Bill Carr

Award Winning Satirist, Writer, Speaker And Coach, Bill Has Been Making People Laugh At What’s Trivial While Helping Them Think Deeply About What Counts.

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Categories: Change, Creativity, Customized Comedians, Humorist Comedians, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Teamwork, Workplace Safety Tag: Nova Scotia

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RELATIONSHIPS MATTER: The Power of Story

We must learn to celebrate the idea that we are members of a species who communicate best through storytelling. In this session, Bill helps us consider how to best listen to and share stories with one another in order to make for better communication and deeper connections in our work place and our private lives. Using ancient techniques and sharing modern neuroscience, Bill explains how the ubiquitous use of story works to build relationships in our personal lives and in the society around us.

SAFE SPACES @ WORK: A Holistic Approach to Safety

The concept of “Safety” can mean a lot of different things to different people. In the modern workplace, safety can reflect diverse ideas that include physical, social, emotional, mental health, and cultural considerations. This is the expansion of the concept of workplace safety that is thankfully taking hold in many workplaces and it needs to be taken up for all workers, at all times, in all places. Bill helps participants examine both their own and others’ conceptions of “Safety” and then encourages them to reflect and perhaps transform the way safety is operationalized and “lived out” on a daily basis, from accident prevention to the way that we communicate with others at work. For Bill, empathy is the key ingredient and he believes that a more holistic approach and deeper appreciation of safety is what will ultimately contribute to a safer workplace on many levels.

THINKING ABOUT THINKING: The 3 Keys to Get Beyond Either/Or

Do we ever think about what we think, why we think that way, or how we can think better? That would require a lot of thinking about thinking but it is so important that we make time and space to do this. In times of change and with increased pressure on resources and time, the importance of thinking clearly, critically, and creatively has huge implications. With our leaders, newscasts, and modern social discourse increasingly becoming split into the two groups of those who are “right” and those who are “wrong”, we have to learn to consciously challenge this “either/or” thinking and try to become comfortable with the nuances, the grey areas and the unknown. Simply put, the better we think the better we can perform, and the better our relationships can be at work and in life. Bill will share the 3 keys that work for him.

ACT UP: 5 Steps to Resilient Living

This is an invitation to explore and expand the role we play. At work, and at home we often play very different roles, and rightly so. It is critical to understand not only how you play each role but also how it is perceived. Expectations in a workplace need to be managed and understood by both the “player” and the “audience”. With humor and insight, Bill invites us to ask questions and find answers about who were are in the world and how our ”show” is going. Shakespeare said, “all the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely player”. Bill also explores the very mental and emotional mechanisms at play in the act of creation itself. He also shows how resilience is both innate and learned. He shares his own 5 Steps for Resilient Living gained from what he describes as a life of “trial and error”.

WORK INSPIRED

Bill explores research into how the brain works and how we can use this knowledge to create an environment that will nurture a creative response to change and keep a healthy perspective in unhealthy times. Bill focuses on empathy and what he calls “contagious inspiration” and discusses how nurturing our relationship with ourselves and others can re-wire our neuro-pathways and change surviving into thriving and tragedy into strategy.

TALKING IN CIRCLES

Talking in Circles will be helpful for organizations who are feeling challenged by issues like intergenerational and cross-cultural communication, creative visioning for the future, team building, silos that inhibit corporate growth and effectiveness, or poor internal communication. Bill asks questions such as:

• Is what we are saying what we mean?

• Is what we are saying what people are hearing?

• Where are our ideas really coming from?

• How do we talk about the “tough stuff”?

• How come I can talk to everyone but you?

• What is “Empathic Listening” and how do we do it?

DEEP SERVICE

Every industry is a service industry, every life is a life of service on some level. The deep truth is whether at work, in our community, or in our home life -we do, in fact, serve somebody. As leaders and managers, we serve our company, our fellow employees, and our clients; and to an important, and often neglected sense, we serve our community, our society, and our world. At home, we serve our families, our neighborhoods, and again our society and the world. The depth and quality of this service is directly affected by how we see ourselves as being “in service”. Perception drives performance. When our lives are seen from a “service” perspective, it deepens our understanding of our place and mission in the world. Deep Service explores the idea of servant leadership in your specific industry context.

SEEING WITH SAFETY GLASSES

Safety is a mindset. Much more than just rules and protocols, it is a way of seeing and then acting on what we see. It is about anticipation and the individual and collective responsibility for changing our workplace. Through his work with a number of diverse organizations, Bill has learned that the essential ingredient in creating a culture of safety is the development of a safety mindset. This mindset affects how we perceive our work place and how we understand our responsibility to ourselves and our co-workers.

