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Joel Zeff

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Emcee, Workplace Expert, Author & Humorist

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Joel Zeff Biography

Joel Zeff creates energy. He is a dynamic speaker, improvisational humorist and author. His interactive performances invite members of the audience to participate in hilarious improvisational exercises that illustrate Zeff's central message: That organizations and individuals should CELEBRATE every day successes to increase collaboration, productivity, passion and innovation.

Since 1997, Zeff has inspired audiences from Wells Fargo to Samsung to KPMG and even the IRS. Yes, the IRS. Zeff is a masterful public speaker and a nationally renowned motivator, lifelong humorist and improvisational actor.

His career is a search for fun and passion. He quickly realized the importance of both at his first jobs delivering the hometown newspaper and cleaning up trash at a suburban movie theater.

He started his professional career as a newspaper journalist and public relations executive. In 1994, Zeff went out on his own as corporate communications specialist. He helped clients with their employee communications, media relations, strategy and customer marketing. Throughout the consulting process, Zeff realized his clients – many of them high-level technology and telecommunications firms – needed more than marketing and public relations strategy. Many of his clients’ employees were starving for fun, passion and new perspective on finding success.

At the time, Zeff was having fun on the weekends as a comedian. Through friends, he discovered improvisational comedy. One of his clients (a large technology company) knew Zeff performed comedy on the weekend. The client asked him to play some improvisational games before dinner for a group of high level executives. He brought a fellow comedian and a corporate speaking career was born.

He connects to his audience with humor that has them laughing so uncontrollably that their mascara runs, their cheeks hurt, and their bellies ache. And he doesn't do it alone. Volunteers from the audience join him on stage and play an integral role in an improvisation game in front of hundreds or thousands of people—something the audience members have never done. He expects nothing less than their success. He expects the volunteers to focus and work together as a team; communicate effectively; positively support each other; and take responsibility.

Zeff makes his audience laugh so hard that they forget about the corporate nonsense of conference calls, "strategic deliverables," PowerPoint presentations with upside-down triangles, or "paradigm shifts in a cross-functional organization." Make the Right Choice is conversational, funny, and very informative. Yes, Zeff will make you laugh, but he'll also make you think. This presentation delivers a combination of inspiration, essential business knowledge, and significant ideas to help audience members reconnect with their own passion and success.

As discussed in his book, Make the Right Choice, Zeff believes that we all encounter choices in our careers. We always have the opportunity to make the right choice to live a more creative, passionate, and productive life. How do you “make the right choice”? You can choose to provide opportunity. You can choose to provide positive support. And along the way, you can choose to have fun. It’s really that simple. Zeff teaches us just how easy it is to make these choices.

When he is not speaking, Zeff expresses his creativity as an actor, writer and comedian. He started performing professionally in 1992. In Dallas, he was co-host of The Movie Zone on UPN 21. He has appeared in dozens of commercials for numerous clients, including the Dallas Cowboys, Harrah's Casino, Mydiscountbroker.com, Time Warner Cable, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Eagle Country Markets, and Extraco Bank. He has appeared in hundreds of corporate videos. He has also appeared on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. He has been featured in The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, The Kansas City Star, and many other media outlets.

Speaking Topics
  • The TA DA of Teamwork: Succeeding During Change and Disruption

    We are all improvising. We face challenges, disruption, change, and obstacles without a script or rehearsal. To find success, we need to work together, build trust, and create opportunity. During this session, Joel will discuss how the tenets of improvisation create successful teams during change and disruption. Joel has spent the past 30 years performing and teaching the lessons of improvisation. This interactive, engaging and hilarious session will focus on staying in the game; facing fear; building trust, and asking the important question, “How do I help the people around me be successful?” Joel will also bring his famous TA DA energy as he discusses the importance of opportunity, positive support, and active listening in collaboration. Yes, you will have fun and laugh during this session. You will also learn how to collaborate more successfully as a sales and marketing team, and navigate change. Are you ready for the TA DA?

    This session will focus on:

    1. Creating opportunity and positive support for your team.
    2. Making the choice to “be in the moment.”
    3. How to Stay in the Game when faced with challenges, change and disruption.
    4. Thrive during change by making the choice to be prepared and open and flexible.
    5. Fueling your passion and reducing stress.

