COMEDY KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Your Message. Delivered with a Punchline
A customized comedy keynote that keeps your audience laughing, listening, and remembering what matters.
WHY TIM PALMER?
He Understands the Stage—and the Workplace
Across more than 800 live audience appearances, Tim Palmer has entertained and engaged people at national corporate conferences, leadership retreats, training seminars, nonprofit fundraisers, church conferences, comedy clubs, and community events across the country.
Before becoming a professional comedian and speaker, Tim earned a business degree from the University of Tennessee and held leadership roles with multiple large companies. That experience gave him a firsthand understanding of the everyday challenges organizations face.
Today, Tim combines his business background with extensive live-stage experience to create comedy keynote presentations that are entertaining, relatable, and built around the people in the room. A Nashville native fluent in what he calls “Sophisticated Southern,” he uses storytelling, observational comedy, and genuine Southern charm to make meaningful ideas easier to hear—and much harder to forget.
Tim does not simply bring a standard comedy routine to your event. He learns what matters to your organization and finds a funny, memorable way to deliver it.
12+ YEARS
OF LIVE STAGE EXPERIENCE
CUSTOMIZED COMEDY KEYNOTES
A Keynote Your People Will Actually Pay Attention To
Most audiences have attended enough meetings, conferences, and presentations to recognize a standard speech before it even begins. They settle into their chairs, check their phones, and start thinking about lunch.
Comedy changes the atmosphere. Tim Palmer combines professional stand-up comedy with your organization’s message to create a keynote that keeps people laughing, listening, and remembering what matters.
MORE THAN A COMEDY SHOW
The Energy of a Comedy Show. The Purpose of a Keynote.
A Keynote Built Around Your Message
Choose one of these common themes—or let Tim create a presentation around the message that is unique to your organization.
Leadership
Use relatable comedy to reinforce leadership principles and help people recognize how their actions affect the team.
Communication
Explore the humorous misunderstandings and everyday communication challenges every workplace experiences and grow from them.
Teamwork
Show how different personalities can still be successful together—even when they occasionally drive each other crazy.
Celebrate
Recognize an accomplishment or a great year with an exciting performance that brings everyone together in laughter.
Customer Service
Deliver customer-service ideas through funny, recognizable situations that employees will laugh along with, yet learn from.
Managing Change
Help audiences approach the uncertainty of the inevitable workplace changes with perspective, flexibility, and humor.
Team Engagement
Create a shared experience that energizes and helps employees reconnect with the organization’s goals.
Unique Message
Give Tim your theme, initiative, or key talking points, and he will explore ways to deliver that message through comedy.
WHY COMEDY WORKS
Comedy Does More Than Entertain. It Helps an Audience Connect with the Message and Each Other.
Events and Audiences
Every audience is different. Tim customizes the message, comedy, and presentation style to fit your organization and the people attending your event.
Corporate Conferences
A customized comedy keynote that energizes the room while reinforcing your conference’s message and goals.
Association Meetings
Give members a shared experience that is entertaining, relevant, and created specifically for their industry.
Leadership Retreats
Make conversations about leadership, communication, teamwork, and change more engaging through relatable comedy.
Employee Events
Celebrate, motivate, and appreciate your team with a presentation that gives employees a reason to laugh together.
Community Organizations
Communicate your mission and strengthen connections through comedy designed around your organization and audience.
Church & Faith-Based
Clean, appropriate comedy can support your theme while creating a welcoming and memorable experience for the audience.
CUSTOMIZED FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION
For Your Occasion, Culture, & Goals.
Before the event, Tim learns what matters most to your organization through a planning call, video meeting, or email questionnaire. Your audience, goals, culture, and event theme are then woven into a comedy-driven experience that feels personal.
Created Specifically for Your Audience
This is not a generic speech with your company’s name added to it. It is a presentation created around your audience, goals, culture, and message.
How the Process Works
A customized comedy keynote begins with your message, your audience, and the goals of your event.
Tell Tim About Your Event
Share your date, location, audience, schedule, event theme, and the message you want Tim to communicate
Discuss Your Unique Goals
Through video, phone, or email, Tim learns what you want your audience to think or do after the presentation.
Customize the Presentation
Your message, audience, & organization are woven into a comedy keynote created for your event.
Relax and Take All of the Credit
Your audience receives a presentation that is funny, relevant, engaging, and built around your unique goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Presentation Completely Customized?
The level of customization depends on the event, but Tim can incorporate your organization’s message, event theme, industry, audience, and specific goals into the presentation.
Can the Comedy be Clean?
Yes. The presentation will be completely clean and appropriate for corporate, nonprofit, church, community, and mixed audiences. Tim will assume that you want it to be clean unless you tell him otherwise.
How Long is a Comedy Keynote?
The presentation length can be adjusted to fit your schedule. Common formats may range from approximately 30 to 60 minutes, with longer options available when the keynote is combined with additional comedy or event hosting. Tim has experience doing many small sessions at the same weekend event, one very large performance, or many other options in between.
Can Tim Present a Message Our Organization Has Already Developed?
Yes. Tim can work with an existing theme, campaign, set of talking points, leadership message, or organizational initiative and explore ways to communicate it through comedy.
Is Tim able to Perform Other Roles While Keynote Speaking?
Yes. Tim is experienced at leading breakout workshops, is available for meet and greets, and can add to the experience in many other ways.
Does Comedy Work For Serious Topics?
Comedy should be used thoughtfully, especially when the subject is sensitive. Tim will discuss the topic, audience, and desired outcome with you to determine the most appropriate approach.
Where Does Tim travel?
Tim travels nationwide. Travel arrangements and expenses are all included in the quote price. There are no additional costs upon making travel arrangements.
How Far in Advance Should We Book?
Booking early provides the best opportunity to secure your preferred date and allows more time for customization. However, near-term dates may occasionally be available.