As we move into Winter, we also move into a season of chaos and crunch, with end-of-year deadlines fast approaching and a million and one personal commitments to be seen to. Motivation can flag as the sun sinks under the horizon earlier each evening, and with it, your morale plummets.

Short of a complete overhaul of financial years and the way major businesses are run, there’s not much that can be done to combat this yearly ado of obligations and last-minute projects, but catharsis is available: we prescribe a good laugh.

Your medicine? A good comedian speaker. The best comedy keynote speakers don’t just have impeccable delivery and good memory for jokes, they’re incisive, astute, and experts on human behavior who can defuse stress in this busy season and also offer small but actionable insights for both personal and company-wide development that might give you an upper-hand over your workplace this time next year and throughout the months to come.

Storytelling comedian speakers The Pinquelton Group are master facilitators and performers with 50+ years of experience connecting to audiences between them. Made up of Andy Eninger and John Loos, their sessions are highly varied, energetic but not exhausting, and never too serious.

Motivational and comedy speaker Avish Parashar is a humorist and author who weaves together hilarious interactive skits and improv comedy games  into practical business lessons that teach attendees how to adapt to sudden changes and overcome adversity.

Digital Deception is a top entertainment duo of comedian speakers who merge interactive magic with cutting-edge tech to create unique, audience-engaging presentations sure to delight virtual and in-person audiences.

Bertice Berry is a sociologist, best-selling author, and comedian speaker praised for her ability to entertain, inspire and educate. An award-winning comedienne and lecturer, she has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Tonight Show, and ABC’s 20/20.

Satirist and TV personality Bassem Youssef is a world-renowned comedian speaker known for creating the first ever political comedy show in the Middle East. He has been named named one of the “100 most influential people in the world” by TIME magazine and one of Foreign Policy magazine 100 Leading Global Thinkers.

Loretta LaRoche is a renowned humorist and stress management expert who has been awarded the National Humor Treasure Award. Her irreverent sense of humor and incisive mind leave her audiences motivated and roaring with laughter.

Comedian speakers often seem to come in pairs. Tripp and Tyler are YouTubers and sketch comedy artists with a number of viral videos to their name and a growing reputation as crowd-pleasing entertainers at both corporate events and comedy clubs.

Vegas headliner and comedian speaker Jeff Civilico has performed over 5000 shows on the Las Vegas Strip, and specializes in custom programs that meet his clients’ needs exactly. His contagious spirit and feel-good comedy entertain and inspire in equal measure.

Janelle Shane is interested in the strange side of artificial intelligence. One of Fast Company’s 100 most creative people in business, she is a scientist and comedian speaker using humorous experiments to make AI and machine learning accessible to broader audiences.

Top booked emcee and comedian speaker Adam Christing is a crowd-pleasing favorite who works with corporate, association, and non-profit audiences and has been ranked among the top five after-dinner speakers in North America for his ability to appeal to both leadership and employees.

This article was originally published by BigSpeak Nov 30, 2023.