Congrats Mark....My two cents...Lori in Wisconsin..When I sought out
a motivational speaker for Kimberly Clark Corp. (group of about 150,
it was for multiple departments (spread over 2 budgets). We paid
$1500 for 2 hours in 2004. This was a discount rate for someone who
normally charged $5000 for the day. (Splitting $2500 between two
companies - getting a half day each including travel time between)
But he was going to do a half day split with another group and give
us a discount because if it went well we planned to use him again in
other departments. All that is to say, don't sell yourself short in
this art. $700 would not be unreasonable for a large or medium size
corporation. I do not know the scale you are dealing with, so
perhaps the investment of your time and what you are willing to
follwo through on is something to think about in these scaled back
economies. This was just my purchasing end of the experience 4 years
ago.
--- In LYIowa@yahoogroups.com, "Laura Gentry" <laughinglutherans@...>
wrote:
>
> GOOD WORK, MARK! That's great. Corporate laughter gigs are
wonderful because
> everyone wins: you get good money and the people get a good laugh.
>
> In terms of payment, begin by asking what their budget it. That's
usually a good place to
> start negotiating. If they don't have a number to throw at you,
try asking $500. This may
> be attainable or you may have to come down from there. I've been
paid anywhere from
> $100-500 for a group of 200. Always ask for mileage as well--the
IRS rate is now $0.585
> per mile.
>
> I think corporate presentations are best at 45 minutes to an hour
and a half. Begin by
> teaching the amazing health benefits of laughter and the history of
laughter yoga and the
> worldwide laughter movement. Then, get them laughing.
>
> Exercises that have worked well for big staff groups for me are:
> • Greeting Laughter (good for starters)
> • Static Electricity Laughter (energetic groups will tackle
eachother with this)
> • Library Laughter
> • Laughter Pills (I have them do the little over the counter
strength first, then the big
> perscription strength and they lob these to eachother like
footballs)
> • Wide Mouth Laughter
> • The "I am Amazing" chant
> • Crabby Laughter (where you make crabby faces and then burst into
laughter--tell them
> this is how they should deal with negative people in the workplace)
> • Appreciation Laughter (give eachother thumbs up but don't let
them try to tell you this is
> a McCain gesture--insist that it is a nonpartisan laugh)
> • The Wave with laughter
> • Gradient Laughter (this can be done seated)
> • "I just won a beauty contest" freakout laughter (the women go
nuts for this and so do
> the men--I wear a Tiarra to get them in the mood for this one)
>
> Lots of exerercises work with these kinds of groups. Just have FUN
with it.
>
> Anybody else got ideas? Please share. :)
>
> Laughingly,
> Laura
>
> --- In LYIowa@yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <humnat88@> wrote:
> >
> > I am curious on what to charge and how many sessions some of you
can do
> > in a day. This group could lead to a lot more oppurtunities.
Would love
> > to know others experience with this. Thank you Mark
> >
>