Testimonials
Very, very well prepared, great jokes and held character extraordinarily well. Whilst we had no idea how it would go, the whole room was very impressed.
Comcare
Professional, funny, well researched, funny, wanted it right for us, funny
The Institute of Surveyors Victoria
A surreal journey through a forest of fact, fiction and humour.
GE Commercial Finance
Well researched, hit the target audience really well, very funny, without being rude or crude. Highly recommend Graeme.
Association of Super Funds Australia
Outstanding contribution to our inaugural ‘Rewards and Recognition’ evening. Your performance as our MC combined with comedy and impersonations made sure our people enjoyed the evening.
ANZ Private Bank
The unanimous feedback was that you were sensational and really made the evening.
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
Your combination of humour and substance delivered the message very well. The feedback I have received has all been very positive.
KPMG
The session you delivered was tremendous. Conference feedback scored it at 93% .. . the best ever result from any conference we have participated in. It is truly amazing that you are able to 'assume' such technical knowledge about our industry, and moreover you fooled the experts in our field! Thank you for making us look great!
Vero
Graeme was brilliant. At a function for an important client of the firm, Graeme's speech managed to break the ice and reduce the formality of the occasion.
Gadens Lawyers
When we were planning our National Conference, we had a number of requirements. We were looking for an MC who could engage the audience, keep things on track, and be entertaining. We were also looking for someone who could do some comedy at our opening night dinner, and then someone who could entertain the delegates at the Awards Dinner on the final night. We found them all, and his name is Graeme Bowman.
Elders Financial Planning
During ‘Uncork Your Creative Genie’, which combines a hoax speech with a creative thinking presentation, Graeme pretended to be a visiting American agribusiness expert. It was fascinating to see the expressions on people's faces as the hoax gradually unravelled - confusion, amazement and much laughter. Importantly, there were also valuable tips on how to think laterally. Graeme's comedy during the evening was heavily tailored towards the audience, and people loved to hear the names of their colleagues suddenly appearing in a wide variety of jokes and routines.
Commonwealth Bank Regional & Agribusiness Banking
Thank you for an amazing performance. You certainly helped to pull a very challenging afternoon into a successful event, ensuring the message was well received. Your evening component was thoroughly enjoyed, with many commenting after the event on how entertaining your various acts were, and the professionalism of the MC’ing.
ANZ Rural Banking
We have received an enormous amount of feedback in regards to the Vero session from delegates at the conference. It seems that this workshop was the most well received, enjoyable, and above all useful workshop conducted on the day. It has certainly assisted Vero in setting ourselves apart from our competitors. I believe the success of the workshops was largely due to your preparation and discussions with key Vero staff prior to the event. You clearly had an understanding of the insurance industry, the challenges our audience is facing in the future, as well as a thorough understanding of the key messages and differentiation Vero wanted to promote.
Vero
Feedback from the attendees was very favourable. . . many were impressed at your mastery of the southern drawl of a Mississippi academic.
Insolvency Practitioners Association
I thought you were superb! Everyone I spoke to thought you were a rather eccentric German from head office, and didn't twig until the end.
Allianz
One of the most successful and entertaining performances we had during my time as president of the NAB Vic Club. His preparation was excellent and enabled him to customise his presentation to our business and a number of the "personalities" working in it.
NAB
Your hoax had everyone in tears of laughter. You certainly created an excellent mood that set the tone for an enjoyable night.
CPA Australia
At a recent conference dinner for our leadership team, we engaged Graeme Bowman to impersonate the American chairman of the global accounting group to which we belong. It was fascinating to see the expressions on people’s faces as the hoax gradually unravelled – confusion, wide-eyed amazement, hysterical laughter. In the current economic climate, we all need a good laugh, and our people certainly got that! And, days later, they are still talking about it.
William Buck
Our firm recently hosted the International Conference of the International Association of Practicing Accountants. Our audience comprised attendees from most European countries, the Americas, Asia and Australasia, and Graeme’s presentation was really appreciated by all in attendance. Graeme impersonated an American professor and had many in the audience fooled for quite a long period.
Haines Muir Hill Chartered Accountants
Your preparation was extremely thorough and your knowledge of the industry and the critical issues made you a credible 'expert'.
AMP
Graeme tailored his material to this corporate audience, which gave his performance the edge we were looking for. He certainly delivered what he promised . . . a real asset to our function.
ANZ
Your David Attenborough opener was instrumental in setting the mood for the evening and was a wonderful icebreaker with our staff.
Westpac
With little preparation time, Graeme was able to tailor his presentation to our complex industry, and facilitate a worthwhile two hour workshop. The response from my management team was very good. They enjoyed the session and saw value in the creative thinking tools.
