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Karyn Buxman

Neurohumorist

Karyn Buxman is an international speaker, successful author, neurohumorist, and pioneer in the field of applied humor. She is the author of Funny Means Money: Strategic Humor for Influence and World Domination, published with Forbes Books in 2018.


About Karyn Buxman

Karyn Buxman is an international speaker, successful author, and neurohumorist (living at the intersection of the brain and humor). Karyn is a pioneer in the field of applied humor, beginning with her masters thesis in graduate school and continuing through her partnerships with leading neuroscientists. Today Karyn helps leaders—and those they serve—achieve peak performance and optimum health through the art and science of applied humor.

More than 500 organizations—including NASA, the Mayo Clinic, and the Million Dollar Round Table have hired Karyn to entertain, educate, and inspire their audiences time and time again. She is one of 227 people in the world—and one of only 39 women—to be inducted into the National Speaker’s Association’s Speaker Hall of Fame. Karyn’s mission: To improve global health, business, and peace through laughter and heal the humor-impaired.

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