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Tim Gard

Nationally recognized authority on stress reduction through humor

During the last decade, Tim Gard has delivered his entertaining, informative presentations nationally and internationally, speaking to government groups, professional associations, and corporations of every kind. Through his work he expands the understanding of humor skills as stress reduction tools. His development of easy-to-implement techniques has inspired action from publishers, television, and radio talk shows around the world. His methods and techniques are an effective way to deal with, diffuse, and even avoid intensely stressful encounters that can—and often do—occur every day.

After majoring in communications at Flathead Valley Community College and Montana State University in Bozeman, Tim began his career working with the Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. During this experience, he discovered that his ability (and unstoppable tendency!) to sprinkle non-malicious mischief over office politics in a tense environment was an appreciated antidote to daily pressures. When asked by superiors to develop a training program to assist eligibility workers in managing stress, burnout and the ever-looming threat of compassion fatigue, he knew that sharing his own good humor was the most powerful and productive way to contribute.

After locating to Denver, Colorado in 1994 to join the staff of USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, the enormous calling from his peers and superiors for consulting and training inspired Tim to resign from the federal government, and devote a full-time effort to his seminars and workshops.

Now, more than a decade later, Tim Gard's down-to-earth style and easy manner gains him immediate rapport as he imparts his stress-reducing, success-generating perspective in a highly humorous format. Whether he is helping a group develop a Comic Vision®, or building strong teams through humor, participants enjoy his fun, informative and fast-paced session that keeps them on the edge of their seats! A navy veteran who served tours in San Francisco and aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Midway in Japan, Tim values the sacrifices, contributions and pressures endured by people who want to make the world a better place for us all, one laugh at a time.


Secrets of Choosing and Using Props
See reality and share the fun of it with laughter, good humor, and through the lens of your Comic Vision®!

Portraying the daily (and often overwhelming) challenges found in these hectic times, Tim Gard offers his humorous and powerfully effective approach to stress-diffusion and frustration-eradication!

Re-awaken your fancy for fun and contagiously innocent mischief, while you enjoy looking at the challenges of life through Tim's eyes. Let Tim show you how to use ordinary items in extraordinary ways and neutralize life's stressors.


The Tao of Humor
Maintaining balance in these hectic times is a challenge for all of us now and then, and stress-induced illness has become a recognized reality.

In this full or half day workshop, Tim Gard CSP, CPAE provides participants with a fresh approach to stress-reduction by sharing his proven effective techniques which encourage teamwork, personal accountability and good-humor characteristics.

As a leading authority on the topic, Tim imparts the wisdom from his extraordinary experiences and unusual encounters. He reminds audience members of the essential perspectives and various approaches to diffusing frustration, aggravation and other negative elements which, if left untended, create significant loss in productivity.

Let Tim work with your group to awaken understanding, and sharpen ability to use humor's positive effects in the workplace.


Laughter Becomes You
“Laughter Becomes You” builds on the foundation provided in "Developing a Comic Vision."

This seminar includes more Comic Vision stress busters, teaches how to distinguish between good and bad humor, details the physical and emotional benefits of laughter, and enables you to use good humor at work.

Harness laughter to overcome individual situational stress factors by finding the humor in change, developing and implementing a humor plan at work, and much more!


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