Biography

What is the most effective experience to bring people together in a shared experience of bonding?

A) Disaster

B) Learning

C) Laughter

If you guessed "laughter" you would be, well, wrong. The most bonding of all shared experiences is disaster. When catastrophe strikes, old divisions tend to disappear in response to the crisis. But engineering disaster for connecting people is pretty inconvenient. The second best approach is shared laughter. A group that laughs together breaks down many of the same barriers (and there is less debris to clean up afterward).

Dave Caperton is a full-time speaker, consultant, humorist, and educator who understands the power of laughter for connecting people and creating individual and organizational success. Since 1992, Dave has worked with top organizations in business, government, education and healthcare teaching the choices that boost success, enhance leadership, increase productivity, delight customers and create greater personal balance and joy in the process.

Dave's hundreds of clients have variously described his programs as "insightful," "soul-searching" and "frankly hilarious." Dave has been a teacher, as well as a professional stand-up performer and comedy writer, a business consultant and a coach. His keynotes, workshops and seminars are results-oriented and delivered in a style that energizes and entertains while also educating. It is this light approach to serious issues that has made him such a consistently highly-evaluated presenter to top organizations across North America.

Dave Caperton's clients include: Boeing, GE, The National Association for Healthcare Quality, SHRM, General Services Administration, the Limited Companies, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Scripps Foundation and the Cleveland Clinic as well as hundreds of others in nearly every conceivable industry.

Dave's topics include:

Attitude Management, Brain-based Learning, Change, Customer Service, Education, Happiness, Humor, Interpersonal Communication, Leadership, Perception Management, Team-building, Sales, Spouse programs, Stress Management and customized keynotes, workshops and seminars.

Dave is also the author of the book Happiness Is a Funny Thing (2009, Alcus Media).