Clients who love us

As a team of former teachers who now run training in schools, we can be a tough crowd to impress! Hoopla's storytelling workshop was met with great positivity by the entire team - even those who were nervous at first! The facilitator put everyone at ease and kept use engaged throughout the afternoon. We ended the session with a range of tools and strategies to apply in our day-to-day work. And it was bags of fun!

Liam, Nick and Sue were superb so please pass on our thanks. They exceeded our expectations for both raising the energy levels and delivering the content very ably and engagingly as per the brief. We had numerous positive comments from participants including the senior leadership team. I very much hope we have the opportunity to work with you again before too long and will be actively looking to do so.

“I can honestly say that we had the best time ever!! We only had an idea of the shape of things to come but it certainly surpassed our expectations. The facilitators were great fun and brilliant and setting up each stage of the workshop. We laughed so hard, learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, so please thank them for us!”

Desreen Greet, Method

“Just wanted to say a huge thanks for the session yesterday, everyone really enjoyed it and Steve was absolutely great! I think initially there’s always that worry when the term ‘improv comedy’ gets announced and everyone seemed a bit daunted(!), but the team sessions were so much fun and genuinely and effectively collaborative.”

- Alistair Pike, Sony Pictures TV

“I thought this workshop would be good, and helpful in some areas of work. But it was applicable in every single part of what we do. I thought it was fantastic.”

- Kath Newby-Grant, Brand Director, P&G Northern Europe

Thanks so much for your amazing storytelling session. I just wanted to let you know that you scored 5/5 on the feedback!

- Emily Drew, Box

The event was a great success and you guys received nothing but positive feedback.

- Dean Hardman, Ralph Lauren

Thanks for making the event yesterday such a success. The feedback we had from the group was extremely positive. You did an amazing job. It was fast paced and fun, the learning points also came through really clearly. You all showed your skills as improvisers, which was really entertaining and positioned it perfectly with the audience who got fully involved. We appreciate the time that you spent getting to understand the event before hand.

- Joe Gilford, PWC

Hoopla ran a fantastic Powerful Presentation Skills day with my team of 10. The session was carefully tailored to the specific needs of the team and had a tangible impact on the individuals in the group. Max combines huge energy with dedication and expertise in his craft.

- Luke Gregory, Facebook

Just a quick note to say thanks again for such a fantastic session yesterday. We’ve had brilliant feedback from everyone on how much they enjoyed it and how much they learnt -so big thank you!!

- Laura Mcilwaine P&G

"We really enjoyed the session and learned some great games and exercises that we will continue to use.  It was a really fun way to get everyone working together"

- Katie Jenkins, Southern Europe Manager, Creator & Artist Development YouTube

“Story-telling lies at the very heart of the best marketing in today’s world, and Max’s understanding and articulation of how to construct great stories has already had a positive impact on the work we’re doing for our clients”

— Ben Tyson, Managing Director, BORN SOCIAL

“Hoopla’s dynamic and brilliant workshop got everyone out of their comfort zones and showed how the principles and skills of improv can help teams that aren’t technically ‘creative’ learn to think creatively. Our directors unanimously agreed that we should incorporate the techniques Hoopla introduced into our day-to-day meetings and idea generation sessions.”

— Tom Ollerton, Marketing and Innovation Director, WE ARE SOCIAL

I just wanted to say a huge thank you again for the great work you did at the North Highland Action Day. I am still receiving compliments about the quality of the Improv session – we were delighted by the impact you had on our London team.

- Rob Hoyle, North Highland

“Hoopla Business ran a great day-long session for us using improvisation to help us take more creative risks. It was lots of fun and we took away some key learnings.”

— Suzanne McKenna, Commercial Director, BBC WORLDWIDE

“Everyone who attended your session said brilliant things.”

— Rhiannon Lewis, Head of Learning and Development, OGILVY & MATHER

“You’re brilliant at your job.”

— Thea Tomison, KPMG

“Max’s improv session for us at Weetabix was energetic, hilarious & brightened up everyone’s afternoon - I’m pretty sure there is no group of people, no matter what industry or situation, that Max cannot get up on their feet, and throwing themselves into things! It was a brilliant way for us to forget about the stresses of the week, and interact in a way we’d never done before. Max held the room brilliantly, he is fantastic at making people feel totally at ease and an absolute pleasure to work with.”

— Claire Canty, Head of Innovation, WEETABIX

“We worked with Hoopla Business for a learning experience focused on creativity and design. Hoopla did an amazing job of laying the ground work for a very creative session through improv. They guided us through a lot of wonderfully creative improv exercises but more importantly were able to tie back everything we did to how it can help us in our day to day lives and on the job.”

— Christopher Koch, Talent Development Manager, NBC UNIVERSAL

“This was a very popular workshop with excellent feedback. Using the skills and ideas of improvisation, Hoopla Business showed our MBA students how to communicate persuasively with mental agility.”

— Terence Steinberg, LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL

“Really fantastic.”

— Olaf Dehnbostel, UNILEVER

“All the feedback has been extremely positive! The team loved it!”

— Amanda Browne, PR Manager, COMEDY CENTRAL

“Thanks for last night, everyone loved it and have been raving about it all day. Really an amazing experience the team won’t soon forget.”

— Garrett Rothstein, SNAPCHAT

“Hoopla Business provided a very good session that challenged us to approach situations and people from a different angle. It was good fun and Max made everyone feel comfortable immediately so everyone couldn’t wait to get involved.”

— Helen Ip, Marketing Manager, AMAZON

“Accenture engaged Hoopla Business to host energising and educational breakout sessions during a recent training day. The three sessions based on Hoopla’s “Creativity Thinking” exercises. Participants were taught to improve their listening skills, build upon the ideas of their colleagues, and how to generate a huge number of creative ideas in a short time. Max Dickins and Steve Roe lead the sessions to universal acclaim, with many participants listing it as the highlight of their day. Very very funny, with valuable lessons to take back to the office. Max was extremely helpful and responsive as we arranged the event, and a pleasure to work with. We’ll definitely be using Hoopla again!”

— Jack Westerman, Digital Strategy Consultant, ACCENTURE

“We brought Hoopla in to help inspire some new behaviours we are trying to embed in our culture and their approach to exploring curiosity, creativity and idea building was completely on point. They understood the brief and made it feel real for our entire company. People felt opened up, energised and excited about exploring new possibilities; exactly what we wanted. I can’t recommend them enough.”

— Tuula Rea, Planning Director, THE MARKETING STORE WORLDWIDE

“We worked with Max & Hoopla to design and run a 2-3 hour session for my whole team. To be frank, we had no idea what to expect: but Hoopla were strongly recommended to us. Max took a high-energy, engaging, sleeves-rolled-up approach to running the session; and within 5 minutes he had us out of our perceived comfort zone … and really enjoying it. In summary: high energy, unpredictable, and really good fun. And we learned stuff!”

— Dave Watkin, CEO, HOLKER WATKIN

“We worked with Hoopla to deliver us a full day of insight and training into the art of story-telling. The feedback from everyone has been excellent and the results have clearly been a team who feel more confident in their ability to tell stories to clients, colleagues and even friends. I would wholeheartedly recommend Max and the Hoopla team.”

— Alex Altman, Managing Director, MEC

“We would highly recommend you to other corporates looking to engage their executives to articulate their people in their vision, purpose and strategy.”

— Karyn Hobbs, Director, QBE

“Thank you very for your brilliant contribution to our conference in Barcelona. You drew a great response from out thousand strong sales team and the skills you taught them will give them a real competitive edge in the market place.”

— Wendy Maitland, Marketing Events Manager, THOMSON REUTERS