Last year, the East West Bank Compliance team had a great time with Cool Beans Comedy. This year, pick one of two new formats: Shark Tank, where teams invent a ridiculous product and pitch it on the clock, or Superlatives Awards, where the whole department votes and we reveal the winners live.
You mentioned the team is thinking December 10 or 11 for lunch or early dinner, in or around Pasadena. Same group size as last year, about 20 to 25 people, and two fresh formats to choose from.
Both formats are built for a department that already works well together and wants a reason to laugh together, with all the fun and none of the awkward. You pick the one that fits the team best.
Shark Tank is the high-energy team challenge. Superlatives Awards is the department-wide awards show. Either one fills the room with laughter.
Both work for lunch or early dinner. Venue is still to be confirmed, somewhere in or around Pasadena. Cool Beans Comedy travels and brings everything.
Run it over a team lunch or as a pre-dinner kickoff. The session fits around the meal, so nobody has to leave the table to take part.
Same session, same fun, one day later. Whichever day gets the most people in the room is the right one.
Two options, one choice. Both run 60 or 90 minutes at the same flat fee.
Small teams invent a ridiculous product, build a pitch on a clock, and pitch to the other teams, who act as the sharks. Countdown timers, investor questions, and a winner the room votes for.
We write funny award categories for the department, you send the team a poll ahead of time so everyone votes, and we reveal the winners live, awards-show style. All love.
One host, one clock, one trophy. We keep the room moving from start to finish.
An awards show built from the people in your own department, all love and all good-natured.
Funny, original award titles written for your department.
The team votes ahead of time, so everyone is in the game before the event.
The winners stay secret until the big reveal.
Awards-show style, live at the event, with plenty of cheering.
Shark Tank ran as a team activity at a national sales meeting in Chicago, with about 65 people building and pitching products on a clock.
Corey Martin Craig is the premier comedy coach in Los Angeles and the founder of Cool Beans Comedy, the top comedy school and brand in L.A. Corey is a four-time TEDx speaker and a regular leader of team-building events for businesses and organizations.
Credits include coaching numerous Nickelodeon series-regular actors and leading comedy workshops at SAG-AFTRA. Corey is an award-winning comedy producer, director, and actor, with appearances on FOX, ABC, NBC, Showtime, TNT, Netflix, and Nickelodeon. Corey runs either format solo, so there is one point of contact and nothing extra to coordinate.
Choose Shark Tank or Superlatives Awards. The fee depends only on the length. Flat for the whole group of about 20 to 25, no per-person math. We run it start to finish.
Either format includes your host, all setup and materials, and travel. If you pick Superlatives Awards, you send the poll link to the team and Cool Beans Comedy handles the rest. Download PDF summary
None. Nobody performs alone. In Shark Tank everyone works in a small team, and in Superlatives Awards everyone just votes and cheers. Both are built so quiet colleagues and natural showoffs have a great time.
Yes. The session fits around a meal, so it works for lunch or an early dinner on either December 10 or December 11.
In or around Pasadena, still to be confirmed. All we need is a room that seats the group and a screen or projector for the countdown timers. Cool Beans Comedy will confirm the details once the venue is set.
We write the award categories for the department. You send the team a poll ahead of the event so everyone votes. We reveal the winners live at the event, awards-show style.
A 50% deposit holds December 10 or 11 with us. An invoice follows once the date, format, and length are chosen. The balance is due after the event.
Tell us which day, which format, and which length, and Cool Beans Comedy will take it from there.
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