  • The Spirit of TA DA: Watch What Happens When Work Becomes Play

    How do your employees and managers embrace the Spirit of TA DA? We all must take ownership of our work environment and create a foundation of opportunity and positive support. We can choose to be patient, supportive, and more flexible to change. We can choose to have fun in the workplace and still be productive. Joel teaches us just how easy it is to make these choices.

    In The Spirit of TA DA, Joel shares his experience and insight on creativity, communication, teamwork, passion, and fun. With wit, a sharp observational eye, and playful irreverence, he discusses the choices we all encounter in our careers. We each have the ability to take initiative and make the right choice to live a more creative, passionate, effective, and productive life.

    He connects to his audience with humor that has them laughing so uncontrollably that their mascara runs, their cheeks hurt, and their bellies ache.

    And he doesn't do it alone. Volunteers from the audience join him on stage and play an integral role in an improvisation game in front of hundreds or thousands of people — something the audience members have never done. He expects nothing less than their success. He expects the volunteers to focus and work together as a team; communicate effectively; positively support each other; and take responsibility.

    Joel makes his audience laugh so hard that they forget about the corporate nonsense of conference calls, "strategic deliverables," PowerPoint presentations with upside-down triangles, or "paradigm shifts in a cross-functional organization." Yes, Joel will make you laugh, but he'll also make you think. This presentation delivers a combination of inspiration, essential business knowledge, and significant ideas to help audience members reconnect with their own passion, creativity, and success.

    Seven Lessons Learned:

    1. Learn to celebrate work and create a positive environment.
    2. Learn to improve teamwork and help all partners find success.
    3. Learn the three keys to leading change: be prepared; be focused; be open and flexible.
    4. Learn the key to success: staying in the game and keeping your passion.
    5. Learn to promote ownership and accountability.
    6. Learn to encourage innovation by creating opportunity.
    7. Learn to enhance communication.

  • The TA DA of Change: Leading Teams during Change with Passion and Success

    Change and disruption are constant. Your teams must navigate the chaos and disruption to find success. Too often, we become stressed, frustrated and impatient. Improvisation is finding success during that constant change, chaos and disruption. How do managers continue to motivate and energize employees during difficult times? Managers must help employees stay in the game; work in the moment; and take ownership of their happiness.

    Joel leads the audience through a series of exercises that demonstrates how easy it is to continue working creatively, effectively and productively while dealing with change. Improvisation teaches us to embrace change. Joel will focus on the key choices that improvisation teaches us: be prepared for change; be open and flexible to change; be present and in the moment with change.

    In improvisation, there is no script, no plan and no rehearsal. Joel focuses on the famous TA DA spirit of creating positive support and opportunity during change. Just as important, managers must allow employees to create ownership. Ownership and responsibility will allow the employee to care. And once the employee starts to care, the next step is passion.

    Change happens. We can either be open and flexible to it or let it steamroll us. Most change is completely out of our control. We only control how we react to change. We choose our attitude. We choose to stay in the game. We chose to be positive and supportive.

    The session will focus on:

    1. Embracing change and finding success.
    2. Creating opportunity to lead change.
    3. Being open and flexible to change; being prepared for change; being in the moment during change.
    4. Making the right choices to be an effective leader during change
    5. Asking the most important question of a leader: How do I help the people around me be successful?

  • THE SPIRIT OF TA-DA: A Virtual Experience of Fun, Energy, and Passion

    Sometimes we just need to laugh, recharge and refuel. Joel’s session will bring the energy and fun. And hopefully, he will make you laugh.

    Joel Is a national speaker, author, workplace expert, emcee, humorist and improvisational comedian. He has presented more than 2,000 keynotes to companies, organizations and associations. Thousands of audience members have joined him on stage to improvise, create and collaborate. The volunteers faced their fear, dealt with change, and found success.

    During this virtual program, he will share the secrets that improvisation has taught him. We will explore dealing with change; facing your fears; creating opportunity and positive support for your team; staying in the game; being in the moment; and successful collaboration.

    He focuses on the simple choices to increase passion, reduce stress, and overcome the challenges of change.

    He also just wants you to laugh. Yes, we are virtual. We still need to laugh, connect, and have fun with our peers, friends and colleagues. Joel promises this will probably be the greatest virtual event you have ever attended or the most recent.