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“Bill was a very entertaining speaker who everyone loved. His stories shared great life experiences that could be felt by all. A great speaker who could be listened to over and over. My managers were impressed by his performance.”
Wilsons

“Excellent, informative and entertaining, Mr. Carr managed to give us all a chance to relax and laugh at ourselves while giving a clear important, helpful message.”
Air Nova

“Bill outperformed everyone’s expectations, and absolutely made an impression. This is the first time we’ve contracted a keynote speaker for this annual event, and it was incredibly well received by all who attended.”
Frito Lay

“Bill overall was thought provoking, comical and full of energy. His ability to tell relevant stories, carry people through a range of emotion and bring you back to the core message was terrific, just the way you would like to kick off a year beginning meeting!”
Royal Lepage

“By customizing your package to our audience, you instantly captured their attention.”
Pharmasave Drugs

“Bill was the star of the Council’s events. His talk received an overwhelming positive response from our Stewards. He had has us roaring with laughter and in tears as he delivered information that was on point for the important work that our Union Stewards do. He received 4/4 on our evaluations by Council participants with comments such as Awesome Speaker!, Hilarious! and made me remember why I became a Steward! Thanks for all your efforts.”
Professional Institute of the Public Service

“Best seminar ever!” and “I needed to hear that!” were just a few of the repeated comments echoed in response to Bill Carr’s seminar, Creating Your Future, addressing some 100 Teamsters Union Stewards at our annual seminar on September 28, 2013. Bill speaks with a poignant, direct and personal style and delivers with an authority gleaned from varied personal life experiences, and shares these intimate nuggets of life with the wit and charm of a true Canadian Maritimer. As a facilitator, Bill draws the best from his audience, his compassionate prodding empowering even the most reticent participants to share personal insight and opinions. I would unreservedly and wholeheartedly recommend Bill to any organization or group function.”
Teamsters Local Union 987 of Alberta

“With the perfect blend of stand-up comedy and personal touching stories, Bill Carr delivers tremendous and applicable messages for business and life in general. His presentation set the perfect tone for our tradeshow weekend — so much so that we have invited him to speak again.”
Canadian Health Food Association

“In a word; your man was fantastic, topical, hilarious, poignant, energized and energizing. Oh…. Right…. That’s six words There were 275 or so in the audience . I would have said they were 275 people seated for the performance but he had most of them on the floor. Bill’s ability to weave his humor with the Rotary message was impressive. I wouldn’t simply want to recommend Bill to a future group I would want to insist upon it. He was the man and the message we needed and he delivered. Thanks for all of your help.”
The Rotary Club

“Participants at the NBAEAP Annual Conference commented that closing speaker Bill Carr was the highlight of the conference. Before delivering an important message, Bill starts out with a related true story and finishes with a powerful message giving the audience a roller coaster ride of emotions.”
New Brunswick Association of Employee Assistance Programs

“I just wanted to send a quick message regarding Bill’s appearance last night at the Exit Realty Habitat for Humanity Dinner in Bridgewater. He was simply amazing-nothing that hasn’t been said before I am sure. Humor is therapy but it was his humanity and understanding of empathy that touched me most.”
Habitat for Humanity Organizer

“Bill’s combined skills as Emcee and Entertainer contributed greatly to the enjoyment of our attendees. Comments ranged from hilarious and engaging to a great ambassador of Atlantic Canadian culture.”
ADIANS

“I wanted to send you a quick note to tell you how GREAT Bill Carr was at our conference. Not only is he a very nice man, but during his speech he knew exactly how to get people’s attention for the whole time. He made us stop and think, got us emotional, serious, and made us laugh so much. He really knows how to tell stories that people can relate to their professional and personal life. Everyone here loved it and we wouldn’t hesitate to refer him to anyone. Hats off to Mr. Bill Carr!!!”
Triton Digital

“I just wanted to thank you for recommending Bill for our teambuilding event. His presentation was interesting, thought provoking and hilarious. I was amazed by the emotion he evoked from the entire room. I think everyone took something important home with them that day. He was the best speaker we’ve had to date and I hope to work with him again in the near future.
The Regional Municipality of York

Past Clients

Toronto Stock Exchange
Realty World Canada
Ontario Pork Marketing Board
Miralta Capital
Treasury Board of Canada
City of North York
Markham Board of Trade
Tim Hortons
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Maritime Life Maui
University of the Caribou
Alberta Builders Association
Wadena Teacher’s Association
City of St. Alberta
Nacan Products
State Farm Insurance
Terra International
Atlantic Professional Golf Association
Luscar Ltd
Burlington COC
Banff Centre for Management
Bell Canada
North British Society
Credit Union Leader Association
Tourism Industry Association
Imperial Oil/Esso
Atlantic Lottery Corporation
Ottawa General Hospital
Institute of Canadian Bankers
Volvo Canada Halifax
Fisheries Council of Canada
Canadian Parks and Recreation
Better Beef Ltd.
Privy Council of Canada

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