Allie Bowling, CEO

“Chief Edu-tainment Officer"

The Speaker with a Mind for Business and a Mouth for Humor!

Want to be the shining star of your next event? You've come to just the right place. Allie Bowling is a multi-talented woman.

She's a professional business speaker who can open your meeting, convention, conference or seminar by presenting a high-content program, or keynote in a down-to-earth manner, on a topic that articulates today's timely business issues.

And, she's a professional stand-up comedienne who can close your meeting, convention, conference or seminar with hilarious after-dinner entertainment.

Your audience will benefit from her 25 years of business experience—from restaurant development and ownership—to membership promotion for several national, non-profits.

Your audience will learn how to identify their strengths, respond to challenges, communicate their message, see options and opportunities and work together as a team. They’ll be thinking outside of the bun before they can say Cheeseburger-Cheeseburger.

Your audience will see how easy it is to add humor to their work/life activities to maximize their professional and personal relationships.

Your audience will discover how to get more of what they want out of life and how to let go of what they don't.

Her style is a unique blend of delivering sensible information in a humorous manner. Allie has a confident, professional and likeable style. Through her humor she gets the audience relaxed, responsive and receptive to new ideas.

When Allie speaks, people listen. They laugh, they learn and they think about how they can make changes to their personal and professional lives that will cause them to become more positive, productive and profitable.

In her keynote she articulates how she survived a brain tumor diagnosis, brain surgery, single-sided deafness and simultaneous care giving for her mother and mother-in-law. By devising a plan to handle major life choices in the same way as critical business decisions are made, she created a strategy and decision-making model for securing the best possible outcomes.

In today's marketplace, your audience deserves more than a book report. Give them a speaker who has roll-up-her-sleeves life experience. A speaker with rave reviews who'll give your audience practical ideas they can use.

Stand-up Comedy Entertainment Programs

Business Programs
(Approximately One Hour)

• Joy in The Workplace—Put Latitude in Your Attitude! There is scientific evidence to prove that laughter is the best medicine. Adding a dash of humor to your life is just as important as adding Bran to your diet. W-O-R-K doesn’t have to be a four-letter word! Your job can be F-U-N. Reinvent yourself by using humor to maximize your professional relationships to get the most out of yourself and those around you. Learn how successful companies such as Southwest Airlines to small mom & pop stores invest in making sure that their employees are happy so their customers will be. (This program has mass appeal to just about every industry and relates to companies and organizations both large and small).
   
• Customer Service for Smarties (not dummies)! If outstanding customer service is so easy to deliver (some companies deliver it in 30-minutes or less or it’s free) then why is it so hard to get people to do it? How do you give the customer what they want and still keep your sanity? Should you treat customer Gen-Xers and Gen-EX-Laxers the same? What are the top ten customer turn-ons and turn-offs? Be prepared for several a-ha! moments. (This program appeals to those who sell, service and take care of everything from a patient’s body to a customer’s car).
   
• Zero to Conversation in 30 Seconds! Everyday we are given unlimited opportunities to tell people about what makes us special. Yet many hold back. Schmooze or you lose. Networking and laying a foundation to do business don’t always have to take place in a so-called networking environment. Learn to become more aware and be prepared when the possibilities to converse present themselves. You’ll gain a whole new spin on the question: "What do you do?" (This program is suggested for anyone in business that’s responsible for boosting the bottom line).
   
• What's Your PIM Number? And why should you be giving it out to everyone. PIM is: Perception, Image and Marketing. What kind of impression do you create for prospective clients before they meet you? Are you doing everything within your power to create a unique image? How do you remain "top of mind" in your client's Palm Pilot? Learn how to create a memorable impression that carries on long after the client has signed the “investment agreement.” (This program appeals to entrepreneurs, sales people and those working for companies who believe in giving their people creative latitude toward boosting the bottom line).

What makes Allie qualified to speak to your group?

