“A custom corporate situation comedy variety show!”

The corporate meeting. Some say it’s a necessary evil, often dreaded by employees. We want to change that. And we have. We partner with Brian Walter’s Extreme Meetings and other talented vendors to deliver custom musical and humorous content for meetings.

Any setting. Any size audience. From road shows to trade shows to sales meetings to product launches to performance award banquets to just about anything that requires people sitting in a group and listening to your messages.

“They see all the quirkiness, the absurd, the insanely impossible things they deal with each day, all blended into this happy, hilarious show that gives them a third person perspective of how special they really are.

“It’s like getting your caricature drawn—it’s always good for a laugh and fun to see how someone else perceives you. Or watching your favorite show.

“That’s what it is. A custom corporate situation comedy variety show!” — Lenora Edwards, Business Development Consultant.

What the Businesses Say
“I’ve been fortunate to have been able to use Ken on a variety of projects for the company over the years. These have included writing and voice work for some very funny demos for our IPO roadshow, lyrics for songs at company meetings, his services as an MC at corporate parties, and most recently an unbelievable performance as an MC/Songwriter/Regis Philbin at our going away party for the company (he wowed ‘em with a game show that helped us all to reminisce: ‘Who Wants to Be a Memorabilia-naire?’) Ken’s professional, but he’s a lot more than that. He made us feel like he was one of us, understood us, and was enjoying the event we were celebrating in the same ways we were. He made these events wonderful and I will always appreciate it.” — Bard Richmond, Former CEO Active Voice (sold to Cisco Systems)

“Ken Boynton is one of the most creative, prolific and inspiring writers I have had the pleasure of knowing in my many years in the creative marketing industry. He has the ability to explain complicated thoughts in a most engaging manner, often tying in laymen's terms with industry jargon into a fine mix of clarity. Humor plays an important part in keeping an audience paying attention and Ken knows just when to inject a tidbit to drive home a point and keep the focus. This man understands the human race like few people on earth.” — Peter Barnes, Executive Vice President, FastChannel, Inc., Seattle, WA

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Finding Yourself on Stage™

There are two elements to consider in every presentation.

• How we communicate.
• What we're trying to communicate.

How
We all communicate every day. Back and forth, one to one. But when we find ourselves on stage, there is a tendency to "crank up" our personalities. To make ourselves more serious, more emphatic, and more authoritative. Unfortunately, what we usually end up with is more boring.

What
The next part of the equation is the presentation itself. Is it a good story? Is it well told? Is it logical? Does it respect the intelligence of your audience? Is it consistent with your corporate culture? Story structure has been ingrained in our psyches over thousands of years. When a logical structure is followed it is inherently familiar and engaging. So, how do you tell a great story and find your own compelling style of presentation?

By being yourself on stage.

Here's how I can help.

Ken Boynton of boyntunes, inc.

I tell and write stories for a living, and have for 15 years. I use this story-telling capability to coach and direct actors, speakers and executives to project their genuine personalities and passion during presentations.

Over the years I've written commercials, corporate live presentations and videos, short films, screenplays, song, stories and poetry. I hold a BA in Theatre, and have given hundreds of live presentations, acted in films and on television and voiced thousands of commercials and computer games.

I've done presentations for some of the most successful national and global companies, bringing life, drama and humor to their specific issues and messages. Washington Mutual, Starbucks, Samsung, Microsoft, Sodexho, State Farm Insurance and COSTCO are just a few of them.

My theatrical training makes my stage work seem effortless and engaging. Very few executives ever receive that kind of training. And theatrical training will enable you to be comfortable being yourself on stage.

Process

There are two phases to building effective presentations.

Phase I
This is the introductory, conceptual part of the training. It doesn't pretend to take the place of years of theatrical training, but the gist of that training can be grasped fairly quickly and then practiced.

Preproduction - A series of 4 90 minute meetings. This is where I get to know your particular personality and style in a one-on-one setting. I teach you skills, improv, exercises and warm-ups that will enable you to project your personality in a genuine, compelling fashion.

You will learn that your self-perceived limitations can be utilized to make your presentation style unique and interesting.

Phase II
This is where we zero in on a specific presentation. Once you know the issues you need to address, we work together to make the structure flow in a logical story arc, and then add support elements (if needed) like interactive PowerPoint, music, comedy, and pre-produced audio or video. Then we rehearse your presentation.

This training is all about helping you to capitalize on and project the very passion and zeal for the job that got you promoted to your current position.