  • EVENT EMCEE OR ENTERTAINER (COMEDIAN)

    Joel uses a unique blend of improvisational and traditional comedy for his event entertainment. His comedy is clean, relevant, interactive, and suitable for any corporate audience. Joel uses the same dynamic energy and audience interaction for his entertainment performances as for his keynotes. Joel can also customize his presentation to include custom themes, key ideas, or specific products and personnel. His entertainment is ideal as a quick energy burst in between conference sessions, or after dinner to reinforce the key messages of the day.

    Not just an emcee, but a KEYNOTE EMCEE.

    Joel also uses his humor, improvisation skills, and entertaining games as an emcee for award programs and general sessions.

    As an emcee, Joel creates energy and fun with his humor, wit, and audience engagement. Joel connects with the audience, and sets the tone for the event. He partners with his clients to create awesome events.

    One option is including his interactive improvisation games and messages as part of the emcee package. Think of it as splitting up a powerful keynote into small modules spread out during the event. Some of the modules can be short (5 minutes) or a little longer (10+ minutes). Each module includes some short message, but nothing too extensive.

    Joel brings a different perspective on the emcee experience. Using his messages and improvisation exercises, he delivers more in the same amount of time. As the emcee, Joel engages, entertains, motivates, inspires and delivers powerful messages. Yes, he does all of the typical emcee duties. He does more. Joel has the ability to add message, engage the audience with interactive experience. He partners with the client and use his meeting expertise (2,500+ events) to create a memorable event.

    For awards presentations, there are two goals: recognize and reward the award recipients and entertain/motivate the rest of the audience. During award programs, his humor comes from the moment, audience, surroundings, and everything that is happening. Joel customizes each emcee award experience with the client to create a fun, energetic and memorable event.

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Make the Right Choice: Creating a Positive, Innovative and Productive Work Life

Make the Right Choice: Creating a Positive, Innovative and Productive Work Life

FAQs
  • How do I book Joel Zeff to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Joel Zeff for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Joel Zeff, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Joel Zeff or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Joel Zeff

    Speaking fees for Joel Zeff, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Joel Zeff are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and under $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Joel Zeff, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Joel Zeff speak about?

  • Where does Joel Zeff travel from?

    Joel Zeff generally travels from Dallas, TX, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Joel Zeff’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Joel Zeff for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Joel Zeff for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Joel Zeff or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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Joel Zeff

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5 out of 5

Emcee, Workplace Expert, Author & Humorist

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Joel Zeff Biography

Joel Zeff creates energy. He is a dynamic speaker, improvisational humorist and author. His interactive performances invite members of the audience to participate in hilarious improvisational exercises that illustrate Zeff's central message: That organizations and individuals should CELEBRATE every day successes to increase collaboration, productivity, passion and innovation.

Since 1997, Zeff has inspired audiences from Wells Fargo to Samsung to KPMG and even the IRS. Yes, the IRS. Zeff is a masterful public speaker and a nationally renowned motivator, lifelong humorist and improvisational actor.

His career is a search for fun and passion. He quickly realized the importance of both at his first jobs delivering the hometown newspaper and cleaning up trash at a suburban movie theater.

He started his professional career as a newspaper journalist and public relations executive. In 1994, Zeff went out on his own as corporate communications specialist. He helped clients with their employee communications, media relations, strategy and customer marketing. Throughout the consulting process, Zeff realized his clients – many of them high-level technology and telecommunications firms – needed more than marketing and public relations strategy. Many of his clients’ employees were starving for fun, passion and new perspective on finding success.

At the time, Zeff was having fun on the weekends as a comedian. Through friends, he discovered improvisational comedy. One of his clients (a large technology company) knew Zeff performed comedy on the weekend. The client asked him to play some improvisational games before dinner for a group of high level executives. He brought a fellow comedian and a corporate speaking career was born.

He connects to his audience with humor that has them laughing so uncontrollably that their mascara runs, their cheeks hurt, and their bellies ache. And he doesn't do it alone. Volunteers from the audience join him on stage and play an integral role in an improvisation game in front of hundreds or thousands of people—something the audience members have never done. He expects nothing less than their success. He expects the volunteers to focus and work together as a team; communicate effectively; positively support each other; and take responsibility.

Zeff makes his audience laugh so hard that they forget about the corporate nonsense of conference calls, "strategic deliverables," PowerPoint presentations with upside-down triangles, or "paradigm shifts in a cross-functional organization." Make the Right Choice is conversational, funny, and very informative. Yes, Zeff will make you laugh, but he'll also make you think. This presentation delivers a combination of inspiration, essential business knowledge, and significant ideas to help audience members reconnect with their own passion and success.

