Carol Ann Small

About Carol Ann
Carol Ann Small is a National Speaker who offers clients a unique perspective on the benefits of laughter and finding humor in the workplace and everyday life. Carol Ann is a motivational speaker, trainer and humor consultant who imparts wisdom with a twist of real-life comedy. 

Carol Ann works with organizations that want to boost morale and get their employees excited about coming to work!

As founder of Something Unique Productions, Carol Ann Small, offers clients a unique perspective on the benefits of laughter and finding humor in the workplace and everyday life. Carol Ann's customized humorous presentations have entertained and educated corporations, associations, educators and the general public for more than a decade. She is a motivational humor consultant, speaker, comedy writer and trainer who imparts wisdom with a twist of real-life comedy.

From resolving conflict to building self-esteem, Carol Ann will inform and entertain audiences.

Carol Ann’s programs: De-Stress and Get Motivated; Humor in the Workplace; Customer Service; Communication & Behavioral Styles; Teambuilding - Adventures in Attitude teach participants the necessary skills to perform at their optimum level.

Carol Ann Small received her BSSP in Speech Communications and Performing Arts from Emerson College in Boston. Carol Ann is a certified Carlson Learning/Inscape Publishing trainer and a facilitator for Care New England Wellness Programs. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, Secretary Emeritus of the New England Speakers Association, and Editor of "Small Talk" humor newsletter. Carol Ann was also featured in HEALTH Magazine, Employment Times and Strathmore's Who's Who.

Ever since Carol Ann's television debut on "Bozo" at the age of five, she has been entertaining and educating audiences on screen and off. Today, you may even see or hear a voiceover of Carol Ann on television commercials during your favorite program. She's come a long way since Bozo.

* * * * * * GOT STRESS? GET HUMOR IN THE WORKPLACE! * * * * *

Carol Ann's Programs:

LAUGHTER WITH A LESSON
ADVENTURES IN ATTITUDE®

In a recent national survey, employers ranked attitude at the top of their priority list. Adventures in Attitudes is a strategic program designed to help people understand that how they perceive and respond to events around them is their choice. This awareness is the first step in changing negative attitudes into positive ones. It is the key to establishing personal responsibility and accountability in the midst of change.

  • Transform negative attitudes into positive ones
  • Foster communication and teamwork
  • Overcome self-imposed limitations, fears and doubts
  • Inspire innovation and leadership
  • Develop effective new goal-setting and problem-solving techniques
  • Create a climate of empowerment

DE-STRESS AND GET MOTIVATED
"If I Only Go Around Once in Life, Why Am I So Dizzy?"

Have you ever asked yourself this question? This de-stressing workshop or keynote will examine the benefits of laughter and finding humor in the workplace and everyday life. Participants will receive practical suggestions to handling work-related pressures in an effective, productive, and upbeat manner. Carol Ann Small will teach you how to create a humor environment, and she promises her workshop will be humorous and entertaining, as well as de-stressing and motivating. Carol Ann promotes laughter with a lesson.

HEALTH AND HUMOR

Humor can take weight off our minds, and is one of life’s finest anti-stress measures. It is an effective means of coping with life’s challenges and promotes health and wellness for us and our clients. Learn how to use your sense of humor to avoid burnout as well as techniques on how to set professional boundaries and understand your own personal limits.

HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH JUST ABOUT ANYONE (Without Smoke Signals, Carrier Pigeons, Etc.)
ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?

Ever feel like a Mind Reading 101 seminar should be included in on-the-job training? Do you sometimes feel like everyone in your office is speaking in tongues? Then have we got a seminar for you! As our working relationships
becoming more virtual than personal, it's our responsibility to stay connected to more than just the nearest power strip. Participants will receive practical suggestions on how to swim the choppy channels of communication while learning that every little word counts. (Especially "Please.")

Carol Ann promotes laughter with a lesson and promises that her workshop will help you build bridges over communication gaps while encouraging us all to put the "human" back in human resources.

Need "Something Unique" after coffee and dessert?

