Dave Schwensen

Customer Service, Sales, Presentation Skills, Teamwork/Teambuilding, Networking, Communication

"Success starts with the word 'hello.' In today's competitive marketplace, what you say and how you say it matters more now than ever before."

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 Dave Schwensen's professional background enables him to bring unique solutions to common problems. A veteran of the fast paced and high stress entertainment industry in Hollywood and New York, he worked behind the scenes as a talent coordinator and consultant for television networks, film studios and live performance venues. With egos and star power often clashing on a daily basis, Dave developed a set of communication skills to promote teamwork and meet deadlines through his experiences with many of today's top stars and production companies.

Basing his five step program on the proven theory that friends would rather do business with friends, Dave's high energy and entertaining keynote presentation, HUMORING YOUR CLIENTS & CO-WORKERS: COMMUNICATING FOR SUCCESS, and training seminars are designed to show how to build long term relationships that are both professional and profitable.

* For Educational, Social and Special Interest Associations - including women's groups, colleges, universities and high schools - we suggest a customized version of Dave's keynote presentation titled CREATIVE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE YOUR MESSAGE THROUGH GOOD HUMOR. This program has less emphasis on business and concentrates more on communication techniques to ease stress and stressful situations, how to break the "ice" and how to build better professional, personal and organizational relationships.

An important element of success is the ability to communicate your message and have it remembered. Each member of every team has experiences, thoughts and observations brimming with potential to break the ice whether making first impressions, maintaining established professional relationships, or enhancing customer service. Benefits of employing strong communication tools based on creativity and good humor within a politically correct working environment include:

* Stress Management

* Better Teamwork

* Increased Productivity

* Client Acquisition and Retention

* Improved Customer Service

This concept is also behind two business courses Dave has developed and instructs for Cleveland State University and other Halls of Higher Learning.

* HUMORING YOUR CLIENTS & CO-WORKERS: CREATIVE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE YOUR MESSAGE

* CREATIVE WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR PRESENTATION SKILLS: TIPS, TECHNIQUES AND TOP SECRET INFORMATION ON HOW TO BECOME A BETTER PUBLIC SPEAKER 

Both are available as full and half day training seminars and include 50 page workbooks.

* Keynotes and training programs include audience participation. 



Dave is the author of:

How To Be A Working Comic: An Insider's Guide To A Career In Stand-Up Comedy,               (Back Stage Books, NYC), and 

Comedy FAQs And Answers: How The Stand-Up Biz Really Works,                                       (Allworth Press, NYC). 

Though not a stand-up comedian, his insider's knowledge of the entertainment industry was earned as Talent Coordinator for the television show, A&E's An Evening At The Improv, and the legendary Improv Comedy Clubs in Hollywood and New York City. While in this capacity he also acted as a comedy consultant for many television and film productions. Included in this list are The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, The Today Show, Comedy Central, HBO, MTV, Disney, Paramount and other major television networks and film studios.

As a nationally recognized humor and comedy coach, Dave's workshops are sold-out events from New York to San Francisco. He has been featured on PBS Television and Radio, Chicago Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Hollywood Reporter, Ohio Magazine and many others. He has also made numerous national and regional television and radio appearances as a featured author, consultant and humor / comedy expert.

Dave is the host of the Cleveland and New York based weekly radio show, What's So Funny! an award-winning humor columnist, and an entertainment journalist with articles published in the United States, Canada and Japan. His reviews, interviews and behind the scenes exclusives have included entertainers such as Paul McCartney, Bill Cosby, Britney Spears, Ray Romano, Garth Brooks and too many other celebrities to mention in what is meant to be a short bio!

His third book, The Beatles In Cleveland, was published in 2007 and has landed on numerous best-seller lists, including Top Ten on Amazon.com for "Biographies & Memoirs," "Composers & Musicians" and the Number One position for "Items Sold In Northern Ohio." For a magical journey back into 1960s pop culture, Dave offers a one hour program titled BEATLEMANIA ON THE NORTH COAST that includes a rare film of The Beatles in concert as the grand finale. * This presentation is available as a free entertainment program when scheduled with Dave's keynote or training seminars. Save on your budget with two programs by one speaker. 

Tired of making his hometown a vacation spot every year, Dave relocated from Hollywood to the South Shore of Lake Erie. His current inspiration and frequent cast of characters for his award-winning weekly newspaper humor column Something To Laugh About include wife Debutant Deb, sons Dangerous Paul and Chaos Kevin, and a large dog named Snickers who is fond of eating television remote controls.

Recent Clients:

* New York State Association Of Educational Office Professionals (NYSAEOP)
* New England National Association Of Educational Buyers (NAEB)
* California Association Of Educational Office Professionals (CAEOP)
* Indiana Association Of Educational Office Professionals (IAEOP)
* Ohio Continuing Higher Education Association (OCHEA)
* New York National Association Of Educational Procurement (NAEP)
* Vita-Mix Corporation
* Citizen's Bank
* Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)
* Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors (PHCC)
* American Society of Appraisers (ASA)
* Firelands Regional Medical Health Center
* American Society of Trainers and Developers (ASTD)


Programs by Dave Schwensen:

Keynote or Break-Out Session: 

* Humoring Your Clients & Co-Workers: Communicating For Success

* Creative Ways To Communicate Your Message Through Good Humor


Full or Half Day Training Seminars: 

* Humoring Your Clients & Co-Workers: Creative Ways To Communicate Your Message

* Creative Ways To Improve Your Presentation Skills: Tips, Techniques & Top Secret Information On How To Become A Better Public Speaker

** Training seminars include 50 page workbook.


For something different and entertaining...

Pop Culture Keynote Program: 
* Beatlemania On The North Coast: The Notorious Cleveland Concerts (Includes rare Beatles concert film)

On-Site Activity for Conference Visitors / Full or Half Day:
* Stand-Up Comedy Workshops for Kids, Teens, Families... and YOUR Organization

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