James O'Loghlin

James O'Loghlin is one of Australia's leading comedians and media personalities.

He has hosted The New Inventors on ABC TV and The Evening Show on 702 ABC Sydney and ABC Local Radio around NSW and the ACT.  James' background as a commercial and criminal lawyer blended with his live and broadcast comedy has helped him become a talented and versatile comedian, entertainer and communicator.
 
James began performing stand-up comedy and has performed thousands of times around Australia, and been a regular guest on virtually every national television program that has guests who think they are funny and/or clever on it, from "Good News Week" and "Rove Live" to "Sunrise" and "Lateline".
 
James O'Loghlin is a sought after corporate performer. His experience and versatility mean he can easily assume the role of MC, facilitator, moderator, panellist, after dinner speaker, corporate comedian and debater. He speaks regularly on Creativity and Innovation.
 
He is the author of "Umm....a Complete Guide to Public Speaking", and he teaches and coaches public speaking. He is currently writing a book on Work/Life Balance and speaks on this subject as well.  
 
James is very funny, but is also able when appropriate to be serious. One of his strengths is the ability to have an audience laughing one minute and thinking the next.
 
He has written and hosted his own television shows, and written and performed several popular live comedy shows, including "Lawyer Lawyer", about his 8 years as a corporate and criminal lawyer
 
Media Credits:
The New Inventors (ABCTV)
Sunrise(Seven)
The Glass House (ABCTV)
Good News Week (ABC and Network 10)
The Fat  (ABCTV)
Australia?s Favourite Book (ABCTV)
O'Loghlin on Saturday Night  (ABCTV)
Inside the Arena (Foxtel / Arena)
People Dimensions (ABCTV)
Rove live (Network 10)
Hey, Hey it's Saturday  ( Nine Network)
ABC's The Great Debates (ABCTV)
Smallest Room in the House  (ABCTV)

Keynote Topics:

INNOVATION
No matter how well a business is doing today, if it keeps doing things in exactly the same way, 10 years' time it will have been left behind. The increasingly rapid pace of change continues to turn today's cutting edge best practice into tomorrow's fax machine. To stay relevant and successful, businesses have to change. They have to innovate.

In the eight years he has hosted 'The New Inventors' on ABC-TV James O'Loghlin has met hundreds of people who have thought outside the box and come up with new and better ways of doing things.

He can share what he has learnt about:

• The process of innovation;
• How ideas are created, and then tested to see if they are any good;
• How we can all maximise our potential to generate fresh and useful new ideas;
• How to build a workplace culture that encourages innovation;
• Why some organisations are able to harvest the ideas their staff has to improve their business, while others are not;
• How businesses can integrate innovation into everything they do.

Innovation is not what you do if you have time after you have done all your work. It is the work.

James is a former corporate and criminal lawyer, and also a stand-up comedian. His presentations are full of substance, and very entertaining.
 

LIFE STORY
As well as being the host of 'The New Inventors' on ABCTV,  James O'Loghlin is an experienced and talented MC, after dinner speaker and panel facilitator.  He gives speeches that are comic and speeches about creativity and innovation.

One of the things James does is tell the story of his life, in a way that is both very funny and which has some relevant and important lessons for business.

James went to a private school, studied law at university and became a corporate lawyer. Then one day he woke up. He realised that he had had every opportunity a person could want in life, but that he had never made a decision in his life, and so had ended up with a career he didn't want. From that day things changed. He threw himself into stand-up comedy, and left corporate law to become a criminal lawyer. He had two parallel careers; criminal lawyer by day, and comedian by night.

He left the law, and since then has forged two more careers, in television and radio.

James's story is about the importance of making choices and challenging yourself, and of not accepting the status quo just because it is seems like the easiest option. It is about taking control of your life, your business and your career by dreaming big, and then getting hard-headed and strategic and making those dreams come true. 

It is also extremely funny and entertaining, with many laugh out loud moments

WORK/ LIFE BALANCE
Whilst we live in a prosperous country, many Australians are dissatisfied with their work/life balance. Yet very few do anything about it.
For most of us, there is a big difference between the life we lead, and the life we want to lead. But is there a way of closing the gap?

