Chris Clews

Dynamic speaker and author, combines 80s pop culture with work and life lessons to inspire audiences. With his enthusiastic and unforgettable presentations, he will rock your workforce around the clock.

Books

Raised on the 80’s, What 80’s Pop Culture Teaches Us About Today’s Workplace, Coff, Love and Cross Country Road Trip.

Language (s)

English

Travels From

Ft Lauderdale, Florida

Engagement Fee

$10,000-15,000

Biography

Chris Clews is a speaker and author of three acclaimed books on work and life lessons from ’80s pop culture.
Growing up in the ’80s and with over twenty years of leadership experience in corporate marketing, Chris knew three things very well – ’80s pop culture, business and this crazy thing we call life. He combined these areas of expertise to create the popular book series, The Ultimate Series on Essential Work & Life Lessons from ‘80s Pop Culture.
He’s spoken to a diverse set of organizations and companies including Visa, DHL, University of Florida, UPenn Medicine, CMAA (Club Management Association of America), SGAC (State Government Affairs Council), DisruptHR, FuturePharma, HR Healthcare, Nostalgiacon, and more. He’s a frequent guest on podcasts with topics ranging from workplace culture to 80s pop culture and he has been referenced or interviewed in numerous publications such as Entrepreneur.com and Esquire UK magazine.

A graduate of Elon University in North Carolina, Chris has over 20 years of marketing leadership experience with companies ranging from Planet Hollywood to DHL. He’s built brands, led brands through transition and spearheaded sports sponsorships with NCAA Basketball, PGA, MLB, International Soccer and the UFC.
He’s also passionate about animal rescue and donates a portion of the proceeds from his book and speaking engagements to Wonder Paws Rescue and lives by the quote from the poet laureate Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it”

The lessons apply to people of all ages, career levels and generations. Lessons for life, leadership, teamwork, communications, workplace culture, and more from movies like The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, Coming To America, Beverly Hills Cop, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Karate Kid, Die Hard, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Outsiders, Stand By Me, Back To The Future, Field of Dreams, Ghostbusters and so many more including a musician who loved the color purple!

Chris Clews in Action

https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1136269

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Testimonials

One of the last presentations of the conference was Laugh & Learn: What 80’s Pop Culture Teaches Us About Today’s Workplace by Chris Clews. I never thought I’d see the Goonies referenced at a professional conference, but it was a fantastic way to discuss diversity and inclusion! Well done!

Elizabeth Lust

Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Consultant at Educational Testing Service

ENGAGING, INSIGTFUL, FUN…

Presentation of the year!

Chris captivated our group of students, faculty and staff with his enthusiastic presentation focused on 80s pop culture and workplace topics that resonated with attendees no matter their age or level of professional experience. An engaging, insightful, fun and useful experience that we didn’t want to end.

Chris can be our wingman in education and professional development anytime because the adventure he takes you on doesn’t need roads.

Evan Kropp

Ph.D., Director of Online Graduate Programs at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Mass Communications

TOTALLY AWESOME TIME!
We had a totally awesome time! The team really enjoyed Chris’s business and life perspectives from 80s pop culture. I received amazing feedback from the team and everyone thinks that he would make a wonderful Pirate Dread Roberts! We would bring Chris back anytime!

Joseph Siegel

Sr. Director Brand, Digital and Creative Strategy DHL Americas

ENGAGING AND INTERACTIVE

Chris’ virtual keynote on lessons for life and work from ’80s pop culture was engaging and interactive!

And you don’t need to be an 80’s baby to to get it; as a 90’s child I took away a lot of wisdom for my personal and professional life.
Any audience would benefit from Chris’ insight. Chris was great to work with and hear from!

Emma Disterhoft

Director of Programs, American Marketing Association, Iowa

ENTERTAINING AND RELATABLE..
There is nothing more relatable than learning lessons of leadership through 80’s pop culture!

Chris excels at bridging the professional with the fun and had the crowd engaged throughout his entire presentation. He has turned his own passions into an entertaining and relatable teaching moment for all audiences.

Laura Dooley

2021 President of the Board of Directors State Government Affairs Counsel

INSPIRING AND RELATABLE

Like it was totally rad dude!

Chris presented a abridged version of “What the 80’s can teach us about business” (due to time constraints) during our annual Learning Festival in June 2020 to a virtual crowd of about 200 attendees. It was amazing as his use of 80’s icons blended with his energetic and enthusiastic delivery made for an extremely effective presentation.

Here are what the attendees had say. “Loved the 80s presentation!”; “Very inspiring and relatable especially in these times; “This was probably my favorite LF webinar so far :)” I would work with Chris Clews anytime and look forward to introducing him to a larger crowd for future Visa events.
Thank you Chris!

John Knauff

Director, Visa University Marketing Learning Visa Inc.

FUN AND UNIQUE

Chris’s energy and relatable style combined with his fun and unique content will keep any audience engaged. Who would have thought we could learn so many valuable business and life lessons from 80s pop culture. He should be on your stage at your next event.