John Sweeney
About
John Sweeney is from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. John works in the following industries: "Professional Training & Coaching". John is currently Professional Speaker, Author, Trainer, Founder/Owner at Brave New Outpost, located in Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. John also works as Distinguished Member of the Carlson Executive Educator Network at University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management, a job John has held since Mar 2019. In John's previous role as a Professional Speaker at Brave New Workshop Comedy Theater, John worked in until Dec 2021. Prior to joining Brave New Workshop Comedy Theater, John was a Owner at Brave New Workshop Comedy Theater and held the position of Owner. Prior to that, John was a Senior Creative Director, Second City Comunications at The Second City from Aug 1995 to Mar 1997. John started working as Resident Company Actor/Writer at Brave New Workshop Comedy Theater in Oct 1993. From Feb 1991 to Oct 1993, John was Corporate Real Estate Consultant at Keewaydin Real Estate Advisors.
John Sweeney can be found on Finalscout.com, where members can access John Sweeney's email for free. Finalscout is a professional database with more than 500 million business professional profiles and 200 million company profiles.
John Sweeney's current jobs
Using Transformative Laughter to produce the best Mindset for Fortune 500 companies for more than 20 years. 3200 Engagements, 20 years, 1 mission! Helping to creative productive and innovative culture through keynote speeches and training programs. The Brave New Outpost is the place for your Guides, Maps, Tools and Supplies for your companies Mindset journey!
John Sweeney's past jobs
Years ago, John Sweeney and the comedy theatre he owns, the Brave New Workshop, began sharing the skills and behaviors of improvisational theatre with companies worldwide. Since then, John has become one of the most sought after keynote speakers and trainers in the world, developed the Speed of Laughter programs and books, and has been the trusted advisor to some of the best and brightest business minds and organizations on the planet.
The Brave New Workshop has been writing, performing and producing sketch comedy and improvisation since 1958-- longer than any other theatre in the United States. Founded by former circus performer Dudley Riggs and currently owned by husband and wife John Sweeney and Jenni Lilledahl, the little theatre on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis has become a legendary comedy institution, where audiences enjoy improv and sketch comedy nearly every night of the week. The company’s talented performers create satirical, irreverent, and intelligent original works. The Brave New Workshop’s corporate services division applies the principles of improvisation to corporate innovation challenges, training and entertaining companies like Microsoft, Yahoo!, Visa, and Target. Additionally, the Brave New Institute (the Workshop’s school of improvisation) boasts the most comprehensive improv and sketch comedy training curriculum in the country.
Wrote, performed and directed sketch comedy and improvisation for corporate meetings and events
Acted, wrote and improvised as a full time resident company member of the nation's longest running saterical comedy theater
Sold and delivered the consultative services of a world class real estate advisory firm