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ATTENTION CEOs, MANAGERS, HR DIRECTORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, and EMPLOYEES!!! Yes, that’s YOU!
Does your mission statement contain the words: “Go for the Bronze!�
Have you adopted the motto: “We’re NOT happy ‘til you’re NOT happy!�
Are you satisfied with your
- Productivity?
- Employee Morale?
- Stress Management?
- Retention?
- Absenteeism?
- Recruitment Efforts?
- Internal and External Communications?
- Advertising Strategies?
If you answered NO to any of the above, you are in deep trouble. Kidding. Not to worry… Ron Berk can help.
He can give you the humor techniques to radically transform your work environment into 1 of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work Forâ€
“Ron Berk's keynotes and workshops at our conferences have been widely acclaimed. He has educated, enthralled, and entertained audiences of up to 2,000 participants. He has the rare knack of introducing humor into his presentations whilst at the same time communicating key messages grounded in research. He is the only speaker we have invited again and again to contribute to our conferences. Ron Berk must be included in the top 5% of speakers on the international scene.†Professor Ronald M. Harden, General Secretary of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), University of Dundee, SCOTLAND, UK
What distinguishes Starbucks, Southwest Airlines, and Google from your company? caffeine, jet fuel, lots of words. Good guesses, but WRONG!
There are at least 2 factors: (1) buckets of $$$, and (2) “fun.â€
Yup, FUN. Fun and humor are CORE VALUES. Those companies are among the most fun in Fortune’s list according to the Great Place to Work® Institute.
“We laughed until we cried, jumped up and danced--and it’s all on film! We liked him so much, we asked him back for our meeting this year on “Assessing Outcomes and Performance.†Sharon B. Buchbinder, Chair, BOD, Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), Professor and Chair, Department of Health Science, TOWSON UNIVERSITY
WHAT’S THE SECRET?
Infuse appropriate, nonoffensive humor throughout your work environment. For keynote and workshop descriptions, click Presentations
Ron is an internationally acclaimed:
* Johns Hopkins University Professor Emeritus * Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader at institutions in 36 states and 11 countries (including Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, and UK) * Award-Winning Teacher * Author of: Professors Are from Mars, Students Are from Snickers, Humor as an Instructional Defibrillator, and Thirteen Strategies to Measure College Teaching, plus 8 other books * Creative Researcher * Outrageous Thinker * All-Around Fun Guy
Media articles on Ron's teaching, presentations, and research:
* The Chronicle of Higher Education (Did You Hear the One about the Professor?) [cover story and lead article]
* Monitor on Psychology ([How Laughing Leads to Learning & Ham It Up]) [APA publication]
* Reader's Digest (The Funny Factor)
* Johns Hopkins Magazine (Who Says Statistics Can’t Keep You in Stitches?)
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