Ian Hawkins
Writer for BBC TV and radio, Stand up comedian
Fee Range
$2,000
Ian Hawkins
Biography
Ian Hawkins is a writer turned comedian - international, multi-disciplined.
He wrote for other comedians for eleven years before deciding to do 'the easy bit' himself. Onstage, he tells stories, jokes, and makes ill-advised forays into the world of film music.
Ian wrote for The Politics Show on BBC 1, Channel Four's The 11 o'clock Show, and Loose Ends, The News Quiz, and The Treatment, ('Quite simply, week in, week out, the best satirical show on the radio' - Heat) for BBC Radio. Other notable credits include Stephen K Amos's latest tour, TV and radio projects.
For five years he worked as an agent at JLA, the UK's largest speaker agency, securing two of the five biggest deals in the company's 20-year history, working with such speakers as Seb Coe, Eliza Manningham-Buller and Mikhail Gorbachev. As a speaker, he won the Bronze Award at the Toastmasters International UK & Ireland Speech Contest 2013.
Ian regularly appears on BBC Radios 2, London, Bristol and 3CR, and blogs regularly for both Sabotage Times and Chortle.
Ian's chatty, friendly and easy-going style have also made him a corporate favourite, with previous clients including Cambridge University and Ernst & Young.
Ian Hawkins
Featured Keynote Programs
Business Lessons from Comedy
Once described as 'an entrepreneur in denial,' Ian has been a teacher, banker, call centre telephonist, newsagent, bar tender, washer-upper, speaking coach, actor, radio DJ, pundit and clinical guinea pig. With this hinterland ('the only place I haven't worked is under water'), Ian has carved a career for himself in stand-up using the business lessons he has learned en route... and finding how well they work in a crowded market, where you're only as good as your last gig, and there's always someone cheaper willing to do the job.
Bespoke presentations are crafted around the following topics:
Understanding why a strong brand is crucial for customer loyalty
Breaking counter-productive patterns of behaviour
Innovating to improve performance
Creating an entrepreneurial attitude
Learning from mistakes and emerging stronger
Effective public speaking and presentation
Attracting, retaining and deepening customer relationships
Efficient communication of brand, strategy and goals
Ian speaks at conferences and after dinner in business-appropriate language to provide interactive, informative and entertaining sessions with take-away value and lessons that can be incorporated in the real world.
After Dinner
Ian wrote for The Politics Show on BBC 1, Channel Four’s The 11 o’clock Show, and Loose Ends, The News Quiz, and The Treatment, (‘Quite simply, week in, week out, the best satirical show on the radio’ – Heat) for BBC Radio. Other notable credits include Stephen K Amos’s latest tour, TV and radio projects.
For five years he worked as an agent at JLA, the UK’s largest speaker agency, securing two of the five biggest deals in the company’s 20-year history, working with such speakers as Seb Coe, Eliza Manningham-Buller and Mikhail Gorbachev.
After dinner he lifts the lid on the world of comedy, and reveals some surprising truths about the people he's met.
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