Author of The Improv Edge and Blank to Brilliant, Joe will introduce your sales and business development teams to essential improvisation skills that build spontaneity, active listening, quick-thinking and persuasive storytelling — the exact skills that turn a good pitch into a closed deal.
Pitch, Persuade & Close... Get the Improv Edge in Sales!
Turn Every Pitch Into a Conversation People Say Yes To.
Meet your Persuasion Coach, Joe Hammer...
Author of The Improv Edge and Blank to Brilliant, Joe will introduce your sales team to essential improvisational communication skills that build spontaneity, listening, adaptive storytelling and persuasive confidence ... and all in an active and fun way!
Pitch, Persuade & Close... Get the Improv Edge in Sales!
Turn Every Pitch Into a Conversation People Say Yes To.
Pitch, Persuade, Close with Joe Hammer
Author of The Improv Edge, Joe will introduce your sales team to essential improvisation skills that build spontaneity, listening, adaptive storytelling and persuasive confidence ... and all in an active and fun way!
Sales Training & Keynote Presentations That Change How Your Team Persuades
Joe Hammer partners with sales organizations and business development teams on interactive improv-based persuasion training that builds real skills in reading a room, adapting on the fly, and making a compelling case under pressure. Many engagements open with Joe’s high-energy keynote presentation on the psychology of yes, setting the tone before the team moves into hands-on pitch practice.
Joe opens your sales kickoff or leadership summit with a high-energy overview of what actually makes people say yes — and the improv principles behind it.
Joe’s hands-on training in adaptive storytelling, objection-handling and persuasive listening, built around your team’s real deals… and in a fun way!
Your team leaves with practical tools they can use in their next pitch: reading buyer signals, thinking on their feet, and closing with confidence.
Beyond the Sales Script…
If you’re seeking sales training that goes past scripted objection-handling into real, adaptive persuasion, Joe Hammer’s INFLUENTIAL INTERACTIONS improv-based program is the answer. Joe Hammer’s high-energy, interactive sessions teach the improv principles behind trust-building, adaptive storytelling and reading a room—skills that translate directly into stronger pitches and higher close rates.
Your sales organization will gain practical, real-world strategies that produce lasting change. With decades of experience empowering progressive companies, Joe will assist your team to unlock their full persuasive potential! His proven track record ensures that participants will walk away equipped with tangible tools to close more deals! Joe Hammer is an expert in both improv and business communication. He is the author of THE IMPROV EDGE and BLANK TO BRILLIANT, two powerful books on improv and its use outside of comedy.
Joe’s Best-Selling Books
Contact Joe and Experience a New Approach to Sales Training, Persuasion and Leadership Development!
Improv In Corporate Success!
No Joke: Why the Business World is Embracing Improv Comedy
How Improv Helped a Dollar Shave Club Founder Sell His Startup for $1 Billion
Why Improv Training is Great Business Training
How to Grow Your Business by Letting Go
Using Improv to Transform How You Lead
When the Art of the Deal Includes Improv Training
Meet Joe Hammer...
Since experiencing the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City decades ago, Joe Hammer continues his study, appreciation and teaching of improvisation principles, implementing them into his life, businesses and training programs. As a business development speaker, author and entertainer, Joe provides personal and business EXCELeration programs to progressive organizations and entrepreneurs.
In addition to teaching and performing Improvisation Comedy, Joe has entertained audiences with his unique Magic/Comedy and Stage Hypnosis shows. Being a Stage Hypnotist, Joe knows the difference between entertaining an audience and putting them to sleep!
Joe is the founder of The Outcasters, an improv training and performance troupe, located in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is also the author of The Improv Edge – How the art of improv can boost your confidence, enrich your life and fast-track you to a more energized and motivated presence and Blank to Brilliant – Mastering communication skills through the Power of Improv!
Due to TV shows like Whose Line Is It, Anyway?, improv training has skyrocketed in popularity. Outside of the entertainment value it provides, individuals are realizing the many life-changing benefits improv has to offer. Forward-looking organizations are turning to Joe’s improv expertise to assist with their company’s communication and team building needs.
Visit Joe’s Improv Training Center in Scottsdale!
What Program Participants Say About Joe...
Scottsdale, Arizona
Enfield, New Hampshire
I always appreciated Joe's feedback and coaching because it was in the spirit of giving and his intentions were always to help and improve the scene and our skills. Joe is also a clear communicator and has great people skills to direct newbies and seasoned students. I highly recommend learning from the best and that is Joe Hammer!
Scottsdale, Arizona
Hope, Rhode Island
Champaign, Illinois
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
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Joe’s Training Center is located in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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