He specializes in creating energized enjoyable workplaces and classrooms. Organizations are enthralled with his programs on communication skills, presentation techiniques and workplace humor.

His battle with a life-threatening illness frames many of his programs as he helps other people cope with their own difficult life experiences. Through his own challenges, he has taken what he has learned to reach out to others.

Programs
• Joy on the Job™: Creating a Positive Workplace
  A happy office is a productive office! This high-energy workshop will help you STICK to it! STICK is an acronym which stands for Stress management, Teamwork, Inspiration, Communication and Kindness. The five key ingredients in this recipe create empowered individuals and groups. This program is ideal to re-energize any workplace!

• How to Communicate More Effectively: Creating Cooperation through Connections with Others
  This program provides proven techniques to build positive, productive and rewarding workplace relationships. Specific tips on body/voice characteristics, listening skills, empathic responding and tools to eliminate miscommunication. The program creates teamwork through clear and direct communication. (There is a special version of this program for healthcare professionals: "How to Effectively Communicate with Patients." Please contact us for more information about this special program.)

• Marvelous Meetings™: How to Make Your Events Productive and Enjoyable
  This program is filled with research-based techniques to energize your meetings. The session covers all aspects of the meeting process: pre-meeting announcements, icebreakers, agenda planning, audiovisuals tools and closing on a power note. From an informal gathering of 5 people to a convention filled with thousands, this program provides all the tips you need to have a spectacular meeting!

• How to Give Dazzling Presentations: Topnotch Tips to Create Terrific Programs!
  This presentation contains proven methods to create and deliver powerful programs. The session covers: preparing dynamic openings and closings; customizing content for different audiences; developing eye-catching handouts and audiovisuals; and tips to enhance voice and body language characteristics. Make all your presentations and event to remember ... by attending this program!

• Pillow Talks™: Are You Putting Your Audiences to Sleep?
  Energize them ... captivate them ... inspire them! This program is overflowing with ideas to make your content come alive, such as through the use of energizers, interactive activities, anecdotes and audiovisuals/props that make a point.

• Laughter on the Job: Humor Works ... at Work
  Work and play do not have to be mutually exclusive. You can have fun at work and increase productivity at the same time! This lively presentation reviews humor's role in motivating employees, managing conflict and enhancing morale. It is important to take your job seriously, but yourself lightly!

• Humor and Health: Laughter is the Best Medicine
  Those who laugh, last. This lively presentation will look at the many health benefits of humor such as decreasing blood pressure and stimulating the release of the body's natural pain-killing chemicals (endorphins -- the "happy hormones"). The presentation focuses on techniques to get more humor into your life. Don't crack up from stress -- crack up from laughter!

• Trauma to Triumph™: Coping with Adversity and Coming Back Strong
  In this program Edward Leigh shares his inspiring battle with a life-threatening illness. The program will show you how to respond to stressful situations with grace, dignity, joy and power. By changing your attitude, you can change your life. (There is a special version of this program for those dealing with cancer: "Trauma to Triumph™: Coping with the Cancer Experience." Please contact us for more information about this special program.)

• Laughter and Learning: Humor as an Educational Tool
  Humor has extensive benefits in the classroom -- increased retention, deceased anxiety and enhanced interest in the subject matter. During this presentation, participants will learn humorous strategies to enhance learning and stimulate creativity. This presentation is designed for trainers/teachers ... and other entertainers!