Virtual Year End Entertainment & Recognition Events

At the end of this 2024year and into 2025, your team or clients could use some levity and recognition! We’ve got a few programs sure to entertain, including Steve Patterson‘s The Debaters Live & Streaming, Susan Stewart‘s Pandemic Pick me Up, Celebrity Chef Bal Arneson‘s cooking class, or Sarah McVanel’s Recognition sessions.

Watch Now | Silver Linings Celebration

We featured 3 of these engaging speakers in our Silver Linings Celebration event – a live showcase featuring comedy, cooking demos, and interactive audience engagement. And, see this December 2021 session with Sarah McVanel on The Solution to the Great Resignation: RECOGNITION!

Steve Patterson – The Debaters Live & Streaming

The Debaters Live & Streaming is the virtual version of the popular comedy format made famous on CBC radio. Hosted by award-winning comedian and veteran host, Steve Patterson, this is an online show where Canadian stand-up comedy stars go toe-to-toe on a debate topic tailor-made for your audience. It’s an interactive show filled with funny and fact crafted specifically for you, where your audience votes in real-time to pick the winner.

Susan Stewart – You Gotta Laugh..

Susan Stewart holiday humour

Gather your group online and give them the gift of laughter this holiday season! Comedian/author/speaker, Susan Stewart, delivers an entertaining program that will help your group see the lighter side of life during this challenging time. In this hilarious virtual program, Susan talks about working at home, physical distancing, and the perks to wearing a mask in public. Susan will give your group the gift of laughter and share some ways to see the lighter side in the face of adversity and uncertainty.

Bal Arneson – Cooking with Chef Bal

Cook a fun and easy meal with a celebrity chef. Bal Arneson brings her warmth and accessibility from her kitchen to yours, featuring one of her popular recipes like her No-Butter Chicken or Golden Chai. A charismatic and humorous speaker, she provides audiences with tangible life lessons and skills to be able to incorporate into their personal and professional lives, all while cooking up a delicious dish with your virtual audience. Recipe and ingredient lists can be sent to your audience ahead of time so they can follow along with Chef Bal at home.

Bal Arneson is an international TV host, award-winning author, and a celebrity chef for a 30-Billion-dollar food service company, Compass Group. She hosted 2 TV shows which aired globally, Food Network Canada’s Spice Goddess, and US Cooking Channel’s Spice of Life.

Erica Ehm – Event Host

With decades of experience as an iconic television personality and successful entrepreneur, Erica Ehm has earned a reputation as a powerful event host & speaker. Whether you know her from her days as a legendary MuchMusic VJ or as founder of YMC (Yummy Mummy Club), you’ll be inspired and energized by her silver linings messages of innovation and reinvention. Having years of experience improvising on live television, broadcasting live from locations around the world, Erica Ehm brings confidence and a down-to-earth elegance to every event she hosts.

Sarah McVanel – On Recognition

Sarah McVanel shares the very first, easiest and least resource-intensive step to retention: recognize the people you already have. Recognition is one of the most effective, accessible and cost-effective ways to fuel healthy working relationships, trust and collaboration. The reality is, the changes in our workforce are here to stay. Employee expectations are higher, choices are greater, and there isn’t a single business that could survive without great people. Learn from Sarah about the multitude of manageable and effective ways to launch a successful recognition program and remain more resilient in the process. See this December 2021 session with Sarah McVanel on The Solution to the Great Resignation: RECOGNITION!

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