Joel Zeff

Biography

Joel Zeff creates energy. His spontaneous humor and vital messages have thrilled audiences for years. As a national speaker and humorist, Joel captivates audiences with a unique blend of hilarious improvisational comedy and essential ideas on work and life. Corporations and organizations nationwide seek him out to motivate and energize their employees on such topics as creativity, communication, teamwork, passion and fun.

A former newspaper journalist and public relations executive, Joel started his own consulting business in 1994. His business initially focused on helping technology and telecommunications companies with marketing, advertising and public relations. As he came in contact with so many corporate cultures, he noticed the glaring need for employees to have more fun and reenergize their creative spirit.

Since 1993, he has performed with Ad-Libs, one of the country’s premier improvisational comedy troupes. Joel performs with Ad-Libs at the troupe’s theater in Downtown Dallas and across the country for corporate events. As an improvisational actor, Joel studied for a short time at the famed Second City Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois.

Joel fuses his knowledge of improvisation and his experience with the corporate world to create presentations that make a difference. His humor and style create a positive and comfortable environment for his audience that allows them to take risks and explore their creativity. His funny and poignant presentations have been met with roaring approval from hundreds of companies and organizations and thousands of audience members. Joel makes audiences laugh, but he also makes them think. Participants discover for themselves how to apply his messages to become better people and better employees.

When he is not speaking, Joel explores his own creativity and communication skills as an actor and writer. In Dallas, he was most recently seen as co-host of The Movie Zone on UPN 21. He has appeared in commercials for Mydiscountbroker.com, Time Warner Cable, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Eagle Country Markets, and Extraco Bank.

Publications

A national speaker and humorist offers a creative, hilarious, and thought-provoking perspective on the choices we make at work
Joel Zeff is a national speaker and humorist who has presented to more than a 1,000 companies and organizations about teamwork, communication, creativity, and passion. A former journalist, he started performing as a professional improvisational comedian in 1993. He realized the skills that made improvisational comedy successful were the same skills that made work successful. Joel fused his knowledge of both disciplines and became a highly sought-after speaker, presenting to more than 100 companies and organizations a year. In "Make the Right Choice", he uses his humor and improvisation perspective to teach managers and employees how to make the right choices to be engaged, to be a more effective communicator, have fun, and create a positive and successful environment at work. Through his whimsical outlook, he helps managers and employees understand their responsibility to make the choice to be happy, passionate, creative, and more productive. We all have choices. Some choices are better than others. Joel shows us that we each have the ability to take initiative and make the right choice.
Joel Zeff (Dallas, TX) is a humorist, speaker, and consultant to such companies as KPMG, Clear Channel, GlaxoSmithKline, and Sonic Drive-In.

Titles

Make the Right Choice: Creating a Positive, Innovative and Productive Work Life"
The Strength of Laughter: Energizing Your Spirit with Humor
Learning to Think Without A Script™
The Strength of Laughter: Energizing Your Spirit with Humor™
Creativity in Communication: Yes, they go together™
Managing Without A Script™
Marketing/Sales Without A Script™
Effective Communication Without A Script™
Teamwork Without A Script™
Creative Thinking
Team Building for People Who Hate Team Building
Event Entertainment