Computershare
As Master of Ceremonies, Graeme's ability to continually entertain and focus the audience was well received by the diverse audiences present in each state. He also performed a hoax speech during dinner and presented a thought provoking lateral thinking presentation at the conclusion of each conference.
PLAN Australia
Whilst the humour was a part of what we were trying to achieve as the last session of the conference, the crucial element was how you assisted the team through your creative thinking hints and tools. Later that night, many were debating which was most important – the joy of humour or the lessons learnt.
National Transport Insurance
Your appearance really got the evening off to a fantastic start ... created a fun atmosphere that lasted for the rest of the event. A couple of the ladies later said they had to re-‐do their mascara afterwards, they laughed so much.
Self Insurers of South Australia
Graeme was fabulous. He stayed in character throughout dinner beautifully and kicked off in great style. There were a number of puzzled audience members, some who took a while to catch on, but once they did he had the room in stitches. A wonderful way to start the conference
Elders Rural
Perhaps our greatest recommendation is that over half of our staff, when asked to list the highlight for the conference, nominated Graeme – and his performance was the talking point of our organisation for days after the event.
Parks Victoria
Absolutely hilarious and hit just the right note after a very heavy day of discussing future technologies.
Department of Primary Industries
Graeme’s hoax speech was a highlight of the awards dinner. His portrayal of ‘Dr Dwane Spalding’ was perfectly tailored to a room full of Project Managers. A completely believable and hilarious performance!
Events Corp
Graeme was brilliant. At a function for an important client of the firm, Graeme's speech managed to break the ice and reduce the formality of the occasion.
Gadens Lawyers
Your comedic skills had everyone in tears. The references you made to the Honda staff were clever and hilarious.
Honda
The audience were in rapturous laughter, transfixed on your routine.
Engineers Australia (Qld)
Graeme's performance at our recent black tie event during Cox Plate week was simply sensational. His portrayal of a leading American racing identity was riveting and hysterical. The general feeling was that Graeme's speech was one of the funniest things they had ever heard.
Moonee Valley Racing Club
Magnificent job … as Dr George Connor from the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, the audience was caught completely by surprise. The speech broke the ice for many attendees who seemed much more relaxed and enthusiastic about meeting people and exchanging views the following day.
National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality
Thank you for an amazing performance. You certainly helped to pull a very challenging afternoon into a successful event, ensuring the message was well received. Your evening component was thoroughly enjoyed, with many commenting after the event on how entertaining your various acts were, and the professionalism of the MC'ing.
ANZ Rural Banking
It was terribly important that we had an MC that could carry the evening, with such a diverse range of industries represented. You did brilliantly.
Australian Institute of Project Management (NSW)
His dual role as MC and entertainer managed to retain the interest of hundreds of staff. He delivered five times in five weeks, without missing a beat.
Elders
You proved to be a very big hit - from the hoax Frenchman, to the MC work, and to the AC-DC close. You had clearly researched our business well and gave the conference a huge dose of energy at the right moments.
Frucor Beverages
It was a great evening and the feed back has been extremely positive ... the talk of the day was the German Professor at the dinner!
Local Government Association of Tasmania
Your comedy act ‘Stuck in the Middle’ during the conference dinner was well received from your very first word, and helped create a convivial mood that contributed to making the evening an undoubted success.
National Industry Association for Disability Services
Judging by the amount of laughing by those around, I am sure the doctors thoroughly enjoyed your entertainment.
John Flynn Private Hospital
The doctors loved the David Attenborough script.
Merck, Sharp & Dohme
Your David Attenborough opener was instrumental in setting the mood for the evening and was a wonderful icebreaker with our staff.
Westpac
As those in attendance represented the cream of the Meetings Industry, it was not going to be easy to impress them. But impress them you did. Your hilarious opening, which saw naturalist Bruce Attenborough poke fun at our industry, before bursting into a high powered rock song complete with manic dancing, really came out of left field.
Meetings Industry Association of Australia
Our audience was very diverse, being a mix of scientists and administrative people, but your highly entertaining and informative address easily held their attention, and gave them insights into how to think more creatively.
CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences
You had the team captivated right from the start, and have found that great balance between entertainment and dealing with the serious issues at hand. I would not hesitate to recommend you to other organisations that are looking for a guest presenter to cut through the 'sameness' of a conference and deliver a strong but entertaining message.
Agfa-Gevaert
The combination of a one-hour keynote followed by a one-hour workshop hit the mark . . . participants had a great opportunity to hear the principles of creative thinking and were then able to put the tools into practice.
AUSTAR
With little preparation time, Graeme was able to tailor his presentation to our complex industry, and facilitate a worthwhile two hour workshop. The response from my management team was very good. They enjoyed the session and saw value in the creative thinking tools.
Computershare
Your performance as Master of Ceremonies and your delivery of a hoax speech was superb and really made a difference to the Awards ceremony.
Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority
Thanks for keeping what might otherwise have been a dull gathering rollicking along.
Tony Abbott, MHR
Graeme joined us for a 3 day annual conference in Perth as our Master of Ceremonies. His style was a perfect mix of fun, comedy, creativity and seriousness and his involvement was a big part in this year's event being labelled the 'best ever'. Graeme also brought a number of hilarious elements to our Awards Dinner and his hoax speech had a room full of geologists staring bug eyed at the stage wondering what on earth was happening. I would recommend Graeme to any organisers of large and complex events like ours, particularly if keeping to time throughout the day has been an issue for past events. Graeme's approach in this area is masterful. We found Graeme a truly valuable commodity, and we should know being in the mining exploration business!
Mitch Andrews
Your combination of humour and substance delivered the message very well. The feedback I have received has all been very positive.
KPMG
The session you delivered was tremendous. Conference feedback scored it at 93% . . . the best ever result from any conference we have participated in.
Vero
The way you blended a hoax speech with a real presentation on creative thinking was very entertaining, informative and thought provoking. Looking at the audience, there was a mixture of laughter, puzzled expressions and genuine appreciation for what you were doing. A great boost to our conference, with excellent feedback from delegates.
LG
Uncork your Creative Genie was not only very entertaining, but also carried with it an informative message . . . an extremely positive response from our delegates.
Aged Care Association of Victoria
The session was extremely well researched and put together by Graeme, and his ability to deceive a somewhat cynical audience was testament to his talent.
Victoria Police
Before a hoax at the Sydney Museum, I consulted with an old comic who’d been skinned alive by the client from hell.
Finance
Impressive - that's the word. For 90 minutes during our cocktail function and over dinner before he spoke, Graeme had our delegates believing that he truly was from America's deep south with a keen interest in the future. On stage from the moment he opened his mouth the audience were in his hands.
Smithink 2020
At our recent Big W Suppliers Conference, we engaged Graeme Bowman to serve as Master of Ceremonies and Facilitator. With very little time to prepare, Graeme quickly developed an understanding of what we were trying to achieve, then kept everyone on track throughout the two-day event, adding a sense of fun, humour and energy as he went. Importantly, he also facilitated panel discussions that explored issues of major importance to the audience.
Big W
I have received a huge number of very positive comments from members following your presentation ... it was a true highlight. It had them baffled for quite some time.
Rotary International District 9820
We are extremely grateful to you for performing for us at Roxby Downs. It was a brilliant night and entrants certainly enjoyed your talk.
Variety SA, 4WD Challenge
Graeme did a fantastic job as MC and hoax speaker. We were very pleased with his attentiveness to customising his character and performance for our audience, which was a room full of professionals and their partners, and with the way he worked all night in the role of MC to make our dinner a roaring success. The audience were entertained and extremely surprised when his accent went away and he announced it was all a character. All the feedback I received on the night was extremely positive.
Melbourne Mining Dinner
Feedback was excellent and most were talking about it being the highlight of the two day session. There definitely has been some lateral thinking occurring and in one case, one idea is being developed to be incorporated in the establishment of our Enterprise Resource Plan. We also used your simple formatting to summarise the outcomes of the two day session in the close.
Orionstone
At a recent dinner celebrating 30 years of cardiac care at Epworth Hospital, Graeme Bowman appeared as a hoax speaker, posing as the son of the US surgeon who supervised the hospital's first heart operation. I had seen Graeme perform a hoax once before, imitating a French wine connoisseur, and it was again fascinating to see the expressions on people's faces as the hoax gradually unravelled -confusion, wide-eyed amazement, hysterical laughter.
Epworth Hospital
Hilariously funny after dinner speaker. Brilliant hoax. The audience laughed to the point of tears.
Australian Hand Surgery Society
At our recent National Landfill and Transfer Stations Conference, Graeme Bowman contributed to both our Field Day and Gala Awards Dinner. At the Field Day, he appeared in several guises as an undercover reporter, supposedly compiling a special report on the waste industry. In this role, he interacted in a fun way with many delegates, interviewed several on video, and captured footage of humorous moments throughout the day. By the time of the dinner the following day, Graeme had edited the video to create highly entertaining segments focusing on quirky aspects of our industry, and had integrated these videos with other, pre-recorded clips and live performance routines, to produce the major entertainment piece for the evening. Apart from this act, he began the evening posing as a comic waiter serving bizarre canapes he claimed to have sourced from local transfer stations and landfill sites. His final role was as MC during the awards presentation, which he concluded with a rock song written about our industry. Graeme was incredibly focused and committed to providing the best entertainment he could. A significant amount of time, effort and research went into the presentation and the resulting content was highly relevant and extremely well received by the audience.
Waste Management Association of Australia