As discussed in his book, Make the Right Choice, Zeff believes that we all encounter choices in our careers. We always have the opportunity to make the right choice to live a more creative, passionate, and productive life. How do you “make the right choice”? You can choose to provide opportunity. You can choose to provide positive support. And along the way, you can choose to have fun. It’s really that simple. Zeff teaches us just how easy it is to make these choices.

When he is not speaking, Zeff expresses his creativity as an actor, writer and comedian. He started performing professionally in 1992. In Dallas, he was co-host of The Movie Zone on UPN 21. He has appeared in dozens of commercials for numerous clients, including the Dallas Cowboys, Harrah's Casino, Mydiscountbroker.com, Time Warner Cable, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Eagle Country Markets, and Extraco Bank. He has appeared in hundreds of corporate videos. He has also appeared on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. He has been featured in The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, The Kansas City Star, and many other media outlets.

Joel Zeff Speaking Topics

  • The TA DA of Teamwork: Succeeding During Change and Disruption

    We are all improvising. We face challenges, disruption, change, and obstacles without a script or rehearsal. To find success, we need to work together, build trust, and create opportunity. During this session, Joel will discuss how the tenets of improvisation create successful teams during change and disruption. Joel has spent the past 30 years performing and teaching the lessons of improvisation. This interactive, engaging and hilarious session will focus on staying in the game; facing fear; building trust, and asking the important question, “How do I help the people around me be successful?” Joel will also bring his famous TA DA energy as he discusses the importance of opportunity, positive support, and active listening in collaboration. Yes, you will have fun and laugh during this session. You will also learn how to collaborate more successfully as a sales and marketing team, and navigate change. Are you ready for the TA DA?

    This session will focus on:

    1. Creating opportunity and positive support for your team.
    2. Making the choice to “be in the moment.”
    3. How to Stay in the Game when faced with challenges, change and disruption.
    4. Thrive during change by making the choice to be prepared and open and flexible.
    5. Fueling your passion and reducing stress.

  • The Spirit of TA DA: Watch What Happens When Work Becomes Play

    How do your employees and managers embrace the Spirit of TA DA? We all must take ownership of our work environment and create a foundation of opportunity and positive support. We can choose to be patient, supportive, and more flexible to change. We can choose to have fun in the workplace and still be productive. Joel teaches us just how easy it is to make these choices.

    In The Spirit of TA DA, Joel shares his experience and insight on creativity, communication, teamwork, passion, and fun. With wit, a sharp observational eye, and playful irreverence, he discusses the choices we all encounter in our careers. We each have the ability to take initiative and make the right choice to live a more creative, passionate, effective, and productive life.

    He connects to his audience with humor that has them laughing so uncontrollably that their mascara runs, their cheeks hurt, and their bellies ache.

    And he doesn't do it alone. Volunteers from the audience join him on stage and play an integral role in an improvisation game in front of hundreds or thousands of people — something the audience members have never done. He expects nothing less than their success. He expects the volunteers to focus and work together as a team; communicate effectively; positively support each other; and take responsibility.

    Joel makes his audience laugh so hard that they forget about the corporate nonsense of conference calls, "strategic deliverables," PowerPoint presentations with upside-down triangles, or "paradigm shifts in a cross-functional organization." Yes, Joel will make you laugh, but he'll also make you think. This presentation delivers a combination of inspiration, essential business knowledge, and significant ideas to help audience members reconnect with their own passion, creativity, and success.

    Seven Lessons Learned:

    1. Learn to celebrate work and create a positive environment.
    2. Learn to improve teamwork and help all partners find success.
    3. Learn the three keys to leading change: be prepared; be focused; be open and flexible.
    4. Learn the key to success: staying in the game and keeping your passion.
    5. Learn to promote ownership and accountability.
    6. Learn to encourage innovation by creating opportunity.
    7. Learn to enhance communication.

  • The TA DA of Change: Leading Teams during Change with Passion and Success

    Change and disruption are constant. Your teams must navigate the chaos and disruption to find success. Too often, we become stressed, frustrated and impatient. Improvisation is finding success during that constant change, chaos and disruption. How do managers continue to motivate and energize employees during difficult times? Managers must help employees stay in the game; work in the moment; and take ownership of their happiness.

