Glenn Anderson | SpeakerHub

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Bio

Glenn Anderson is a professional public speaker. Glenn helps teams effectively collaborate and communicate. His presentations and webinars combine decades of corporate experience and teaching with his passion for performing improvisational comedy. The result - your audience is energized and equipped to surpass their goals.

Glenn knows what it takes to capture attention in the business world. He enjoyed a long career with IBM – in sales, management, training and event speaking. He produced IT conferences and was a featured speaker for thousands of people.

As a graduate of Player’s Workshop of Second City and with his experience performing improvisational theater, Glenn excites your audience with teaching experience and improv techniques that energize communications and create a collaborative team environment.

Current position (1)

Professional Public Speaker

Achieving team goals through collaboration and communication

Achievements (1)

The John R. Ehrman Award for Sustained Training Excellence

At SHARE Glenn was very proud and honored to receive their John Ehrman Award for Sustained Technical Excellence, to recognize my decades of presenting for their conferences. This award was established to recognize an outstanding body of contribution to SHARE’s technical program.

Degrees (1)

Computer Science

Missouri University of Science and Technology

1969 to 1973

Presentations

Presentations (5)

Energize Your Team's Performance – Think Like an Improv Actor

Yes, And. Two words that form the foundation for the rules of performing good improvisational comedy. These same rules used in the business world can improve teamwork and collaboration. Who knew? Along with his former corporate career, conference speaker Glenn Anderson enjoyed a second life as an improvisational actor. Trained at Chicago's famous Players Workshop of Second City, Glenn spent many years performing improvisational comedy every week at a club in Chicago. Laugh and learn from Glenn, and apply "Yes And" thinking to your world.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN HOW TO:

 Apply “Yes, And” thinking
 Create a work environment that affirms and builds
 Develop trust among team members
 Turn your team into an ensemble

Seven Ways to Save Your Sanity and Stop Burning Your Toast

Burning your toast is a lot like job burnout. Little or no control over your work. Surrounded by chaos. Unrealistic deadlines. Before you know it, you’ve burned your toast! Accept this invitation and prevent burnout, in the kitchen or on the job. Discover the value of white space and the strategic pause. Understand and control the thieves of time by utilizing four simplification questions. Apply the secrets of improvisational theater – pay attention, make mistakes, don’t prepare, just show up. Jump on the stage of life and try it with your team. Be in the driver’s seat of your own happiness and team success. Stop burning your toast!

Attendees will learn how to:

- Regain control of your overloaded workday
- Increase personal energy to move forward together as a team
- Skip preparation stress, just show up and enjoy the ride
- Catch burnout before it catches you

Solve Your Team's Communications Problem – The Illusion That it Has Taken Place

Are you a confusing communicator? Do you feel like you are trying your best to communicate, but no one seems to understand you? Miscommunication and an absence of understanding can result in team problems large and small. Join longtime conference speaker Glenn Anderson on a journey to connect and communicate more effectively. Glenn has been communicating all his life as a corporate instructor and speaker, and part-time improv actor. He will share his ideas and tips in this entertaining and useful session.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN:
- How to connect with people, keeping their attention and gifting them with your attention
- Sharing control vs taking control during a meeting
- How to have more meaningful conversations
- The dance of effective communication

Mind-numbing vs Mind-blowing: How to Energize Your Presentation

Presentations are enjoyable and effective when the speaker shares their passion and energy with the audience. Standing in front of an audience with a projector and some PowerPoint, how exactly is that accomplished? Speakers have power! Drawing on experiences speaking around the world as a former corporate instructor and conference presenter, along with improvisation and comedy club experience, Glenn Anderson will focus this session on the basics of developing and delivering all types of material. Invite your audience to explore together with Glenn the characteristics of a great presentation.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN HOW TO:

 Capture the audience’s attention and keep it
 Present yourself with energy though voice, movement and proper use of tech and visual aids
 Manage content development and presentation length
 Utilize your power as a presenter

Let's Change How Your Team Adapts to Change

As dealing with change becomes a regular business activity, leading change becomes a skill to develop and master. Adapting a team and a business in today's world of “always on” transformation can actually be invigorating instead of exhausting. Join longtime conference speaker and corporate consultant Glenn Anderson for this enlightening look at organizational transformation. Don't try to avoid the chaos, manage it by understanding the Satir Change Curve Model. Empathy and perspective are the keys to success!

