Jean-Paul Bell

Jean-Paul Bell is the founder and CEO of The Humour Foundation, a non-profit organisation bringing humour and laughter to hospital communities around Australia.
As a humour consultant, keynote speaker, and writer of concepts, hoaxes and performances, Jean-Paul Bell's career has spanned 25 years in television, film, stage and the corporate arena. His humour has featured regularly on TV shows such as The Big Gig, Live and Sweaty, and Hey Hey It's Saturday and his TV performances include GP, Water Rats, and Bordertown.
Jean-Paul Bell brings laughter and entertainment to his audience while delivering a powerful and informative presentation. Changing the way people feel about work and each other, is crucial to building a successful team. Jean-Paul’s Humour Dynamics provides effective techniques to improve communication, boost morale, increase productivity and loyalty, and to combat stress.
In 2000, and again in May 2003,.he was invited to Switzerland to teach workshops at an international hospital clown conference. As part of The Patchwork for Peace mission, in 2002 he joined a group of hospital clowns from around the world, including Patch Adams, in bringing fun and laughter to the people of Afghanistan. Repressed for so long under the Taliban, laughter was much needed. Jean Paul Bell selects and trains the Clown Doctors and works with the Clown Doctor Units around Australia to keep creativity fresh and quality high. He is Dr B Looney in the hospitals.
Jean Paul Bell is also in demand as a speaker and workshop presenter as part of The Humour Foundation’s Laughter Works program. He speaks on humour as a coping strategy and using humour for self-care to health professionals, patient support groups and community organizations. For example, he has recently presented a series of workshops to medical staff in Emergency Departments in Melbourne hospitals.
Discover the benefits and applications of humour in an entertaining, informative, inspiring and motivating presentation customised for your audience. Maybe a one hour seminar for lifting productivity and profits for your team, improve motivation and job satisfaction, develop resilience, survive a high stress environment, change as a challenge, creative problem solving, effective communication and celebrating success. A practical hands-on two hour training session for the service industry or body language, verbal communication, managing conflict, diffusing tension, strategies for using humour to build a motivated team, delivering friendly efficient service and techniques to increase job satisfaction. Jean-Paul Bell's customised concepts will help your company celebrate success and give recognition to staff. Stress free zones, theme days, fun activities, Jean-Paul will invade your office for an hour or two and transform your workplace.