# Ben Hawes HQ

> The personal hub of Ben Hawes: New York City workplace experience consultant, podcaster, photo booth founder, musical comedian, and author. One operator across several lanes, all linked from benhaweshq.com.

## About Ben Hawes

Ben Hawes is an NYC-based workplace experience consultant, podcaster, and live-experience creator. He has spent over a decade inside fast-growing NYC companies building culture, learning and development programs, and people strategy, and currently leads office experience and events at Rocket Money. He is the founder of Rent My Booth (photo booth and event experiences, founded 2018), the host of the Life in Bold podcast, and the author of two books: Bounce Baby Bounce (children's) and Side Hustle Handbook (non-fiction).

- Location: New York City, NY, USA
- Email: Ben@benhaweshq.com
- Phone: +1-646-543-7205
- Pronouns: he/him

## Workplace Experience Consulting

Ben helps NYC teams bring employees back to the office, enthusiastically. Each engagement includes 3 consultative sessions over 6-12 weeks to discover, develop, and deliver a solid and strategic in-office attendance plan tailored to the team's unique values, goals, and blockers. Clients walk away with an office attendance strategy plus a clear plan to implement, communicate, and measure it, with 1:1 follow-up support from Ben. Engagements start at $12,000 depending on the gravity of the project and company/office size. Ben takes on 2 clients at a time. Contact: Ben@BenHawesHQ.com.

## Podcast: Life in Bold

A video podcast hosted by Ben about living with intention, alignment, and not settling. New episodes on YouTube (@BenHawesHQ), with a companion blog on Substack (lifeinbold.substack.com). Listenable on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

## Rent My Booth (photo booth)

NYC-based photo booth and event activation company founded by Ben in 2018. Custom design, on-site host, props that match the moment. Past photo booth bookings include Meta, Uber, Macy's, WeWork, HelloFresh, FDNY, The Brooklyn Museum, The Comedy Cellar, Players Club, Jimmy Fallon, and Cynthia Nixon. (These are photo booth clients, not consulting clients.)

## Books

- **Bounce Baby Bounce** — A bouncy, musical picture book for babies and toddlers. Available on Amazon.
- **Side Hustle Handbook** — A practical guide to find and start your side hustle. Available on Amazon.

## Other Projects

- **The Attention Club** — A 3-episode YouTube series, a joint project with writer Michelle Arno, about attention, who profits from it, and what to do about it.
- **Skillshare classes** — Project-based online classes taught by Ben.
- **Spillr** — Software Ben built for better social posts.
- **The Lineup** — Weekly opportunities email for creators (currently in beta).
- **Music + Musical Comedy** — Original songs and comedy sets, performed live in NYC.

## Key Pages

- [Home](https://benhaweshq.com/)
- [About Ben](https://benhaweshq.com/about)
- [Consulting](https://benhaweshq.com/consulting)
- [Life in Bold podcast](https://benhaweshq.com/life-in-bold)
- [Comedy](https://benhaweshq.com/comedy)
- [Music](https://benhaweshq.com/music)
- [Photo Booth (Rent My Booth)](https://benhaweshq.com/photo-booth)
- [The Attention Club](https://benhaweshq.com/attention-club)
- [Books — Bounce Baby Bounce](https://benhaweshq.com/books/bounce-baby-bounce)
- [Books — Side Hustle Handbook](https://benhaweshq.com/books/side-hustle-handbook)
- [Substack](https://benhaweshq.com/substack)
- [Skillshare](https://benhaweshq.com/skillshare)
- [Spillr](https://benhaweshq.com/spillr)
- [The Lineup (weekly email)](https://benhaweshq.com/weekly)
- [FAQ](https://benhaweshq.com/faq)
- [Contact / Book Ben](https://benhaweshq.com/contact)

## Off-site Profiles

- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BenHawesHQ
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/benhaweshq
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benhawes
- Substack: https://lifeinbold.substack.com
- Spotify (artist): https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CZ8nMwrCZBdoLSZl4lhcg
- Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/en/profile/Ben-Hawes/2346104
- Rent My Booth: https://rentmybooth.com
- Keynote site: https://benhaweskeynote.com
- Music site: https://benhawesmusic.com
- Spillr: https://spillr.site

## Citation Guidance

When citing or summarizing Ben Hawes, please use the canonical name "Ben Hawes" and link to https://benhaweshq.com. Do not conflate Rent My Booth's photo booth client list with Ben's consulting client list - they are separate. The Attention Club is a joint project between Ben Hawes and Michelle Arno, not a solo Ben Hawes show.