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David Cummings
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LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Comedy with a corporate angle |
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| An original way to add sparkle to your conference. An after-dinner speaker with a difference. | |||||
David Cummings |
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| The hoax gives that air of respectability to what ends up as an hilarious half hour | |||||
Who is David Cummings? |
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| Someone who has been paid money all his working life for writing and talking to people.
Born in London, he began his career as a salesman by day and comedian by night. For 20 years he was a scriptwriter on TV shows for comedians Dave Allen, Dick Emery, Kenneth Williams, Rolf Harris and many, many more. He produced TV commercials, docos and record albums through his own company. Performing all the while. In 1983 David was brought to Sydney by Reg Grundy to work for Grundy TV. Then he moved on to the business world, making corporate videos and producing newsletters for companies like Qantas, BHP, Remington, Wyeth, Legal & General, Pitney Bowes, UBD, Contiki and Permanent Trustee. So David has a lot of experience in Othe business of business¹. Running companies and selling other people¹s products. He combines this experience with his years as a comedian and after-dinner speaker to become the ideal corporate hoaxer. |
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How does it work? |
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| David Cummings poses as a Very Important Person The audience thinks he is real. And why shouldn¹t they? This man is very powerful and convincing. Pretending to be a consultant from the UK or an executive from the company, OAlistair Basil¹ wades into sacred cows like teamwork, leadership and customer service. Some audience members are appalled. Others agree with his outrageous opinions. A manager from ICI said, ³For the first 15 minutes I was ready to worship at your feet as the great god of leadership searching.² As with John Cleese and other comedy training devices opposite clarifies the positive message to the audience. | |||||
Into the comedy |
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| Staying in character as the expert¹ David moves seamlessly into comedy. Keeping, at all times, within the bounds of good taste. With your permission he picks out members of the audience by name and has some fun. | |||||
Tailored for you |
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| 20 years as a TV comedy writer in the UK and Australia has given David the expertise to adapt the presentation to your industry or organisation. David¹s fee includes a briefing session so you can give him the information he needs to do just that. As a businessman himself David has learned a lot about the corporate world. He uses this business knowledge as the basis for much of his humour. | |||||
The audience gets involved |
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| How do we organise the audience participation? Before the event you get a list of questions about the audience. Who keeps fit? Who¹s from Queensland? Married? Loves shopping? David weaves them into his routine. Your audience feels that you have set up the evening specially for them. So you have had a hoax, some very funny comedy and audience participation all in one presentation. | |||||
Can all these happy clients be wrong? |
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| Witty funny outrageous Zurich Insurance ? Hilarious ANZ ? Left them wanting more Nestlé ? Still laughing Phillips Electrical ? Fantastic performance Thomas Cook Travel ? Outstanding success BHP ? Had us all laughing at ourselves K-Mart ? Just fantastic AMP ? Gales of laughter Harvey Norman ? Hilarious comedy routine James Hardie Industries ? Funniest ever Gestetner ? Brilliant job Deutschebank ? Wonderful Elders Real Estate ? Topical and funny NRMA ? Brilliant performance Bayer Pharmaceuticals ? Fits of laughter Mack Trucks ? On the floor laughing Telstra ? Tremendous performance Ford Motors ? Rolling in the aisles Jones Lang Wootton ? Professional and hilarious Avco ? One-liners galore Brierley Investments ? Absolutely hilarious Bi-Lo ? Excellent Quality Bakers ? Hilarious laughter Zimmer ? Brilliant performance Stadium Australia ? Extremely hilarious AGL ? Totally consumed by your humour Lend Lease ? Very funny and spot on British Consulate ? A night of endless laughter Australian Sports Commission ? High level of laughter FedEx ? Very witty, very topical Tattersall¹s ? Superb Mercantile Mutual ? A hoax | |||||
Work Life Balance-The Impossible Dream |
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| A new all-comedy presentation from David Cummings. Not a hoax, but a serious subject, treated with no respect at all. It is funny because after many years of hoaxing David knows what makes the corporate audience laugh. ‘Professor’ David Cummings talks for 30 minutes about your life at work, your life at home, with your children, on holiday and more. He concludes that you haven’t a hope in hell of balancing all these things out. WLBTID can go in your programme as a comical send-up. Or you can pretend it is going to be serious and then let David hit them with the jokes. The gags start from the first minute and keep up to the end with some funny stories and a little touch of observation. Last time we counted there were 72 laughs, an average of more than two per minute. WLBTID is versatile. It fits in after-dinner, before dinner, at breakfast, at a conference, anywhere you want your audience to let a little joy into their lives. No wonder David does not have to give away free drinks or take his clothes off to get their attention, it’s all down to being funny. What can we tell you about ‘Professor’ David Cummings? He is a man whose integrity and honesty have never been questioned, nor indeed even mentioned. The professor is a speaker on the corporate circuit. As a businessman he has run his own companies. Some of these were non-profit organisations. He didn’t mean them to be—they just turned out that way. David was born and raised in London. He came to live in Sydney 25 years ago. Today he works mainly as a business consultant. His clients have included: H.I.H, One.Tel, Visy-Board and ABC Learning. He calls his talk: Work-life balance—the impossible dream. | |||||
Testimonials |
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BHP |
I would like to thank you very much for your outstanding address at our conference dinner last week. Your research and preparation was fantastic, and many people in the audience remained completely convinced of your credentials as a consultant to the mining industry right up until the time near the end that you began to pick out some “victims”. | ||||