Kevin Allison

Kevin Allison, renowned comedian and RISK! podcast creator, crafts unforgettable narratives, captivating audiences with his unique blend of humor and insight.

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RISK! Will move you to live fiercely and share your wildest truths.

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Why you should book Kevin Allison for your next event

Expert Storytelling: Kevin crafts captivating narratives, tailoring them for an unforgettable event experience.
Creative Mentorship: Kevin is also a skilled teacher and mentor. Through his work at The Story Studio, he has helped countless people find their own voice and develop their own personal narratives.
Diverse Appeal: As RISK! host, Kevin connects across demographics, leaving any audience entertained and inspired.

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Unlock the Power of Storytelling with Kevin Allison

Unleash the Power of Storytelling with Kevin Allison! A seasoned writer, actor, and the mastermind behind RISK!, Kevin's magnetic narratives have garnered over a million monthly downloads. As a member of The State and founder of The Story Studio, he tailors experiences that transcend age, gender, and culture. Kevin's expertise goes beyond entertainment – he's a creative mentor, inspiring authentic communication. Elevate your event with Kevin Allison for an unforgettable fusion of captivating stories, diverse appeal, and transformative inspiration!

As a motivational speaker, Kevin Allison excels in weaving personal stories into powerful messages, making him the perfect choice for your organization's next event. Picture him at your podium, sharing profound, surprisingly intimate, and often hilarious true stories from diverse voices, turning ordinary topics into extraordinary experiences.

Kevin is a storytelling maestro with over a million monthly downloads on his RISK! podcast. His ability to connect with audiences across age, gender, and cultural divides ensures that your event becomes a melting pot of shared experiences and genuine connection. When you book Kevin Allison for your event, you're not just getting a speaker; you're inviting an expert storyteller who tailors narratives to suit your unique audience and occasion.

Kevin's journey goes beyond the stage; as a founder of The Story Studio, he is a creative mentor, helping individuals find their own voice and develop compelling personal narratives. Booking Kevin isn't just about entertainment; it's an opportunity to inspire creativity and authentic communication within your team.

Book Kevin Allison for your next event and elevate it to an immersive experience that resonates with your audience, leaving a lasting impact on both professional and personal levels.

Customer Reviews

RISK! Will move you to live fiercely and share your wildest truths.

John Hodgman New York Times Columnist, writer, author, actor and comedian

RISK! gives a platform to stories rarely heard, to people rarely represented and their most insane experiences. This book pushes us to live lives that inspire stories like these.

Ilana Glazer Co-creator and co-star of Broad City

Your visit left us feeling, inspired, energized and motivated.

Lauren D. Professor, NYU

Thank you so much for such an engaging and, frankly, useful workshop today! You were able to get our team thinking about how to craft our messages more carefully, and you’ve given us a lot to process

Cathy G. The Wiley Agency

Every person who attended your workshop personally told me that you gave them the tools they needed to find their courage. I’m not sure I could have done it without your help.

Shayna M. Medical Student, Alberta, Canada

Keynotes

Keynote by Kevin Allison:

How Stories Help Us Connect

Our society has an unhealthy fixation on the things that divide us, but we find fulfillment and flourish when we find common ground. For millions of years, nothing has helped us connect with one another like sharing and listening to one another's stories. Fred Rogers was known to carry a quote from a Benedictine nun in his wallet that read,
"There isn't anyone you couldn't love once you've heard their story.”

Studies show that teams and partnerships of all kinds are strengthened when members have empathized with one another in hearing about one another's lives. So personal storytelling not only helps us reframe our perceptions about people who are different, but also makes us more effective as communicators and collaborators.

The audience walks away with:

Examples of breakthroughs that people achieved with storytelling.

Practical tips for telling compelling stories.

Simple exercises they can revisit again and again for coming up with new, persuasive stories to share.

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Keynote by Kevin Allison:

Storytelling Techniques To Use in Day-to-Day Conversations

Storytellers know how to grab your attention, keep you engaged, and help you to remember a clear, persuasive point. But just as the ingredients in a great recipe can be enjoyed all by themselves, some of the key principles of storytelling can add charisma to your everyday communication, even when you don't have a story to tell.

The methods storytellers use to focus on the human side of things, bring the senses, thoughts and moods into play, and create and reward curiosity are just as easy to use in any conversation. We'll walk through many examples of techniques used in stories and show how they can be used right off-the-cuff at the next cocktail party or around the water cooler.

The audience walks away with:

Guidelines and examples for many techniques to make their conversational style more engaging. Employing them here and there, little by little over time, they will soon become like muscle memory.

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Creative Self Care

For more and more people dealing with stress and overwhelm in today's world, mental health is just as much of a concern as physical health. But while most people make time to exercise a few times a week, far fewer block out 10-to-20 minutes or so on most days to do what is called "inner work." That might be because it's easier to consistently return to something that feels less like work and more like play. Self care that incorporates the inspiring fun we all get out of being creative is the key.

There are simple, easy-to-remember ways to make meditation, self-hypnosis, or personal journaling less time consuming, less heavy feeling. There are easy ways to add breaks for play into your day, whether you get a kick out of singing, dancing, acting, writing, drawing, crafting or taking photos or videos. This is a fun and stimulating talk with a little something for everyone.

The audience walks away with lots of guidelines for easy-to-do, creative and meditative activities.

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Kevin Allison - “Ham and Samurai”

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Blog posts by Kevin Allison

Change Your Life Through Storytelling

You've heard it a million times: storytelling gets results. It's true that telling stories is the key to effective communication in your career, but why? Doesn't a lot of your day-to-day work boil down just to facts, data, and procedures? Aren't stories mostly for fun?They certainly can be fun, but

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