The Big Birthday Show

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What's it all about?

It's the podcast with the squirrels and the tree from Motivational Comedian Chris Grimes!

Think 'Desert Island Discs' but in a ‘Clearing’ and with Stories rather than Music.

Who are my guests?

In 'The Good Listening To Show' I invite movers & makers, shakers & mavericks, influencers & also personal heroes from the worlds of Arts & Entertainment, Business & Popular Culture into a ‘Clearing’ or ‘serious happy place’ of their choosing to all share with us their remarkable stories of ‘Distinction and Genius’.

WHO ARE MY LISTENERS?

The Good Listening To Show is also broadcast on Chris’s weekly programme on UK Health Radio, which has an audience reach of nearly 2 million listeners across 54 countries. This means that your episode will not only be heard by listeners at home, but also by a wide-ranging international audience abroad. This helps you to raise your profile, boost your brand and grow sales. In addition, all episodes are recorded as either Facebook or LinkedIn LIVES, automatically connecting you with host Chris’s extensive social media network as he records.

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In the series that cuts through the noise of other podcasts, Chris invites his guests to share their life and career journeys to reveal intriguing insights, invaluable tips and advice, and heartwarming anecdotes.

Chris’s guests are guided by a unique and engaging format involving rich storytelling metaphors such as a Tree, a juicy exercise called '5-4-3-2-1', some Alchemy, a bar of Gold, a couple of random Squirrels, a cheeky bit of Shakespeare and a Cake! So, it's all to play for!

Plus, his guests all get to ‘pass along the Golden Baton’ to a NEXT guest of their choosing, to keep the golden thread of the story trail going.

You too can join Chris’s ‘Genius Club’ by becoming his guest. Just choose from one of the show’s different strands, Brand Strand/Founder Stories, Good Books, Corporate, Festival & Theatre Shows, Leadership Reflections and Legacy: Life Reflections, listed below.

Make their birthday unforgettable...

Brand Strand / Founder Stories

Do you have someone in your family who’s approaching a significant ‘Big Birthday’? Is a friend or work colleague about to celebrate a new decade?

And are you struggling with that perennial problem, ‘What to get for that Special Someone who has everything’? You are? Then ‘The Good Listening To Show’ can definitely help!

If you know anybody who currently has a ‘9’ in their age and with a big ‘0’ coming up next, then why not consider a gift-wrapped episode as a special treat for Birthday Boy or Birthday Girl using the unique format of the show? If that Special Someone always wished they could have been on ‘Desert Island Discs’, then this is even better!
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On the show (when I’ll obviously be wearing my party hat!) they will:

Have the opportunity to celebrate the milestone of their Big Day with an audience of their choice as we wrap a dedicated episode of the ‘Good Listening To’ in their honour
Enjoy fondly reminiscing about previous birthdays and happy memories of family and friends
Delight in birthday wishes sent into the show by friends and relatives to be read out on air as part of the show
Take part in the famous ‘5-4-3-2-1’ structure of The Big Birthday Show, complete with inflatable birthday cake & candles!

BE MY GUEST

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BE MY GUEST

Leadership Reflections

Are you a Leader, CEO, MD, Divisional Head, Entrepreneur, Business Owner or SME Founder?

Does being ‘time-poor’ leave you struggling to communicate? Do you want to share your Leadership experience to benefit colleagues? Or wish you had more time to get your key messages across?

This is your opportunity to tell your story in a way that’s more human and authentic, and less transactional than a scripted, in-house corporate message.
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Safe in my hands, you’ll create a memorable and valuable recording you can use all year as you:

share your podcast with stakeholders, board members, in-house teams, at your AGM
talk about your Leadership style, lessons you’ve learned and your future plans
bid a fond farewell to colleagues as you retire, or greet staff as you start a new senior role
inspire the next generation of Leaders by sharing some of your wisdom and experience

This is a high-value, low-cost and time-effective solution: a rare opportunity to share your reflections on leadership with internal or external audiences, or both.

