Meeting Speaker for Monday, May 5, 2014

  By May 5th, they will all have had the chance to laugh, learn, and profit from the “comic stylings” of Jim Pelley.

Pelley, Rotary’s featured speaker next month, will spark this year’s Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Hilton Hotel and make it even more memorable.

So put down you chips, step away from that salsa, and prepare to bring friends and potential new Rotarians to our Monday luncheon.

Pelley, a transplanted Sacramentan, is a stand-up comedian and former writer for the Saturday Night Live Show who does much more than just make business people laugh.

The owner of Laughter Works, Pelley injects his audiences with a high dose of humor to help inoculate them against the frustrations of everyday life – and he will give Rotarians a booster shot to help us use humor to become more creative and productive.

Pelley has brought his message about the power of humor to increase individual and corporate efficacy to more than 2150 major organizations here and abroad, including that company founded by Walt Disney. (Now, wait – someone teaching Disney folks to be funnier – now that’s funny!).

But wait, there’s more….

Sure, Jim is funny.  But he also speaks to each one of us as individuals and brings his stories back to lessons about leadership, group dynamics, and workplace politics.

He will challenge us to reflect on how we live and do business…and offer – through his hilarity – some ways of discovering alternatives to what we are doing now.

But most importantly, he will leave us with a sense of hope…about how we can use our skills and humor to make sense out of our increasingly crazy world.

So, join hundreds of thousands of other business people who’ve heard from Jim Pelley by coming to our May luncheon. 

Remember – in comedy, timing is everything…..so don’t be late.  (You really don’t want one of us to try retelling Jim’s hilarious stories…..that would not be pretty……)