Boring employee events just don't cut it.

We've performed at lots -- we mean LOTS -- of employee events. Here's what we've learned about their unique challenges...

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    The audience members have been putting it out there all year...

    And somehow you need to get them recommitted to great performance again (and since you had to do this last year, you're looking for something different and cool, again).
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    And Awards Shows?...

    The business goal of recognizing top performers is to motivate the entire audience to be up on that stage next year, but awards shows can be long and dull, and unless they're done extremely well, nobody really enjoys them except the seven winners.  
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    PACE. PACE. PACE.

    Bringing people on stage, moving from speaker to speaker, taking photos -- all of this can drag the session's pace to a crawl and leave participants wanting to stick a fork in their eyes (or more likely, hit the lobby bar). Doing it right matters.

In addition to LOTS of experience in these settings, here's what we can bring...

The Morning Session

And here's the tool kit we'd bring to the Awards Show...

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Award-winning singing comedy about life and work delivered by top NYC talent.

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A collaborative approach to hosting -- that supports managing the flow, energy, and pace of your event. You can even add packages that include material created specifically for your team, like songs to introduce awards or people.

A mini-intro about the award category

A few clips of our team hosting (this client had a teleprompter, but they can read from a script at a podium as well), including clips from an award winner song

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The ability to create material for the whole audience that shows you get what they're up against out there every day.

And below are a few rough audio demos of songs we created for credit union audiences (probably not a perfect fit, but an interesting illustration of what we can do in a field that you understand better than most).

A day in the life of a Texas credit union manager

About credit union regulations in 2015

Award song for Credit Union of the Year in Michigan

For an audience of Credit Union managers from across Michigan

For an audience of 2,500 high-end retail store managers

What Our Clients Say

Marianne Strobel

VP Customer Marketing and Communication, NA, Nokia


The Water Coolers were…Super, Excellent, Fabulous, Wonderful, Amazing, Funny, Awesome, Terrific, WOW… these are just a few of the adjectives coming from our sales leaders and their teams. Rick Corker (CEO) said it was the best conference and awards dinner they ever had…Rick laughed so hard that he had tears in his eyes. Mission Accomplished! 

Scot Kaplan

Director of Sales Operations, Thomson Reuters Elite


The Water Coolers is an amazing act for anyone that wants to bring fun, excitement, and belly aching laughter to their event. They sing, dance, and they’re awesome comics! We have used them a few times as the entertainment for our annual sales awards and they are worth every penny. In addition to their award show material, they created many custom songs that give the night energy, excitement, and a unique flare…a belly busting performance!

Bob McAllister

Executive Producer, Fisheye Media Productions


As always, you guys killed it!

Thank you so much. I tried to catch you backstage before you left to give you all a high five. Please tell the team that you guys are the best at what you do.  Client LOVED!!! it! Safe travels, can't wait to work with you all again.

What Our Clients Say

Marianne Strobel

VP Customer Marketing and Communication, NA, Nokia


The Water Coolers were…Super, Excellent, Fabulous, Wonderful, Amazing, Funny, Awesome, Terrific, WOW… these are just a few of the adjectives coming from our sales leaders and their teams. Rick Corker (CEO) said it was the best conference and awards dinner they ever had…Rick laughed so hard that he had tears in his eyes. Mission Accomplished!

Scot Kaplan

Director of Sales Operations, Thomson Reuters Elite


The Water Coolers is an amazing act for anyone that wants to bring fun, excitement, and belly aching laughter to their event. They sing, dance, and they’re awesome comics! We have used them a few times as the entertainment for our annual sales awards and they are worth every penny. In addition to their award show material, they created many custom songs that give the night energy, excitement, and a unique flare…a belly busting performance!

Stewart Lander

Senior Sales VP, Genworth Financial


As the ‘owner’ of the awards night, my commitment to everyone at our National Sales Meeting was to be recognized for a great job during the year, have more fun than at any other awards night they've ever attended, and be proud of working for Genworth Financial. Mission accomplished! 

A few of our Awards Show and GS Launch Clients

Nokia

National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
National Association of Corporate Directors
ASAE & the Center for Association Leadership
Texas Credit Union League
American Business Women’s Association
Crown Council
Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors
California Association of Community Managers
Paducah KY Chamber of Commerce
Western Petroleum Marketing Association
International Facilities Management Association

Aspen Dental
Flexible Packaging Association

AT&T

National Business Officers Association

Success Factors

American Family Insurance Group


Genworth Financial
CNA Insurance
Michigan Credit Union League

American Payroll Association
Kindred Healthcare
International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association
Monumental Life Insurance
State Farm Insurance
Bellevue WA Downtown Association
Pacific Life Insurance
National Life Group
National Association of Subrogation Professionals
National Association of Community Health Centers 

Thomson Reuters

BizBash

International Association of Venue Managers

Citi Financial

Regional Finance

We'd love to work together. Let's make it happen!