Participatory communications workshop using humor and techniques of improv for greater interpersonal effectiveness.
Event Details
Successful business leaders are effective communicators projecting a presence to others that builds rapport. By sincerely striving to manifest the best version of themselves, they can win the confidence of others that enhances team collaboration. Allowing for variation in related natural talents, experience nonetheless is most likely the best teacher for attaining such results.
Our speaker, a highly accomplished sketch performer and her team of professional improvisers, will orchestrate a program combining lecture and interactive exercises to illustrate effective verbal and non-verbal business communication skills. Just as practice makes perfect, this learn by doing experience promises to evoke desirable personal expressiveness while having an enjoyable time in the process. It's suggested to dress comfortably as the session will have lots of movement- keeping you fit in many ways!
Combining great craftsmanship as a professional impromptu comedienne trained at leading national performing centers with a decade of corporate experience in casting, experiential marketing and recruiting, Erin began her focused application of improv techniques via a workshop for United Airlines in 2012 which resulted in launching her company. It is the winner of a 2014 Chicago RedEye Big Idea Award for bringing its corporate training delivered by its nationally recognized teams of improvisers to clients such as Pepsico, Mesirow Financial and Groupon. It also provides significant community support as a charitable partner in bringing laughter to sick children and their families in multiple hospitals in Chicago and New Orleans. Erin earned her bachelors degree at Clemson University.
Chcago Booth alumni, faculty and students and Entrepreneurial Roundtable members: $15 to October 14, and then $20.
General Public: $20 to October 14, and then $25.
Registration
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You can save $5 if you register by October 14.
Deadline: 10/19/2015
Other Information
Time: 6:15 - 7 PM, Networking with light refreshments
7 - 9 PM, Speaker presentation and Q&A