Bob Hirschfeld

If your conference needs someone to make your audience laugh at the very things that have been stressing them out all year, Bob Hirschfeld has a slide deck for that. Billing himself as the world’s first CyberSatirist, Hirschfeld spent years writing humor for The Tonight Show, The Washington Post, and Newsweek before taking his stand-up-with-a-laptop act to corporate conferences, where the material practically writes itself. Jay Leno has called him one of the top satirists in the country. Forbes, Microsoft, Honda, Shell, Oracle, and hundreds of other organizations have agreed.

From Late Night Writing to the Conference Stage
Hirschfeld’s breakthrough was recognizing that business satire — lampooning cloud computing, social media, cybersecurity, and time management — works better in a conference setting than generic comedy because every person in the room already knows the setup. His Funny Business presentation is built entirely from content customized to the client’s industry, which means each audience gets material that feels written specifically for them. His success was profiled in both USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

Substance Under the Satire
Behind every joke is a consistent message: humor is one of the most effective tools available for managing change anxiety, staying open to new ideas, and making the rest of the conference agenda feel survivable. He is also one of the only speakers using comedy to address sustainability and green business.

Bob Hirschfeld is available for keynote presentations and after-dinner entertainment on business, technology, cybersecurity, change, and organizational life.

Funny Business with Bob Hirschfeld

How can you help those attending your conference retain their energy level and absorb more information? Make them laugh with smart, witty, business humor. Seriously. Breaking up your meeting with appropriate comic relief that connects with their work-related experiences will leave your audience refreshed and ready to tackle more of your conference agenda.

That’s why Smith Barney, Honda, the National Association of Home Builders, Cox Communications, Forbes and hundreds of others have hired Bob Hirschfeld to enliven their meetings with his interactive stand-up with a laptop “Funny Business” presentation that lampoons all aspects of the business world. Their surveys showed that Bob’s humor was truly appreciated by attendees. Clients who didn’t initially consider humor for their conference were glad they added Bob to their schedule.

Whether as an engaging keynote presentation or after-dinner entertainment fitting for a savvy business crowd, Bob promises to be an “audience-centric, laughter-integrated, humor-scalable, speaker solution.” Bob works with clients to customize his material so audiences get a truly unique experience.

As the first (self-proclaimed) Cybersatirist, Bob Hirschfeld has performed at corporate and association events for over nine years. Bob’s success has been profiled in USA Today and The Wall Street Journal as well as featured in Newsweek and Fast Company. His humor has appeared in the op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and USA Today. For several years, he was a contributing writer to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Jay calls Bob “one of the top satirists in the country.”