HOW EFFECTIVELY ARE YOU USING THE COMEDY TOOL?

Comedy is widely used today in the media with sometimes good but more often not so good results.

It's an art form with established rules that when properly used produces great results.

Just as you would not pick up an artist's brush and without instruction expect to turn out a masterpiece, the same comparison can be made about comedy.

Today, poorly conceived, written, prepared and executed comedy material is just ignored. It's very easy to turn the channel on a lousy sitcom or dial out a boring morning radio show, never to return. There is a lot of comedy choice in all markets, why not have the listener choose you first?

Rich Elwood's Comedy Workshop is conducted in a casual conversational manner. It does not degrade or condemn what you are currently doing nor does he pass judgment on your art. Rich has worked on-air and knows the difference between a good consulting session and a bad one. He has taken his 30 years of combined media and comedy knowledge and has designed a very insightful workshop that will help you improve your comedy game!

What Separates a Person Who Delivers Comedy Very Well From One Who Doesn't?

Almost anyone can tell a joke, but a person who delivers a joke with good form and competence is the person who earns the big payoff and the one we gravitate too for delivering future laughter to us.

What Will The Comedy Workshop Do For Me?

It is critically important that the comedy product morning radio personalities present be highly entertaining, well written, thought out and properly executed in a knowledgeable manner so that their show will be funnier than one up or down the dial.

The Comedy Workshop will teach you the mechanics, nuances and accepted rules of comedy so that you will be better equipped than your competitors.

Rich Elwood's Comedy Workshop Will Teach You:

The Rules, Philosophies and Language of Comedy
The Gimmicks and Insight Used For Better Comedy Writing
To Understand Timing, Delivery, Pacing, Setups and Payoffs
To Learn How To Adlib Faster and More Brilliantly
To Identify Your Comedy Persona and Skew Your Comedy to Your Target Demo with Greater Accuracy
To Learn Improv Comedy Performance Warmup Techniques

Remember, creativity is a muscle that needs exercise!

Here are a few testimonials of Rich's Comedy Workshop

" Rich's comedy workshops are unique in that Rich isn't a typical consultant who tells the PD & Morning Show that the liner was missed or that they didn't sell the station promo. In fact, Rich's sessions are about providing the morning show cast with a new box of tools, the tools of the fundamentals of comedy, and of working together as a team. As Rich says, comedy is a learned skill, and that's what Rich brings to the table. He has adapted the same techniques that are used by comedians and sitcom writers and applied it to radio. The shows who embrace his ideas have ended up being funnier and higher rated."
Ross Winters - National Program Director - CORUS Radio

"We sometimes forget in broadcasting that our key talent are really actors and comedians first. Rich's workshops reminded us of that and provided improv tools and theatrical skills that gave our personalities another way of looking at what they do everyday and never think about. Having Rich as a partner in talent coaching has been a big asset for 99.3 The Fox ."
Chris Duncomb - Program Director - 99.3 The Fox

"Rich Elwood's Comedy Workshop was an excellent investment into taking the Country 105 Morning Show to the next level. Rich greatly increased their adlib skills and taught them his daily "warm up" exercises which allows them to hit the show running! There are a lot of Talent Training experts out there, but none that specialize in one of the toughest elements to perform- comedy. Their funny quotient is better and I strongly recomend it for both heritage and developing shows ."
Phil Kallsen - National Director of Country - Programming - CORUS Radio

"One of the skills Rich teaches is how the members of a morning show team can open up their creative portals and not block each other when it comes to executing breaks. The result for us has been a morning show that allows each member to clearly and cleanly own their audio real estate and has cut down on people talking over each other. It's also helped our guys know when to get out of a bit with a bigger bang."
Alan Cross - Program Director 102.1 The Edge - Toronto

"Rich really improved our morning teams' ability to understand the mechanics of comedy so that they could be properly applied to their daily performance. He helped them develop exercises to hone their natural ability and warmup for the show. Rich creates a fun and interactive environment that resonated extremely well with our staff!."
Casey Clarke - PD - Country 93.5 Toronto

"Rich Elwood not only understands the importance of communication and teamwork and his comedy training is all about that. He has solid and fun techniques that can help any organization to better gel as a team and have some fun getting it done. I have used his services in a few organizations now and will continue to do so. I strongly recommend him to help your team achieve new performance levels and better comedy ."
J.J. Johnson - General Manager - Corus Radio Vancouver

" Rich Elwood taught my morning show more about comedy performance and writing in two sessions than they ever knew. Among the many great tips Rich offered, the show now knows how to apply the improv principles of accepting offers, not blocking & advancing ideas to funny conclusion and they incorporate it on a daily basis. We have had several trainers work with the morning show with mixed results. Elwood's Workshop made our comedy performance noticeably better! "
Boyd Leader - Program Director - JOE FM - Edmonton

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