Bee Productions

Beve Stevenson

Beve Stevenson is a humourist, keynote speaker, educator and stand up comic who not only swears that humour absolutely 'cures what ails ya', but lives, practices and breathes it into every day of her life.

She believes that humour is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, the key to personal and business success and a vitally important tool in the art of communication.

"I attended the Sex Crimes conference in Calgary in September of 2009, the Beve had the difficult task of speaking to a varied audience of Police, Social workers, and Health Care Professionals. (Tough Crowd) The Beve was up to the task, she had us laughing hysterically! She was able to use her work/life and social experience to cover all the bases... I had a great time watching Beve, I have worked around her for about the last 18 years and her sense of humor has never failed her!"

Obee Munnikhuis
Polygraph Examiner
Calgary Police Service

What makes Beve different?

There are many speakers available today who share their varied life experiences but very few possess the magic combination of content, likeability and eloquence to truly engage an audience. Beve is one of those amazing few, plus she brings an added element to the stage - she's hysterical. This sense of humour is not only an asset to her speaking - but the crux of her talks and workshops. Her messages are clear, funny and linger long after the laughter has subsided.

Beve is an authority on using Humour in the Workplace.

She comes by her expertise from years of experience in a remarkable life as an Emergency Nurse. Her days and nights were spent elbow deep in a career for which most of us would never have the stomach or heart. Humour eased the pain, suffering and fear of her patients plus it helped calm the waters with coworkers whose long, long shifts were defined by stress, danger and physically demanding work.

Beve's gift is knowing when, and when not to, use humour in a work environment. There are very few working situations that wouldn't benefit from a little well-placed levity. But not knowing how or when to use it correctly can make things worse. Beve teaches you how to transform their approach to their day and their coworkers with a new important skill - humour.

Beve and Joe Flaherty
SCTV writer and actor

With the ER as the extreme training ground to hone her skills, Beve learned to adapt humour to suit any work place. She speaks best to the "worker bees" of the corporate world: the executive assistants, the customer service reps, retail staff ... the frontline people who truly NEED a sense of humour to make it through their day.

Beve has an amazing knack for making even the most mundane subject matter interesting. She can easily customize any presentation with familiar context and language to fit any business environment.

She's used to working with every possible personality type in all cultures in a volatile and unpredictable environment permeated with friction, fear, anger - even nudity! Think of what she could do for YOUR workplace!

Why take humour seriously?

Humour is a very important characteristic of successful people such as Bill Clinton, Winston Churchill, Donald Trump and Dwight D Eisenhower. Henry Kissinger once said, "There cannot be a crisis next week; my schedule is full!"

Research* has shown that:

84% of VP's and personnel directors in the 100 largest corporations felt that employees with a sense of humour were more effective than those without.
98% of 737 CEO's of major corporations would hire a person with a good sense of humour over someone without one

* ("Lighten Up", Metcalf and Felible 1992)

Beve can fine tune your sense of humour and give you the tools to use it effectively. She'll teach you how to engage others, keep them interested, entertained and - most importantly - awake!

Humour:

Helps you establish rapport with clients, staff and audiences
Has a lasting and positive influence on interpersonal relationships both personal and professional
Can be used to set interpersonal boundaries, relieve stress and to defuse tension
Improves communication as it allows you to broach and discuss ideas and topics that might otherwise be difficult, embarrassing or downright impossible

Beve's expertise is humour, and she can serve it up any number of ways:

As a keynote speaker for a staff or client function
Teaching an office workshop to boost morale and bolster communication
Or as a performer providing comic relief at your next convention or retreat

Any way you slice her (and frankly horizontally is best) she will make you laugh and teach you how to make others laugh too.

Custom Keynotes

Beve's keynote speeches get directly to the point, driving home important messages while making the audience laugh at the same time.

She is an engaging, funny, creative, spontaneous speaker who can make even the most 'square' or boring subject matter interesting! She's professional, flexible, and happy to customize any presentation.

Beve's keynote speeches have the highest impact later in the day when she can inject energy into the event and allow attendees to consolidate what they've learned, fortify relationships and share a good laugh.

She comes from a relentlessly high stress background of emergency and flight nursing where teamwork is essential, time is of the essence and any mistake literally could endanger lives. She's used to working with every possible personality type in all cultures in a volatile and unpredictable environment permeated with friction, fear, anger - even nudity! Think of what she could do for YOUR workplace!