    Joel leads the audience through a series of exercises that demonstrates how easy it is to continue working creatively, effectively and productively while dealing with change. Improvisation teaches us to embrace change. Joel will focus on the key choices that improvisation teaches us: be prepared for change; be open and flexible to change; be present and in the moment with change.

    In improvisation, there is no script, no plan and no rehearsal. Joel focuses on the famous TA DA spirit of creating positive support and opportunity during change. Just as important, managers must allow employees to create ownership. Ownership and responsibility will allow the employee to care. And once the employee starts to care, the next step is passion.

    Change happens. We can either be open and flexible to it or let it steamroll us. Most change is completely out of our control. We only control how we react to change. We choose our attitude. We choose to stay in the game. We chose to be positive and supportive.

    The session will focus on:

    1. Embracing change and finding success.
    2. Creating opportunity to lead change.
    3. Being open and flexible to change; being prepared for change; being in the moment during change.
    4. Making the right choices to be an effective leader during change
    5. Asking the most important question of a leader: How do I help the people around me be successful?

  • THE SPIRIT OF TA-DA: A Virtual Experience of Fun, Energy, and Passion

    Sometimes we just need to laugh, recharge and refuel. Joel’s session will bring the energy and fun. And hopefully, he will make you laugh.

    Joel Is a national speaker, author, workplace expert, emcee, humorist and improvisational comedian. He has presented more than 2,000 keynotes to companies, organizations and associations. Thousands of audience members have joined him on stage to improvise, create and collaborate. The volunteers faced their fear, dealt with change, and found success.

    During this virtual program, he will share the secrets that improvisation has taught him. We will explore dealing with change; facing your fears; creating opportunity and positive support for your team; staying in the game; being in the moment; and successful collaboration.

    He focuses on the simple choices to increase passion, reduce stress, and overcome the challenges of change.

    He also just wants you to laugh. Yes, we are virtual. We still need to laugh, connect, and have fun with our peers, friends and colleagues. Joel promises this will probably be the greatest virtual event you have ever attended or the most recent.

  • EVENT EMCEE OR ENTERTAINER (COMEDIAN)

    Joel uses a unique blend of improvisational and traditional comedy for his event entertainment. His comedy is clean, relevant, interactive, and suitable for any corporate audience. Joel uses the same dynamic energy and audience interaction for his entertainment performances as for his keynotes. Joel can also customize his presentation to include custom themes, key ideas, or specific products and personnel. His entertainment is ideal as a quick energy burst in between conference sessions, or after dinner to reinforce the key messages of the day.

    Not just an emcee, but a KEYNOTE EMCEE.

    Joel also uses his humor, improvisation skills, and entertaining games as an emcee for award programs and general sessions.

    As an emcee, Joel creates energy and fun with his humor, wit, and audience engagement. Joel connects with the audience, and sets the tone for the event. He partners with his clients to create awesome events.

    One option is including his interactive improvisation games and messages as part of the emcee package. Think of it as splitting up a powerful keynote into small modules spread out during the event. Some of the modules can be short (5 minutes) or a little longer (10+ minutes). Each module includes some short message, but nothing too extensive.

    Joel brings a different perspective on the emcee experience. Using his messages and improvisation exercises, he delivers more in the same amount of time. As the emcee, Joel engages, entertains, motivates, inspires and delivers powerful messages. Yes, he does all of the typical emcee duties. He does more. Joel has the ability to add message, engage the audience with interactive experience. He partners with the client and use his meeting expertise (2,500+ events) to create a memorable event.

    For awards presentations, there are two goals: recognize and reward the award recipients and entertain/motivate the rest of the audience. During award programs, his humor comes from the moment, audience, surroundings, and everything that is happening. Joel customizes each emcee award experience with the client to create a fun, energetic and memorable event.

Joel Zeff Videos

  • 2023 Joel Zeff Keynote Demo and Sizzle Reel
  • Joel Zeff LIVE Emcee/AGS Sizzle Recap
  • Joel Zeff: Virtual Keynote Recap Sizzle

Joel Zeff Books

FAQs on booking Joel Zeff

  • How do I book Joel Zeff to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Joel Zeff for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Joel Zeff, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Joel Zeff or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Joel Zeff

    Speaking fees for Joel Zeff, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Joel Zeff are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and under $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Joel Zeff, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Joel Zeff speak about?

  • Where does Joel Zeff travel from?