James O'Loghlin thinks there is. He is the host of 'The New Inventors' on ABC-TV, a former lawyer and author of 'How to Balance Your Life: Practical Ways to Achieve Work/Life Balance'.

James' presentation is full of practical insights that can assist people to continue to do their job at a high level, but also re-claim some time for the things that are most important to them. He will discuss:

• Getting more done in less time. Do you treat work as a second home, or as someone you go to efficiently do what is needed?
• The difference between working hard and working long.
• New communications technology. Many complain that it ties them to work 24/7, yet used intelligently it can greatly increase both our productivity and our flexibility 
• Changing the shape of your work day to give you more time when you want it. Warning: following this advice could reduce the amount of television you watch.
• Why encouraging work/life balance and flexible work arrangements is good for employers

PUBLIC SPEAKING
James O'Loghlin started doing stand-up comedy 20 years ago, and has been making audiences laugh ever since. He started his radio and television careers a few years later. He is now one of the country's most accomplished speechmakers, and has given thousands of speeches on subjects as diverse as innovation, his own life, work-life balance, and mental health
 
He is the author of 'Umm'.A Complete Guide to Public Speaking.

Done well, Public speaking can be memorable, persuasive, hilarious and powerful. Done badly, it can make audience members want to stab themselves in the eye with a pen

Good Public speakers are not born. They are made. You can change from being someone who feels nervous and uneasy every time you have to speak into someone who feels confident and relaxed about it. And you can make the speeches you give much, much better.

In a masterclass with James O'Loghlin, you will learn how to create and deliver a speech that people will want to listen to.

COMEDY

All of James's presentations involve humour. If your audience need a big laugh at the end of a long day, James can provide it

MC
James is also an accomplished and highly experienced MC who is able to draw laughs from whatever is happening whilst running the event in an efficient and appropriate manner.

FACILITATOR
James is an experienced and able panel facilitator, always able to hit the right tone, and right balance between information and entertainment. He invariably puts both panellists and audience immediately at ease, and has them thinking whilst smiling . 

CONFERENCE HOST
James is an experienced and able conference host, able to draw laughs from whatever is happening whilst running the event in an efficient and appropriate manner.

Client Ovations: On Behalf of Cancer Institute NSW, thankyou! What an outstanding night...you were instrumental in making it such an incredible success. The feedback we received after the event was unanimous. Your humour and affable style made the inaugural Premiere's Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research a really vibrant and fun occasion. Minister Sartor's office called this morning to convey their thanks and enjoyment of the Awards presentation. We hope you too had a great evening and we look forward to working with you again in the near future.

Cancer Institute NSW

You were excellent at our logistics conference dinner at ADFA. Your presentation was the perfect mix of levity and seriousness. Entertainment with substance. What's more, the buzz around the conference on Friday was 'you missed a great dinner last night' and people were retelling your anecdotes. Thanks again for adding a real sparkle to our conference.

Terry Foster, Convenor, Australian Defence Logistics Conference 2010

Excellent. We were very impressed with how he integrated aspects of some of the other speeches into his presentation which was very amusing as well as giving some food for thought. He was very approachable and down to earth - an excellent dinner guest.

Engineers Australia

Extremely amusing and an excellent ability to work the audience.

Telstra Retail, Finance

Just wanted to say thank you for working your magic as MC last Monday at the NSW Premier's Awards. We've received an overwhelmingly positive response regarding the awards ceremony with many mentioning just how much they appreciated your work - so thank you!

Dearne Waters, NSW Department of Health

Could you please pass on my thanks to James for the great job that he did for us on Friday. It went really well and James was excellent as the host. He has a lovely manner - very understated but highly intelligent. It is really great working with him.

Optus

On behalf of the Allergan team, sincerest appreciation for your help with the breakfast session last week. We are hearing great feedback and the only disappointments are coming from those that could not attend! Your hosting really made the meeting.

Rossana Romani, Allergan

My sincere thanks for expertly hosting Landcom's conference last week, and for helping to make the day such a success. We had over 320 guests and their feedback has been overwhelmingly positive... Thank you for pulling all the sessions together with your inimitable style and humour.

Sean O'Toole, Managing Director Landcom