Tim Gard, 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 traveled 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! 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 blends his unique experiences as a student, U.S. sailor, state welfare worker/investigator, federal employee, salesman, factory worker and small business owner into a dynamic, hilarious, good humor 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." 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 humor 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 1994 Tim decided to devote all his time to training and seminars. Today Tim is a highly sought-after speaker both inside and out of the human service field. He is a member of the National Speakers Association, has written several articles on stress reduction through humor and appeared on TV talk shows. In 2000 he received the CSP (certified speaking professional) designation, the highest earned designation awarded by the National Speakers Association and spoke at the 2002 NSA Western Workshop in Hawaii and they liked him so much they asked him to speak on the main platform at the 2002 National NSA Convention in Orlando. He is the co-author of "Just Plane Funny" and "Motivational Leaders" and the founder of Comic Visions LLC, Interviewing With Style, and Tim's Toys. Tim was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame (Council of Peers Award of Excellence) in 2006. From Singapore to Sioux City, Tim has been "cracking 'em up." As Tim Gard says, "Remember, laughter becomes you." Titles Developing A Comic Vision (Keynote) Can I Say That At Work? (Workshop) Juggling Stress: Laughter Works (Team Development) Leadership . . . Tao of Humor (Workshop) Laughter Works Topics Humor, Stress, Team Building, Leadership, Motivation, Entertainment Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $7,500 - $9,999 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State CO Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.