Author of The Improv Edge and Blank to Brilliant, Joe will introduce you to essential improvisation skills that will assist you in building spontaneity, listening, acceptance, confidence, collaborative creativity and teamwork ... and all in an active and fun way!
Engage, Adapt & Influence... Get the Improv Edge in Business!
Communicate with Confidence. Listen with Impact.
Meet your Improv Coach, Joe Hammer...
Author of The Improv Edge and Blank to Brilliant, Joe will introduce you to essential improvisational communication skills that will assist in building spontaneity, listening, acceptance, confidence, collaborative creativity and teamwork ... and all in an active and fun way!
Engage, Adapt & Influence... Get the Improv Edge in Business!
Communicate with Confidence. Listen with Impact.
Laugh While You Learn with Improv Coach Joe Hammer
Author of The Improv Edge, Joe will introduce you to essential improvisation skills that will assist you in building spontaneity, listening, acceptance, confidence, collaborative creativity and teamwork ... and all in an active and fun way!
Training, Team Building & Keynote Presentations That Change How Teams Communicate
Joe Hammer partners with forward-thinking organizations on interactive improv-based training and team-building workshops that build real skills in listening, collaboration and adaptability under pressure. Many engagements open with Joe’s high-energy keynote presentation, a great way to set the tone at a conference, offsite or leadership summit before the team moves into hands-on training.
Joe opens your conference, offsite or leadership summit with a high-energy overview of today’s communication and the skills that make interactions more effective.
Joe’s hands-on team building training in listening, adaptability and collaborative communication, built around your team’s real challenges… and in a fun way!
Your participants leave with practical communication tools they can use immediately… for listening better, thinking faster, collaborating more effectively, and handling the unexpected with confidence.
Beyond Conventional Communications Training
Scottsdale Based. Nationally Experienced. Built for Business.
What If Your Next Team-Building Experience Actually Changed the Way Your Team Communicates?
Forget another bland teamwork session. INFLUENTIAL INTERACTIONS uses the principles of improvisation to build the communication skills that drive stronger teams… listening, collaboration, adaptability, creativity, confidence and leadership.
Local Expertise. National-Level Experience.
Why bring in a distant training provider when experienced corporate communications expertise is right here?
Joe Hammer is a Scottsdale-based professional speaker, business-development expert, author and improv coach with decades of experience helping professionals communicate, present and perform more effectively.
As founder and director of The Outcasters Improv Training Center, Joe brings improv training directly from his Scottsdale training center to organizations throughout Arizona and beyond.
He is also the author of THE IMPROV EDGE and BLANK TO BRILLIANT, two best-selling books exploring the power of improvisation well beyond the stage
Beyond Conventional Communications Training…
Unlike comedians who are attempting improv corporate training, Joe has spent decades working in the professional speaking and business world. He understands the corporate landscape and knows how to turn improv principles into practical business skills.
Business Doesn’t Come With a Script.
- A customer changes direction
- A presentation goes sideways.
- A difficult conversation takes an unexpected turn.
- A team needs to solve a problem… now.
Your people can’t always prepare for what happens next… they need to know how to respond.
INFLUENTIAL INTERACTIONS gives participants an engaging, hands-on way to practice exactly that!
- LISTEN BETTER. Be present instead of preparing your next response.
- COMMUNICATE CLEARLY. Express ideas with greater confidence and impact.
- COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY. Build on ideas instead of shutting them down.
- ADAPT QUICKLY. Stay effective when circumstances change.
- THINK CREATIVELY. Generate possibilities when the obvious answer isn’t enough.
- LEAD WITH CONFIDENCE. Stay composed, connected and responsive under pressure.
It isn’t improv for the stage… It’s Communication Training.
Here’s what some of his clients have to say…
Contact Joe and Experience a New Approach to Training, Team Building and Leadership Development!
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Kudos for Joe’s Training Programs
It was one of the most raved-about experiences we’ve ever presented… It will change the landscape of how you do business!
Suzanne Evans
Driven Inc.
Joe Hammer magically weaves together universal principles, scientific data about how the mind works, and loads of contemporary humor. He’s a natural for bringing a fresh approach to applying spiritual ideas to the changes many really want to make. A gem!
Karen Russo, Author, The Money Keys
Scottsdale, Arizona
Joe has amazing energy and speaks of real life experiences. All of his examples and analogies made the subject matter approachable and applicable in everyday life.
Colleen Frisbie
Phoenix, Arizona
I love that his approach is based on psychologically connecting with our client so we can offer more of what they need!
Betty Metzler
Champaign, Illinois
Joe is a spectacular speaker with enthusiasm, knowledge and application. Joe is clear in his thinking and provides a no-nonsense approach to achievement.
John Favara
Phoenix, Arizona
Joe is very generous with his information. He puts more useful information in his program than any others I’ve attended.
Fred Dunn
Enfield, New Hampshire
Joe is an amazing improviser. His facial expressions, characters and ability to carry a scene are so inspiring. Some people can do and some people can teach. Joe is one of those rare talents that can do both. And boy, does he do them well.
I always appreciated Joe’s feedback and coaching because it was in the spirit of giving and his intentions were always to help and improve the scene and our skills. Joe is also a clear communicator and has great people skills to direct newbies and seasoned students. I highly recommend learning from the best and that is Joe Hammer!
Jenny Locklin, CreativeMessageMedia.com
Scottsdale, Arizona
The improv experience was very different from anything I had done before. I tend to like structure and know expectations if I am in front of a group, so standing up with no knowledge of what was to come completely put me out of my comfort zone. It required me to listen more intently and be willing to adapt to the changes that came up. I truly feel the exercise improved the way I listen and engage with my team.
Mike Herring, COO
Banner Gateway Medical Center
Meet Joe Hammer...
Professional Speaker, Author
Improv & Communications Expert
Joe Hammer brings an unusual combination to the stage: decades of experience as a professional speaker and business-development expert, the energy of a seasoned entertainer, and the practical communication principles of improvisation.
For corporate meeting planners, that means an experience that is engaging enough to capture an audience, substantive enough to deliver real value, and memorable enough to keep people talking long after the event.
Joe is the founder of The Outcasters Improv Training Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he teaches and performs improv while helping individuals and organizations develop stronger communication, collaboration, confidence and adaptability.
As a professional speaker and business-development expert, Joe has spent decades working with professionals and organizations, not simply performing for them. His programs translate the principles of improvisation into practical tools participants can immediately apply to meetings, presentations, leadership, teamwork and everyday workplace communication.
Joe is also the author of THE IMPROV EDGE and BLANK TO BRILLIANT, two books exploring how the principles of improv can transform communication and performance far beyond the stage.
His background as an entertainer adds another important dimension. Joe has performed improv, magic/comedy and stage hypnosis, giving him a deep understanding of what it takes to capture and hold an audience’s attention. He knows how to make people laugh, get them involved and, most importantly, make a message stick.
For Meeting Planners, Joe delivers more than entertainment.
He delivers an experience that combines professional speaking, audience engagement, practical business communication and the unexpected power of improv.
Whether he’s opening a conference, energizing a leadership summit, facilitating a team-building experience or delivering a hands-on communications workshop, Joe creates programs that are high-energy, highly interactive and built around outcomes—not just applause.
Local roots. National-level experience. Joe Hammer is a speaker your audience will remember!
Have a quick question for Joe?
480.614.5596
Joe is located in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Virtual and on-site training also available.
For more details on Joe’s Books, Products and Services, visit JoeHammer.com
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