• Walked the walk: Over 25 years of experience working in both the business world and in membership promotion and development for several national trade associations.
• Created: A deli restaurant from scratch. Responsible for all day-to-day operations from corning corned beef to crafting customer service procedures.
• Holds: B.A. in Business Administration
• Member: National Speakers Association
• Winner: NSA-DC Showcase Award for Outstanding Platform Skills
• Member: Association for Applied & Therapeutic Humor (AATH)
• Graduated: Magna Cum Lousy from Judy Carter’s Comedy Boot Camp
• Partner: The Guts, Grace & Gusto Group, LLC. Should you need more than one speaker, and/or a longer program, Allie's got partners.
• Survivor: Survived a brain tumor diagnosis, brain surgery, single-sided deafness, and simultaneous care giving for her mother and mother-in-law, owning a restaurant and stand-up comedy club audiences. (The last one was the worst!)

The Value and Benefits Your Audience Will Receive:

• Opens up the audience to the possibilities, to new ideas and attitudes that allow creativity, humor, laughter and fun to flourish
• Improves energy and resilience to stress which helps to decrease absenteeism, job burnout and employee turnover
• Gives more meaning to work by incorporating the mission, goals and values of the organization into the message
• Enhances retention through increased recognition
• Improves personal/professional performance and encourages new levels of commitment and cooperation
• Promotes teamwork and trust which leads to creating more enthusiasm, more motivation and a higher morale
• Improves customer care, customer satisfaction and delivery of products and services
• Shows your audience/associates/staff that you care enough about them to give them the very best information and ideas toward creating a more balanced work/life style
• People laugh and learn simultaneously

Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow
A keynote with a surprising twist of fate

Allie Bowling is a professional speaker who listens. She’s a skillful communicator and a captivating storyteller. She’s got an obvious knack for being funny, which also transcends into serious issues of life. She draws her stories from a wide range of experiences; some commonplace and others are one in a million. Allie is able to lay a foundation of ideas in her presentations similar to how a painter uses a pallet of paint to lay a foundation of color. She is skilled at taking people through great depth in a story. Years of experience have deepened her laugh lines and softened her punch lines.

In 2003 Allie faced a frightening health reality—profound hearing loss in her right ear. After tests, her neurologist handed her a diagnosis that sent shock waves and fear through her; she had a brain tumor. She needed to undergo brain surgery. Without it, Allie was at risk of losing her hearing, facial paralysis, balance issues and other frightening consequences. She located the finest neuro-surgical team in the world for her specific type of brain tumor and flew a cross the country. Even by going to these great lengths, her hearing could not be saved. When she received this blow, Allie knew her life would never be the same.

She lost her hearing, not her ability to listen.

The challenges that she faced to reinvent her career, the life-style changes she had to make, and the strategies she devised for securing the best possible outcomes are articulated in her keynote Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow. Her story helps people connect through similar, difficult, decision making situations and life changing events. It helps them explore their own “invisible disabilities” freeing them up to move in the direction of a happier, healthier and more productive life.

She shares her secrets of how to listen when one can’t hear.

Your audience will come away with a need to listen to their gut, be flexible, have options, and create a strong personal and professional support system. Allie weaves her rich humor throughout and shows that there is still plenty to laugh about.

“Folks, this lady is very funny.”   - Tony Perkins, Good Morning America

"Thank you for your dynamic and compelling presentation. My colleagues and I were completely motivated by your techniques and ideas." - Sue E. Somers, CISR Account Executive, Marsh USA, INC.

