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Offering a choice of male or female characters,
Jo and David pose as 'serious' guest speakers. The event could
be an industry conference, a team building workshop, a product
launch or even a board meeting. Their presentation, often
supported by overheads or Powerpoint slides commences seriously
gradually becoming more bizarre until the audience realise
they are being hood-winked. Often, the hoax will conclude
with funny material about key people in the room.
Thorough research is conducted before every
Hoax, to ensure the start of the presentation is credible.
It's not unusual for audiences to take notes while Jo and
David are speaking! The pair has been 'experts' in fields
as diverse as:
• Retail Consulting
• Feng Shui
• Human Resource
• Marketing
• Mining
• Entertainment
• Taxation
• Change Management
• IT
• Customer Service
• Law
• Sports Psychology
• Internal communications
• Finance
• Art
• Venture Capital
• Government
• Education
• Training and Development
• Textiles
• Food
• Safety
(We are yet to find an area where we cannot
be believable!)
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"Your
presentation
has continued to
be spoken of as the conference highlight."
Australian Institute of Training & Development
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"You
really had everyone going - a fantastic performance.
Our objectives were fully achieved."
EL&C
Baillieu Stockbroking
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"Your
planning and execution were wonderful. It would
not be a surprise if several of my colleagues were
left wondering whether you were indeed an imposter
at the completion of your speech!"
Optus
Vision
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Either solo, or as a team, David Lawrence
and Jo Gill are experienced Masters of Ceremonies.
Events emceed by Laughing Matters include:
• Australian Greeting Card Association
Annual Awards,
Regent Theatre
• Commonwealth Bank Excellence Awards, Werribee Mansion
• Public Relations Institute of Australia Awards for
Excellence
• Sexpo Ball, Melbourne Convention Centre
• Optus Vision Community Television Awards, Optus
Vision Studios
Other clients for whom Laughing Matters
has emceed include: National Australia Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Orica, Nylex, Pioneer Electronics, Powercor, Department of
Justice, National Association of Women In Construction, Melbourne
Business School, and Societe Generale.
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"Your
outstanding
MC performance, professionalism and resourcefulness
ensured a lively and humorous atmosphere.
The feedback
from our clients has been excellent."
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Whether the aim is to bring to life a company 'Mission'
and 'Vision' statement, or to engage staff in a lively 'conversation'
around their corporate values, Hypotheticals are an effective and
entertaining learning medium.
Creating realistic workplace scenarios, and drawing
on existing corporate cultures, Laughing Matters' Hypothetical scripts
are both funny and challenging.
Laughing Matters has researched, written
and moderated Hypotheticals since 1995 for organisations such
as VicHealth, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, The Liberal Party
of Victoria, Manpower, Leighton Construction, Pacific Dunlop,
Pasminco, Kraft, Hamersley Iron, WMC Resources and Westpac.
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"The
hypothetical was a great success. We appreciated your
professionalism, thoroughness & willingness to do the
research to get a solid grasp of what were complex issues
facing workplaces."
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"Your
efforts to research and understand the complex topic
in a short period of time were evident in your first
class script.
You injected just the right
amount of humour. Thank you for your professionalism,
prompt response and quality output."
Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu
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Since 1994, Laughing Matters has provided
role play acting services to corporations seeking to add another
dimension to their training programs. Using actors to realistically
play the part of employees, this service allows trainees to
'practice' their skills on real people - whether the situation
is a performance appraisal, a coaching session, facilitating
a meeting with difficult people, or investigating a safety
incident.
Role play clients include ANZ, Kraft, Pilkington,
Telstra, Pacific Dunlop, BHP, Pasminco, Fosters Group, Pioneer
Electronics, Kodak, Department of Human Services, Philip Morris
and Yellow Pages.
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"Your
ability to create a realistic experience for participants
is outstanding and your involvement is always a highlight
in our programs. We appreciate your commitment to
detail and your ability to adapt to each environment
we present you with."
The
Empower Group
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"The
seminar participants loved the roleplays, and the lively
discussion after each one showed that they really engaged
with the issues. We all appreciated your input, creativity
and humour."
Allens Arthur Robinson
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A unique style of corporate comedy where
Laughing Matters will 'infiltrate' your work environment and
wreak havoc. Posing as 'The Weird New Recruit' or 'The Temp
From Hell', Jo and David have been known to give CEO's and
MD's an experience they will never forget!
Jo has even spent a day with Vodafone in
the Hunter Valley, posing as a strange new employee. Her behaviour
was appalling, culminating in lying on the floor of the five
star dinner venue in foetal position with a napkin over her
head.
The Laughing Matters team can also strategically
disrupt functions as 'The Waiters From Hell'. Donning waiting staff
uniforms and mingling with guests, the 'Waiters' happily demonstrate
monumental ineptitude, causing organised chaos at fine dining establishments
such as Max's Restaurant, Riva, the Grand Hyatt and the Park Hyatt
Melbourne.
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"As
bumbling
waiters you make great comedians. You were both
so immersed in your roles, as you gradually
commanded
more attention from the guests, who went on to
shake their head and then stare in
disbelief.
Your timing was great. The climax and reveal
were hilarious."
Pioneer
Electronics
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David Lawrence and Jo Gill both wrote for
the Seven Network's AFI-nominated comedy series Big Bite
(2003) and for Seven's variety show Hamish & Andy
(2004).
Other TV credits include FoxTel's Living
With Footballers and children's flagship program Auskick'n
Around.
The pair has also penned five Melbourne
International Comedy Festival shows The
Melbourne International Comedy Festival (1999 - 2003);
three shows together, and two individually.
As well as animation for SBS (Independent)
TV, they have written corporate comedy videos and DVDs for
clients including Toyota, DuPont, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu,
The Australian Football League, Republic Films, and VicRoads.
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Laughing Matters has developed and hosted
team building activities for clients such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
Mayne Health and RACV. Responding to the client's specific
brief, the team building tasks could be anything from improvised
games, an act of public mischief, a hoax, the organisation
of inter-office challenges or a comedy Award ceremony.
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