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Good Books

Are you an Author, Novelist, Biographer, Poet, Composer or Playwright? A Publisher, Agent or Festival Director?

Are you keen to share your new book or work with as wide an audience as possible? Promoters, are you looking to boost your marketing campaign and generate sales?

This is a high-value, low-cost opportunity to get into Chris Grimes’s Good Books and give nearly 2 million people in 54 countries the chance to ‘Read all about it’. You’ll share the story of your new book / play / film / musical work / scientific research paper / nail-biting drama as you talk about your inspirations, sources, unsung contributors & supporters. PLUS, to promote it, you'll get to perform or read an extract of your choice.

Actor & broadcaster Chris is an award-winning filmmaker & writer of scripts & comedy sketches, so you’ll be ‘amongst friends’ when creating this recording to:

reach new audiences promoting your work UK and worldwide
promote yourself & your career to attract new audiences & inspire others
state clearly how & where people can buy your new publication

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Legacy: Life Reflections

To capture the Life Story of someone near or dear to you for posterity.

Want to create an enduring memory for your family to remember you by? Is there someone special whose inspiring life you’d like to preserve for eternity?

Now there’s an easy way to capture & share such Golden Moments. My Private Podcast series gives guests their unique ‘moment in the sunshine’ so listeners can enjoy the highlights of a person’s life.

As extra 2-for-1 value, podcasts are filmed, giving guests both an audio & video recording.

An artist will take weeks to paint your portrait. Penning your autobiography, a ghost-writer will ask you questions for months. Both cost thousands, but the modest fee attached to your podcast episode won’t and allows you to:

share a warm conversation, reminisce with favourite anecdotes and create a recording to be enjoyed now and/or stored for future generations
give the interview as a birthday or Christmas gift to someone special
ensure the treasured memories, wisdom and experience of an elderly relative will live on

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Corporate, Festival & Theatre Shows

Are you a company Events Manager or HR Director? A fundraiser, venue owner or festival organiser? A theatre programmer or director?

If you would like to host a client event with a difference, The Good Listening To Show is also available as a LIVE Theatre or Events Show, with simultaneous streaming to Facebook & YouTube or to a social media channel of your choice.

The performance is a fully designed stage show with Chris Grimes as your host and presenter. It gives you the opportunity to invite an audience of your choice to a live, recorded and filmed episode of the podcast.

For corporates, guests to the show can be stakeholders or clients. For festivals, an invited audience to hear about an author’s new book. For theatres, to discover the ‘story behind the story’ of a particular show or can be offered as a fundraising event.

The show has already been staged in corporate, festival and theatre settings. There is a very small fee just to cover production costs. If you would like to discuss your particular requirements, please get in touch for a confidential conversation.

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About Chris Grimes

Motivational Comedian. Facilitator. Coach. Broadcaster.

‘The Good Listening To Show’ podcast host Chris Grimes has spent the past 25 years globetrotting, gaining a wealth of international experience as a much sought-after Executive Coach, helping business leaders and their teams at some of the world's biggest blue-chip companies to communicate better, at work and in life. From Bristol to Bangkok, Newcastle to New York and from Manchester to Milan, he has worked in 20 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, supporting over 3,000 professionals, improving their personal impact, presence, presentation techniques and storytelling skills.

Chris’s natural talent for bringing out the best in people flourished at drama school, then as an actor, comedy improvisation performer and, later, as a drama teacher and Artistic Director with the acclaimed comedy improvisation company, Instant Wit. His idol is Stan Laurel, of comic duo Laurel and Hardy fame – the inspiration perhaps for Chris’s very own quirky, warm sense of humour.

Transferring his business communication skills and stage experience to the recording studio, Chris is constantly surprised and delighted by the illuminating ‘Stories of Distinction and Genius’ his podcast guests feel able to share. Their rich life experiences and valuable business anecdotes are also broadcast on UK Health Radio where the podcast airs on Chris’s weekly show, reaching a further 1.3 million listeners in 54 countries.