- Location:
- Chicago, Illinois
- Travel Radius:
- Will travel up to 3000 miles from Chicago.
- Pay Range:
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$1400-$3000 per event
- Member Since:
- 2006
- Primary Category:
- Comedian
- Additional Categories:
- Motivational Speaker
- Influences:
- Not Available
Description
World-rewowned super-guru Jeff Havens delivers an award-winning laugh-out-loud hour guaranteed to leave your audience feeling better than they have in years.
With the invention of the award-winning Uncrapify Your Life! series of keynote speeches, Jeff Havens has turned the entire professional speaking world on its head. By encouraging his audiences to do the opposite of everything he recommends, Jeff offers a motivational address utterly unlike anything corporate America has ever seen, one that is guaranteed to leave the members of your group refreshed, surprised, and begging for more.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University, Jeff began his career as a high school English teacher before following his father Rex Havens into the world of stand-up comedy, where he worked with some of the brightest lights in American comedy and honed the art of engaging audiences through laughter. But his impulse to teach never faded, and soon he began looking for an avenue to combine both of his passions into a single, cohesive presentation.
The result is Uncrapify Your Life!, and in the three years since its introduction Jeff has brought his unique, side-splitting, message-based keynote addresses to General Electric, McDonald’s, Ford Motor Company, USBank, Frito-Lay, and over a hundred other corporations in the U.S. and Canada. Original, informative, hilarious and powerful, Jeff’s speeches have transformed the way businesspeople approach the idea of personal and professional growth. In the words of one conference attendee, “I laughed until I had tears in my eyes – and walked away feeling better about work than I have in years. The reverse psychology is a great way to get the point across, and he does a wonderful job of it.”
The Uncrapify Your Life! motivational speech is easily the most unique motivational offering in America today, a hilarious hour of advice on exactly what not to do. The two pillars of the Uncrapify Your Life! program are:
1) Become a better communicator by learning how to more effectively criticize others.
2) Become a more responsible member of your corporate team by learning how to outsource blame.
The Uncrapify Your Life! speech is the perfect balance of humor coupled with a relevant, useful message from which every manager, employee, and corporate team can benefit. Jeff has performed for holiday parties, team-building outings, keynote speeches, best-practices seminars, government functions, and more, for audiences ranging in number from the dozens to the thousands. The recipient of Gigmasters' 2007 Rising Star Award - their highest honor for comedian - Jeff guarantees a fully customized show that your audience will be talking about for months afterwards.
Curious to know what other clients have said about the Uncrapify Your Life! program?
"Your presentation, 'Uncrapify Your Life!,' was hilarious, witty, and a lot of fun. Couldn’t believe you could keep up the pace for more than an hour, and all of it was fresh and upbeat. The PowerPoint accompaniment was icing on the cake. Thanks to you, everyone had a great time and we were buzzing about it for days afterward. We’ll certainly have to have you come back for a return engagement."
- John Riha, Editorial Director, Meredith Corporation
"Jeff's 'Uncrapify Your Life!' program had our group in stitches. He used some AV to support his comedy, but did so in such a refined way. In our event surveys, Jeff was the highest rated speaker on our program. I will surely use him again."
- Dale Yohnke, Executive Director, North Central Electric Assocation
Available For:
Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Children's Birthday Parties, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Coffee Shops, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Cruise Ships, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fraternity Functions, Fund Raisers, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Hotels, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Resorts, Restaurants, Ski Lodges, Sorority Function, Studio Session, Weddings
Feedback
- Jeff went above and beyond our expectations. He was the PERFECT start to our conference. Thanks Jeff! Great job!
Jefferson City Marriage Encounter, affiliate
National Marriage Encounter -- Kathy J, Jefferson City, MO, 7/24/2008
- A great guy and a tremendous performer. Jeff was light hearted and very accomodating, easy to work with and of course FUNNY! :)
His entertainment style is pleasing to all crowds and his personal, down to earth personality makes him a HUGE HIT with everyone.
Material was truly funny...great job -- Kellee B, Moses Lake, WA, 2/6/2008
- Mr. Havens presented a delightful program which was thoroughly enjoyed by our audience. His comedy was funny, but very appropriate. It was clean. I can only say he was everything we had hoped for. We had people of all ages laughing until their ribs hurt. If you are thinking of booking Jeff Havens, rest assured you are getting top quality. The world of entertainment has many uncertainties, but Mr. Havens delivers a program that is right on the mark. He is a true professional! -- Doug M, Oelwein, IA, 10/10/2008
- I still had people from our users group talking about his presentation throughout the following days of the conference. It was a very well received dose of humor to begin the morning, and get peoples in the "participating" mindset. Bring a speaker like Jeff was very different from the norm, and I can't say enough how well people took to him, and his topic. The following days, people still wore the "I'm Uncrapified" button, and began to believe in thier minds they were during thier time away from work.
Thanks you Jeff!
Brad LaCount -- Linda E, Stevens Point, WI, 5/8/2008
- Jeff was great at our event. He was very accommodating and I would recommend him to anyone holding a business, corporation or group meeting that needs some quality comic relief! -- Tim B, Galena, IL, 9/22/2008
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Upcoming Appearances
- Saturday, February 27, 2010
- 8:00PM - Celebration
- Spillville, IA
= Booked through GigMasters
Past Appearances
- Friday, September 25, 2009
- 11:00AM - Convention
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Monday, July 13, 2009
- 8:00PM - Corporate Function
- Decorah, IA
- Wednesday, June 24, 2009
- 9:00PM - Convention
- Milwaukee, WI
- Tuesday, June 23, 2009
- 8:00PM - Convention
- West Baden Springs, IN
- Thursday, May 07, 2009
- 7:30PM - Corporate Function
- Mount Pleasant, MI
- Saturday, April 25, 2009
- 9:00PM - Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church fundraiser
- Morton, IL
- Friday, April 24, 2009
- 12:00PM - GrowMark
- Bloomington, IL
- Tuesday, April 07, 2009
- 7:00PM - Corporate Function
- Duluth, MN
- Tuesday, March 31, 2009
- 12:00PM - California Association of Land Surveyors
- San Diego, CA
- Saturday, March 07, 2009
- 7:30PM - Country Club
- Springfield, IL
Click here for more past appearances= Booked through GigMasters