Attendees will learn how to:

 Switch from being a change manager to a change leader
 Understand that chaos during change is not failure
 Develop organizational flexibility
 Apply Unicorn thinking to experience a continuous creative advantage

Workshops (1)

Mind-numbing vs Mind-blowing: How to Energize Your Presentation

2 hours

Presentations are enjoyable and effective when the speaker shares their passion and energy with the audience. Standing in front of an audience with a projector and some PowerPoint, how exactly is that accomplished? Speakers have power! Drawing on experiences speaking around the world as a former corporate instructor and conference presenter, along with improvisation and comedy club experience, Glenn Anderson will focus this workshop on the basics of developing and delivering all types of material. Invite your audience to explore together with Glenn the characteristics of a great presentation.

Past talks (7)

Seven Ways to Save Your Sanity and Stop Burning Your Toast

AgileTD USA

Chicago

May 22, 2023

Energize Your Team’s Performance – Think Like an Improv Actor

International Boating and Water Safety Summit

Little Rock

April 17, 2023

Let an Improv Actor Invigorate Your Team, Energize Your Leadership and Fix Your Next Meeting”

International Institute of Municipal Clerks

Minneapolis

May 15, 2023

Mind-numbing vs Mind-blowing: Energize Your Presentation Skills

NACE

Dallas

July 24, 2023

Let’s Change How Your Team Adapts to Change

ASCENT 2023

Chicago

October 18, 2023

Seven Ways to Save Your Sanity and Stop Burning Your Toast

Stretch

Budapest

Solve Your Team’s Communications Problem – The Illusion That It Has Taken Place

UK Guide Share Europe

Whittlebury, England

November 1, 2023

All (10)
Videos (5)
Photos (3)
Slides (1)
One sheet (1)

7 Ways to Save Your Sanity and Stop Burning Your Toast â Glenn Anderson | Compass Tech Summit 2023

"Yes, And" Two Minute Sample

Glenn's travel monologue

Promo: Energize Your Presentation Skills

Energize Your Presentation Skills

Glenn MC's at a conference.

Glenn speaking at the Stretch engineering leadership conference in Budapest

Glenn's keynote at GSE UK

Yes, And: How Collaboration Energizes Your Team's Performance

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Books & Articles (2)

10 Keynote Speakers to Book for Your Next Event

How Glenn Anderson Entertains While Equipping Audiences to Communicate, Collaborate and Lead

Expertise (99)

Leadership

PR & Communications

Skills & Trades

Clients

IBM conferences and sales events

IBWSS

IIMC

NYHIMA

ASHHRA20

Enterprise Data World

NewEra Software

SHARE IT User Group

CMG

Guide Share Europe

Reviews

Testimonials (8)

I worked with Glenn for 10 years and saw his presentations at many events over the years. He has a great stage presence and a lively personality. He is very knowledgable on every topic he speaks about. He is also reliable and efficient. As a great communicator, Glenn gets an audience engaged and keeps them interested throughout his presentation. I would highly recommend Glenn as speaker to any event manager who wants to bring their audience the best experience.
Lynne Morrell
Verified
Glenn is an excellent presenter who always provides his audience with tons of information with a touch of humor. He has presented numerous times for my organization and his personal development series of presentations have all been well received.
Jerry Seefeldt
Verified
Glenn presented a great program to our members in the New York Health Information Management Association. He engaged and connected with the attendees, and we really appreciated his insight and motivational insight. We look forward to working with Glenn again in the near future.
Jeffery Youngs
Glenn is funny, engaging, personable, knowledgeable, articulate, and just a great human being. He can captivate an audience.
Rich Gage
Verified
I have had the privilege of hearing Glenn speak many times. His knowledge and ability to present technical topics is phenomenal. He makes it easy to understand technical issues. Additionally, he is a very talented and entertaining speaker on a wide variety of other topics. If you get the opportunity to hear Glenn speak I highly recommend it. If you are looking to hire a speaker I also highly recommend Glenn - your attendees will go away very happy.
Jaqui Lynch
Verified
“I have worked with Glenn Anderson as both an instructor for IBM and as a program manager for IBM technical events. As a speaker, Glenn was constantly one of the highlight speakers at all our events for both keynotes and event breakout sessions. His knowledge and humor helped to always make our events a great success.”
Maurice McCullough
“Glenn Anderson is the most gifted natural speaker I have ever seen. Any success I have achieved in public speaking is due, in large part, to listening and learning from Glenn. He is that rare public speaker that makes complex material both clear and easy to understand”
John Baker
"Glenn's sessions were the best of the conference"
Mario Franzone

Why choose me?

I don't just speak, I teach! Audiences learn and grow while enjoying my entertaining content.