainment. Why not yours?

Give your attendees something they’ll enjoy, remember, and talk about.

And make them want to come back next year.

Health and Business Benefits of Humor

Business Benefits of Humor

• Laughter helps you in a crisis: New York Times
• Shared laughter helps with bonding in offices: Human Nature
• Happy employees are more productive: Journal of Labor Economics 
• Humor conveys confidence, competence & status: Harvard Business Review and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
• Managers with a sense of humor are perceived to be more effective: Psychology Today
• Humor reduces stress and increases short-term memory: Loma Linda University study
• Laughter may reduce stress and strengthen the immune system: National Institutes of Health March 2003
• Humor helps participants during a revolution to overthrow an autocratic government: Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
  (A great team-building exercise… but only an exercise)

Health Benefits of Humor

• Laughter releases endorphins and has other beneficial effects for your cardiovascular system: National Institutes of Health November 2009
• Humor incorporated in lectures helps students to better remember the material six weeks later: Journal of Educational Psychology
• Humor during therapy helps build a closer relationship between patients and doctors: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
• Laughter reduces mortality rates: Yamagata Study in Japan and Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine
• Keeping a humor journal (three funniest things that happened that day) for a week increases happiness and reduces depression, continuing for at least six months (the length of the study): Journal of Happiness Studies
• Laughter therapy has positive effects on depression, insomnia and sleep quality in the elderly: Geriatrics & Gerontology International
• Laughter has shown physiological, psychological, social, spiritual, and quality-of-life benefits: National Institutes of Health November 2010
• Humor therapies reduce blood pressure, reduce arrhythmias and other heart problems and decrease subsequent heart attacks: Advances in Mind-body Medicine
• Laughter benefits vascular function: American Journal of Cardiology and Medical Hypotheses
• Laughter may help treat allergies: Perceptual and Motor Skills
• Humour therapy may help treat depression in the elderly: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
• Couples who reminisce about shared laughter report higher relationship satisfaction: Motivation and Emotion

Book me, or just ask questions

For more information or to hire Shaun, email Shaun at BrainChampagne dot com or call or text (914) it’s-funny (914) 487-3866