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Barbara Brannen  

A seasoned business executive who discovered how increase profits through playful strategies in any company

Barbara Brannen is a former Human Resources Executive with over 25 years experience and playfulness under her belt. Barbara speaks on things like "Learning to Play More To Keep From Turning To Crispy Burnt Toast, "Stop Going Bananas - The Secrets of People Working Together", "Not Everything That Gets Employees Going Comes With A Dollar Sign," and much more. She also consults with business on how to reflect their values through strong reward and recognition programs that the employees run! Her programs have been instituted at organizations from large technology firms to hospitals and construction companies. She has served as Vice-President and a member of the executive team for such organizations as Qwest Communications, Rose Medical Center, AON/Innovative Services of America and the University of Denver. Barbara has been recognized as the Human Resource Professional of the Year by the Colorado Human Resources Association and was named as an Outstanding Woman in Business for 2002 by the Denver Business Journal. Playmore was founded in 1999 when she realized that life had much more to offer her than she was getting. This forced her to sit back, look at the horizons of her life and ask the question; "How can things be better in work with both employees and management?" As Top Banana (CEO) at Playmore Barbara is answering that question for corporations and individuals. She is a noted speaker throughout the country and author of the book, "The Gift of Play and her latest book "Office Peace". Her seminars are designed to increase creativity and energy in workers by teaching them to play more and enjoy their work. Her management and leadership programs make life easier and a lot more successful. Her clients enjoy her energy and creativity and always end up having more fun than before she came.

Speech Topics


Is There Really Such a Thing as Office Peace?

Based on Barbara's new book of the same name, this program is a delightful challenge to your group to find a whole new way to go to work and behave. In the session you will cover nine core concepts that literally create office peace. All situations that frustrate and curl the hair of managers and employees alike can be changed with this program. Your group will be learning to “diminish no one", “make no judgment about other people's choices", “trust", and “it is not about the money," to name a few. Even with the serious nature of the learning, the style it is presented in is fun and heart warming, making your group want to integrate these things into their lives before they ever leave the room.

Can P.L.A.Y. Be The Secret to Success?

In this lively program you will hear how P.L.A.Y. has eight hidden, magical gifts that will rocket your life and your business. Through a series of exercises and information your group will take themselves to a place where they can control what is happening around them in a whole new way and find the answers to the most difficult situations, all through the magic of P.L.A.Y. Wonderful props accompany this program and create great energy in the group!

Are You in the Pie, Eating the Pie or Getting a Pie in the Face?

In this session you will go on a journey to see your work and your life through a new lens. Using the gift of play as a business tool we will walk through what your life was and what your life has become. The journey will ask you to take a look at playful things you may have left behind that are now gifts that will support your work aspirations, relieve your stress and make you sharper in all that you do.

Using P.L.A.Y. as an acronym you will learn methods in each letter to apply in work and life that are simple, powerful, memorable and fun!

These methods then open doors to checking on things in your life to see if you are eating the pie, (which is the best), in the pie, (which is not as good), or getting a pie in the face!

We’ll wrap everything we learn together with a good look at your day. This fun activity allows you to see what is hiding in each 24 period that you can use to make life and work more zestful and more of what you want, need and deserve!

Learning to Play More to Keep From Turning to Crispy Burnt Toast

This program will take your group from the moment they open their eyes in the morning until they close them at night and show them a new way to live. Emphasizing that having a good or a bad day is really in our hands; Barbara will show you how to make every day a good day.

Using thirteen gifts, your group will laugh and learn how to start the day, enjoy their commute, have better meetings, do creative problem solving, avoid the attitude bug, deal with low energy, deal with negative people and do spectacular appreciation. This topic is pertinent to the office and all of life. There are many props handed out to participants and a learning summary for future reference. People take these tools and teach their colleagues, staff, family and even the dog; laughing their way through the day and this program.

Not Everything That Gets People Going Comes With A Dollar Sign

"In our time together you will have the chance to go through some fabulous information and ideas on how to really get appreciation and recognition going in the workplace, without breaking the bank. We will look at several spectacular recognition programs like, "Thank you for Bee-ing There." "You're the Apple of my Eye," an award winning program, "Big Impressions" and more. Through the use of wonderful playful props, that you will get to keep and use, you will be able to start the recognition rolling before you even leave the room. From gum to gold medals recognition and appreciation can be made to be easy while at the same time making a big difference in the lives of the people around you. We will explore the acronym P.L.A.Y. as a quick way to make this all come together.

In a fun "chocolate pie" demonstration you'll see very clearly what not to do in recognition that we sometimes over look. We'll learn how to "duck" the flaws in recognition that sometimes unintentionally ruin solid gold moments. We will also talk about recognizing your boss and what that does for the whole organization. Be prepared to laugh and learn and infuse incredible energy into recognition in a whole new way."

Stop Going Bananas ??? The Secrets of People Working Together

The simple concepts in this marvelous, fun presentation will have you rethinking your approach to work and to life. In nine different ways you will walk through what has held people back from success, due to relationship issues. Your group will learn in both the presentation and demonstrations how to change some of the things they do. Using these concepts they will create a tidal wave of good relations throughout their business and in their lives. Working together is the quintessential key to every successful endeavor whether that is in business or in life. This program will arm you with all that you need to make that splash and get where you want to be.

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