    Joel Zeff generally travels from Dallas, TX, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Joel Zeff’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Joel Zeff for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Joel Zeff for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Joel Zeff or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Joel Zeff is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The TA DA of Teamwork: Succeeding During Change and Disruption, The Spirit of TA DA: Watch What Happens When Work Becomes Play , The TA DA of Change: Leading Teams during Change with Passion and Success, THE SPIRIT OF TA-DA: A Virtual Experience of Fun, Energy, and Passion and EVENT EMCEE OR ENTERTAINER (COMEDIAN). The estimated speaking fee range to book Joel Zeff for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Joel Zeff generally travels from Dallas, TX, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Libby Gill, Cheryl Cran, Doug Lipp, Steve Rizzo and Amy McWhirter. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Joel Zeff for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Joel Zeff Speaking Topics

  • The TA DA of Teamwork: Succeeding During Change and Disruption

    We are all improvising. We face challenges, disruption, change, and obstacles without a script or rehearsal. To find success, we need to work together, build trust, and create opportunity. During this session, Joel will discuss how the tenets of improvisation create successful teams during change and disruption. Joel has spent the past 30 years performing and teaching the lessons of improvisation. This interactive, engaging and hilarious session will focus on staying in the game; facing fear; building trust, and asking the important question, “How do I help the people around me be successful?” Joel will also bring his famous TA DA energy as he discusses the importance of opportunity, positive support, and active listening in collaboration. Yes, you will have fun and laugh during this session. You will also learn how to collaborate more successfully as a sales and marketing team, and navigate change. Are you ready for the TA DA?

    This session will focus on:

    1. Creating opportunity and positive support for your team.
    2. Making the choice to “be in the moment.”
    3. How to Stay in the Game when faced with challenges, change and disruption.
    4. Thrive during change by making the choice to be prepared and open and flexible.
    5. Fueling your passion and reducing stress.

  • The Spirit of TA DA: Watch What Happens When Work Becomes Play

    How do your employees and managers embrace the Spirit of TA DA? We all must take ownership of our work environment and create a foundation of opportunity and positive support. We can choose to be patient, supportive, and more flexible to change. We can choose to have fun in the workplace and still be productive. Joel teaches us just how easy it is to make these choices.

    In The Spirit of TA DA, Joel shares his experience and insight on creativity, communication, teamwork, passion, and fun. With wit, a sharp observational eye, and playful irreverence, he discusses the choices we all encounter in our careers. We each have the ability to take initiative and make the right choice to live a more creative, passionate, effective, and productive life.

    He connects to his audience with humor that has them laughing so uncontrollably that their mascara runs, their cheeks hurt, and their bellies ache.

    And he doesn't do it alone. Volunteers from the audience join him on stage and play an integral role in an improvisation game in front of hundreds or thousands of people — something the audience members have never done. He expects nothing less than their success. He expects the volunteers to focus and work together as a team; communicate effectively; positively support each other; and take responsibility.

    Joel makes his audience laugh so hard that they forget about the corporate nonsense of conference calls, "strategic deliverables," PowerPoint presentations with upside-down triangles, or "paradigm shifts in a cross-functional organization." Yes, Joel will make you laugh, but he'll also make you think. This presentation delivers a combination of inspiration, essential business knowledge, and significant ideas to help audience members reconnect with their own passion, creativity, and success.

    Seven Lessons Learned:

    1. Learn to celebrate work and create a positive environment.
    2. Learn to improve teamwork and help all partners find success.
    3. Learn the three keys to leading change: be prepared; be focused; be open and flexible.
    4. Learn the key to success: staying in the game and keeping your passion.
    5. Learn to promote ownership and accountability.
    6. Learn to encourage innovation by creating opportunity.
    7. Learn to enhance communication.

  • The TA DA of Change: Leading Teams during Change with Passion and Success

    Change and disruption are constant. Your teams must navigate the chaos and disruption to find success. Too often, we become stressed, frustrated and impatient. Improvisation is finding success during that constant change, chaos and disruption. How do managers continue to motivate and energize employees during difficult times? Managers must help employees stay in the game; work in the moment; and take ownership of their happiness.

    Joel leads the audience through a series of exercises that demonstrates how easy it is to continue working creatively, effectively and productively while dealing with change. Improvisation teaches us to embrace change. Joel will focus on the key choices that improvisation teaches us: be prepared for change; be open and flexible to change; be present and in the moment with change.