IMPOSTOR PROGRAMS

Carol Ann frequently poses as an impostor for a wide range of audiences at business meetings, award banquets, conferences and trade shows. Companies have hired Carol Ann to pose as a Stress Management Expert, Customer Service Rep, Disability Insurance Agent, Vice President and sometimes even a banquet waitress. Carol Ann is also available to MC any event. So why not try Something Unique?

"Everyone just loved your "impostor". They couldn’t believe that you weren’t a Divisional Manager from our home office in Dallas."

Susan Hoerner
Customer Service Society

"As our CEO mentioned, it would have been "just another boring dinner" were it not for your role as impostor."

Christine Burke
Spectra.Net Communications, Inc.

 "Your performance at our recent meeting in Woodstock, VT, was outstanding. People were still laughing and talking about you the next day. Personally, I enjoyed the secrecy and suspense of setting you up as a legitimate speaker on our program and I think everyone enjoyed it more because of the surprise."

Max Goldsmith, State Street Bank
Northeast Securities Transfer Association

A Small Sampling of Testimonials:

"It's two weeks later, and my colleagues are still talking about your presentation."

Tom Merrow, Manufacturing Operations Manger,
Hewlett-Packard Company

"Ms. Small's presentation was timely, beautifully crafted and a joy to watch."

Deborah Outing, EEO Manager, Dept. of Veteran Affairs

 "Carol Ann's presence is dynamic, energetic and creative. She interacts frequently with the audience in order to involve them personally in the subject matter."

Melissa A. Hennessy, Human Resources
Massachusetts Medical Society

 "The tremendous amount of research and work you put into preparing for the presentation was evident in your ability to keep the interest of the entire group. I especially appreciated the balance of serious message and humor allowing us to learn while we laughed."

Jack Teegarden, Sales Manager, North America
Federal Products Company

A Partial Listing of Audiences and Clients that Carol Ann has Wowed Nationwide:

  • Aetna, Company

  • Alpha Omega Sales Corporation

  • Avon

  • Digital Equipment Corporation

  • Dunkin Donuts

  • Fidelity Investments

  • First American Title Company

  • Gillette Company

  • HPSC, Inc.

  • Hewlett Packard

  • Hilton Hotels

  • Sheraton Hotel

  • YMCA

  • YWCA

  • Amesbury Community Partnership

  • City of Peabody

  • Department of Veteran Affairs

  • Essex County Assessors Association

  • Greater Boston Federal Executive Board

  • Greater Lawrence Community Partnership

  • Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers

  • Massachuestts Association of Community Rehabilitation Organizations, Inc.

  • Massachusetts Collectors & Treasurers Assoc.

  • New Hope, Inc.

  • Northbridge CPC - Beginning Bridges Children’s Learning Center

  • Oxford Community Partnership

  • Peabody City Hall

  • Quincy Community Action Program

  • Social Security Administration

  • Spencer/ Brookfield Community Partnership

  • U.S. District Court

  • U.S. Postal Service

  • Bentley College

  • Billerica Public Schools

  • Eastern Association of College & University

  • Business Officials

  • Harcourt Learning Centers

  • Harvard University

  • Medford High School Teachers Association

  • Mohawk Schools, Ohio

  • Northeast Metro Regional Vocational School

  • Northern Essex Community College

  • Our Lady of Nazareth Academy

  • Rhode Island Association of School Business Officials

  • Salem State College

  • Quinsigamond Community College

  • Watertown Public Schools

  • All Care Visiting Nurse Association

  • Diocesan Health Facilities

  • Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital

  • Family Services, Inc.

  • Forsythe Dental

  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

  • Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

  • Healthtrax

  • Lifeplus Home Medical Products

  • Massachuestts Association of Community

  • Rehabilitation Organizations, Inc.

  • Massachusetts Dental Society

  • Massachusetts Medical Society

  • Mount Auburn Hospital

  • HPSC, Inc.

  • New England Baptist Hospital

  • New England Health, Raquet & Sportsclub Association

  • Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital

  • Newburyport Community Partnership

  • New Hampshire Housing Authority 

  • Network

Carol Ann's name may be "Small," but her presence is larger than life!

KEYNOTE FEE CATEGORY:  $4,000*

* Honorarium can vary depending on presentation length, distance to venue and many other factors. All fees are plus travel expenses and subject to change, so please call for an exact quote.

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