"You did exactly as you promised. Your presentation was germane and succinct; offering lots of helpful hints and was sprinkled with humor. It was a pleasure having you at our 7th annual awards brunch and I look forward to working with you in the future." - Maurice Breton, President Comfort Management Corporation

“I attended Allie's seminar and it was fantastic. I found myself riveted to my seat waiting for more information. She is a skilled conference presenter and finds key ways to involve her audience in the presentation. I learned so much that I have used in my daily business activities and have passed on her "words of wisdom" to others. Great Seminar, keep up the good work.”  - Terrie J. Rollins President and CEO RMR Technology Group

"Allie took a commonplace experience, that of transitioning her mother to an assisted living facility and colored it with rich emotions. Her story showed the audience that they are not alone in this journey. It brought people together." - Steve Gurney Publisher, The Guide to Retirement Living

"...Your seminar-style presentation of humor was an excellent way of helping the participants gain a greater awareness and appreciation of the positive effects of humor, both in the workplace on a personal level. Everyone came away from the session inspired by your passion, lively personality and tasteful manner in which you presented your material."  - Evelin Saxinger, Work/Life Program Manager, NASA

Stand-up Comedy Entertainment

Allie has always made people laugh. Her professional stand-up comedy career was born in 1992 and gained momentum by performing at clubs such as The Improv, Headliner's, Comedy Café, The Laff Stop and the famous Shoreham Marquee Lounge. Audiences enjoyed the experience of listening to her observations on the absurdities of life.

Her style of comedy then and now has always remained the same. It’s geared toward business and professional audiences—those who seek smart, clean, upbeat and genuinely funny material.

Strike While the Comedy is Hot!
(30-minutes after dinner only)
She’ll entertain you with her take on troubles in The White House to troubles in her own house—and after 25+ years of marriage she knows what she’s talking about! Allie is both a golf and football widow. She moves from subjects the likes of NFL stars to compact cars, from Joe Cocker to Betty Crocker. Hear why "Men are from Best Buy & Women are from QVC!"

Every Woman Needs HRT—Humor Replacement Therapy!
(30-minutes after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner or in between meal snacks)
Ideal for Ladies/Spouse Entertainment. If laughter is what you’re after than this will fill the bill. Upbeat, smart, clean (mildly irreverent). Some women have been known to pee in their pants from laughter. Poise Pads are recommended.

"Allie, I love your wit and humor. Your ability to entertain and bring laughter to others is great gift and when I am around you it’s like drinking a few glasses of wine!"  - Sheila Savar, Savar & Associates

"I laughed so much, I had a Laughgasm."  - Melanie Jones, Yoga Instructor & Creator of You Don’t Have to be Teeny to be a Yogini

"You have definite crowd appeal, resulting in our largest crowd ever in Washington, DC. If you come back, we’ll have to find a bigger room! And your professionalism displayed in being ‘last minute’ flexible to our changed schedule and room layout was nothing less than fantastic!" Susan Wight, eWomen Network

Partial Client List

• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
• American Parkinson’s Disease Association
• Association of Meeting Professionals
• Association of Wedding Professionals
• Business & Professional Women, Inc.
• Construction Specifications Institute
• Garvins Comedy Club
• George Mason University
• Greater Washington Women's Network
• Illinois State Society
• Internal Revenue Service
• International Special Events Society Annual Awards Gala
• Leukemia – Lymphoma Society
• Morgan Stanley
• NASA (Headquarters, Wash. DC and Greenbelt, MD)
• National Telephone Cooperative Association
• Navy Federal Credit Union
• New York Life Insurance Company
• North Dakota Telephone Company
• National Association of Catering Executives (NACE)
• National Association of Women Business Owners
• National Geographic Society
• Northern Virginia Independent Financial Planners Association
• Oregon University, Rural Health Conference
• Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
• TEC – International Organization of CEOs
• The Corcoran Museum of Art – Speakers Series
• The Improv, Washington, DC
• The Laff Stop, Houston, TX
• The League of Women Voters of the United States
• The Marquee Lounge in The Omni Shoreham Hotel
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Department of the Army – CO2 Training
• U.S. Department of Education
• United Professional Sales Association
• University of Maryland
• Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP
• Women's Bar Association Foundation
• Unique Foundation Spring Gala for Cancer Research 1999, 1998
• Wyoming Telecommunications Association