Jeff Havens
UnCrap-ify Your Life

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University, Jeff began his career as a high school English teacher before following his father, Rex Havens, into the world of stand-up comedy, where he worked with some of the brightest lights in American comedy and honed the art of engaging audiences through laughter. But his impulse to teach never faded, and soon he began looking for an avenue to combine both of his passions into entertaining and meaningful presentations.

The result is Uncrapify Your Life! and How to Get Fired!, and since their introduction Jeff has brought his unique, side-splitting, message-based lectures and keynote addresses to General Electric, Ford Motor Company, University of Wisconsin, Purdue, and hundreds of other corporations and colleges in the United States and Canada.

Original, informative, hilarious and powerful, Jeff's speeches have transformed the way businesspeople and college students approach the idea of personal and professional growth. In the words of one conference attendee, "I laughed until I had tears in my eyes - and walked away feeling better about work than I have in years. The reverse psychology is a great way to get the point across, and he does a wonderful job of it."

And for those of you who enjoy good old-fashioned stand-up comedy, Jeff is slated to make his first appearance on Comedy Central in 2010.

His programs include:

UNCRAPIFY YOUR LIFE!

With the invention of the award-winning Uncrapify Your Life! keynote address, Jeff Havens has turned the entire professional speaking world on its head. By encouraging his audiences to do the opposite of everything he recommends, Jeff offers a motivational address utterly unlike anything corporate America has ever seen, one that is guaranteed to leave your audience refreshed, surprised, and begging for more.

Uncrapify Your Life! is a study in exactly what not to do. Audiences will be 'encouraged' to criticize others and outsource blame before Jeff brings it all home with a more serious discussion about proper communication and personal leadership techniques. By highlighting and then poking fun of practices we're all guilty of, Uncrapify Your Life! offers a unique and delightful twist on the traditional motivational model, one that has found favor with General Electric, USBank, Frito-Lay, Ford Motors, and hundreds of other companies representing virtually every industry in the United States and Canada.

Although perfect for all occasions, Uncrapify Your Life! is most often used either as an opening keynote to help establish an energetic tone for a conference, or as a closing keynote to leave attendees laughing while still connecting them to the core takeaways of your meeting.

HOW TO GET FIRED!

Would you rather play video games and update your Facebook profile than suffer through a lifetime of stable employment? Does paying your rent seem like just too much of a hassle? Then you need How to Get Fired!, the only lecture guaranteed to ensure that you never become a productive member of society.

A satirical masterpiece, How to Get Fired! introduces audiences to the Four Pillars of Poverty - fake your resume, establish your incompetence, destroy your work ethic, and alienate your coworkers - and will 'encourage' you to do the top ten things that most commonly cause employees to lose their jobs before wrapping up with a more serious discussion about how to successfully transition into the working world. Fast-paced, entertaining, and relevant, How to Get Fired! is utterly unique in the college market.

To my fellow meeting planners…

I had the opportunity to contract Jeff Havens to be one of my featured speakers for my 88th Annual Leadership Conference in June 2007. From the first time I loaded Jeff’s CD in my DVD player, I felt a smile come over my face. His "anti" motivational speaker program was the perfect thing for our organization. I hire over a dozen speakers annually and Jeff’s "Uncrapify Your Life" program really hit home with our audience.

The presentation was interactive, was filled with the appropriate kind of humor that maintain event credibility. His entire "Uncrapify Your Life" program had our group in stitches. He used some AV to support his comedy, but did so in such a refined way. In our event surveys, Jeff was the highest rated speaker on our program with 99% grading him either exceptional or very good.  Jeff Havens is a real professional. During the booking and promotional process, Jeff gave me everything that a meeting planner needs to market a meeting. Jeff is a young, enthusiastic comedian. I will surely use him again.  --North Central Electric Association

Travels from: Wisconsin

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