    In improvisation, there is no script, no plan and no rehearsal. Joel focuses on the famous TA DA spirit of creating positive support and opportunity during change. Just as important, managers must allow employees to create ownership. Ownership and responsibility will allow the employee to care. And once the employee starts to care, the next step is passion.

    Change happens. We can either be open and flexible to it or let it steamroll us. Most change is completely out of our control. We only control how we react to change. We choose our attitude. We choose to stay in the game. We chose to be positive and supportive.

    The session will focus on:

    1. Embracing change and finding success.
    2. Creating opportunity to lead change.
    3. Being open and flexible to change; being prepared for change; being in the moment during change.
    4. Making the right choices to be an effective leader during change
    5. Asking the most important question of a leader: How do I help the people around me be successful?

  • THE SPIRIT OF TA-DA: A Virtual Experience of Fun, Energy, and Passion

    Sometimes we just need to laugh, recharge and refuel. Joel’s session will bring the energy and fun. And hopefully, he will make you laugh.

    Joel Is a national speaker, author, workplace expert, emcee, humorist and improvisational comedian. He has presented more than 2,000 keynotes to companies, organizations and associations. Thousands of audience members have joined him on stage to improvise, create and collaborate. The volunteers faced their fear, dealt with change, and found success.

    During this virtual program, he will share the secrets that improvisation has taught him. We will explore dealing with change; facing your fears; creating opportunity and positive support for your team; staying in the game; being in the moment; and successful collaboration.

    He focuses on the simple choices to increase passion, reduce stress, and overcome the challenges of change.

    He also just wants you to laugh. Yes, we are virtual. We still need to laugh, connect, and have fun with our peers, friends and colleagues. Joel promises this will probably be the greatest virtual event you have ever attended or the most recent.

  • EVENT EMCEE OR ENTERTAINER (COMEDIAN)

    Joel uses a unique blend of improvisational and traditional comedy for his event entertainment. His comedy is clean, relevant, interactive, and suitable for any corporate audience. Joel uses the same dynamic energy and audience interaction for his entertainment performances as for his keynotes. Joel can also customize his presentation to include custom themes, key ideas, or specific products and personnel. His entertainment is ideal as a quick energy burst in between conference sessions, or after dinner to reinforce the key messages of the day.

    Not just an emcee, but a KEYNOTE EMCEE.

    Joel also uses his humor, improvisation skills, and entertaining games as an emcee for award programs and general sessions.

    As an emcee, Joel creates energy and fun with his humor, wit, and audience engagement. Joel connects with the audience, and sets the tone for the event. He partners with his clients to create awesome events.

    One option is including his interactive improvisation games and messages as part of the emcee package. Think of it as splitting up a powerful keynote into small modules spread out during the event. Some of the modules can be short (5 minutes) or a little longer (10+ minutes). Each module includes some short message, but nothing too extensive.

    Joel brings a different perspective on the emcee experience. Using his messages and improvisation exercises, he delivers more in the same amount of time. As the emcee, Joel engages, entertains, motivates, inspires and delivers powerful messages. Yes, he does all of the typical emcee duties. He does more. Joel has the ability to add message, engage the audience with interactive experience. He partners with the client and use his meeting expertise (2,500+ events) to create a memorable event.

    For awards presentations, there are two goals: recognize and reward the award recipients and entertain/motivate the rest of the audience. During award programs, his humor comes from the moment, audience, surroundings, and everything that is happening. Joel customizes each emcee award experience with the client to create a fun, energetic and memorable event.

Joel Zeff Speaker Videos

  • 2023 Joel Zeff Keynote Demo and Sizzle Reel
    Joel Zeff LIVE Emcee/AGS Sizzle Recap
  • Joel Zeff: Virtual Keynote Recap Sizzle
    Joel Zeff: We All Need Applause
    We all need applause. Today's video discusses the power of positive support. If someone isn't giving you a round of applause, then give one to yourself. As soon as you start work today, give yourself...
  • Keynote Speaker Joel Zeff and an Awesome Road Trip
    Here is another awesome Road Trip game from a recent keynote. All three audience VOLUNTEERS rocked the stage. The audience provided four emotions: joy, sadness, love and anger. No script. No...
    Joel Zeff: Stay in the Game
    I like things simple. Two of my favorite messages are "Stay in the Game" and ask the question: "How Do I Help the People Around Me Be Successful?"

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