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Al Razavi is the founder of Imagination Unlimited Group. He has been teaching, acting, and directing for over twenty years. He utilizes improvisational theater techniques, the principles of the Alexander Technique, and other exercises and creates powerful metaphors, simulations, and scenarios dealing with the important issues organizations are facing today. His playing to learn and......Read full biography

Alain Rostain is the founder and principal of Creative Advantage. Alain's work has centered on innovation/creative thinking and the use of improvisational theater techniques for organizational effectiveness. Alain was introduced to improvisational theater in 1990 through Bay Area Theatersports. He immediately saw the potential benefits of using improv techniques to develop and support creative thinking......Read full biography

Alan first discovered the usefulness of Improv when he was on-stage in a local production of ‘The Rivals’ and his fellow actor completely forgot what he was supposed to say and do (“Goodbye” and leave). He refined some of those skills working with the Murder We Wrote Murder Mystery group in the UK before heading......Read full biography

Alan Stern is Founder and Principal of Stage Right! Organizational Development, a training and OD firm in the Saratoga Springs, New York area. After more than 30 years of experience in education, government and theater, he formed Stage Right to help organizations of all kinds businesses, non-profits, human services, government, health care, and schools use......Read full biography

Alieke van der Wijk is the co-founder of Troje Training en Theater, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Troje Training en Theater stimulates change: we support the design, implementation and embedding of change, using performative interventions. After having worked as an anaesthetic nurse for several years, Alieke van der Wijk left her job in order to......Read full biography

Pat Caroll Kirkland and Amy Carroll come from a family of 7 children where communication and chaos were synonymous! They later realized, this was their early training in group dynamics. In their formal training, Pat earned a B.A. in communications and an M.A. in education while Amy earned a B.A. in psychology and recently completed......Read full biography

Andrew Welch , like most of our presenters, wears several hats. He is the principal consultant behind intellact Canada, and is Senior Lead Facilitator and Ropes Course Manager with the Delta Synergy Group, Canada's premiere performance enhancement company and a leading corporate experiential training provider. In 2002, he created the Canadian Experiential Education Practitioners Symposium,......Read full biography

Andy Wainer has presented more than 600 Improv classes, workshops and programs to all ages, since 1994. Andy has presented in adult & continuing education programs, day camps, nursing homes, assisted living residences, temples, schools and other organizations. Andy directs an Improv group in Westchester county, NY, "The Popcorn Vultures". Andy is also an Employment......Read full biography

Ann Swanberg is cofounder of LifePlays, formed in 1999 with Chris Miller to bring the transformative applications of connective, embodied improv to individuals and innovative organizations. A seasoned improviser-facilitator, Ann has taught and/or performed with Impulse Theatre, ImprovWorks, The Centre for Performance Studies, Bay Area TheatreSports, Pacific Playback Theatre and the Academy of Art College.......Read full biography

As part of her background in conflict transformation, Atieno has lived and worked in the United States, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. She is a Certified Practitioner of psychodrama, the leading progenitor of the action method Atieno uses in her coaching and facilitating. With work experience ranging from a psychiatric hospital to The World......Read full biography

Bob 'Idea Man' Hooey and his innovative Ideas At Work have inspired, challenged, and equipped North America leaders and audiences for more than a decade. He is the prolific author of ten business, sales, leadership, and creativity success books; as well as numerous e-books, mini-books and success publications. Bob's humorous, conversational, and sometimes provocativestyle has......Read full biography

Bobbi has been designing and facilitating professional development workshops for over a dozen years. She began her training career by teaching teambuilding skills to corporate groups utilizing improvisational theatre techniques she acquired through producing, performing and teaching with ComedySportz Improvisational Theatre Company. She then worked for Team Builders Plus, a small professional development firm outside......Read full biography

Brad Robertson is a collaborative partner with On Your Feet, Improvisation for the Uncertainties of Business, and has led workshops with Doctor Martens, J. Walter Thompson Advertising, Providence Medical Center, Federal Express, UNICEF, Grady Britton Advertising, Northwest Natural Gas, Portland Community College, and the PSU Foundation Board. Brad is an alumnus of the Loose Moose......Read full biography

Brendan Sullivan is an experienced corporate workshop facilitator, and has been a professional improvisational performer and coach since 1986. He has designed and facilitated his creativity workshop for a wide variety of clients, including BP (Amoco), Sara Lee, Aetna, First Health, Zurich North America, Jenny Craig, Marriott Hotels, Miele Appliances, the Chicago Public School System......Read full biography

Brian Cole Miller, founder of Working Solutions, has over 20 years experience in Training, Human Resources, and Organizational Development in various industries. He specializes in helping Front Line Leaders be more successful by providing training, coaching, and consulting to help these leaders be effective in 3 critical areas: leadership, team performance, and individual performance. Brian......Read full biography

Carla Rieger is an expert on creativity at work. She uses proven secrets from the world of artists, musicians, writers and designers to help leaders use the arts in business for improved team, communications, employee engagement and innovation. She has been a professional speaker, trainer, facilitator, comedy improvisor, and storyteller since the mid-80’s. She is......Read full biography

Caroline Weitzer is a seasoned consultant and Certified Professional Coach (CPC) with 20+ years of project management business management and leadership experience. Caroline currently focuses her practice on leadership, performance, change and communication for individuals and for public, private and not-for-profit organizations. Caroline is passionate about creating opportunities for people to engage with their whole......Read full biography

Carrie is President of Gallant Solutions Inc., and a skilled mediator, negotiation strategist, facilitator, trainer and coach. Carrie is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia Law Faculty, and a Director and Mentor for the CoRe Conflict Resolution Society. Previously, Carrie held a number of senior leadership positions, including most recently Program......Read full biography

Cathy McNally is a corporate writing trainer and owner of McNally Communications, which provides copywriting and editing services for individuals, non-profits and businesses. She is also a nationally published freelance writer of travel, education and humor. Cathy has been performing professionally as an improviser and stand-up comic for over a decade and has taught improvisation......Read full biography

As one of Performance of a Lifetime's lead trainers, designers and coaches, Cathy Salit has developed hundreds of training programs for a wide variety of clients. The tools of theatre and improvisation are integral to all of her designs; she relates to all organizations as theatrical ensembles which have the capacity to create new, varied,......Read full biography

Seasoned professional with over 10 years of experience ranging from engineering to corporate sales to non-profit management. Proud to have found a passion for philanthropy in Thailand, Chinarut's goal is to assist fellow cultural creatives in making the difference they intend to make for the world. He strives to help people embrace a wonderful aspect......Read full biography

Chris Miller is cofounder and principal trainer for LifePlays, which evolved out of a desire to bring the co-creative, collaborative ease of improv to the corporate world. LifePlays foci include leadership, integrity in agreements, pre-conflict awareness, and of course, fun and bonding. Corporate clients range from the spiritual (The Siddha Yoga Foundation) to the pharmaceutical......Read full biography

Colin Funk joined Leadership Development as Director of Creative Development in 1994. Colin is well known for his ability to artfully assist individuals, teams, and organizations to enhance their capacity for creativity and innovation. Colin served as Community Development officer for the Town of Banff from 1990 to 1994. During his tenure, Colin worked with......Read full biography

Cynthia Oelkers wrangles with students and professionals with the goal of shaking off bad communication habits and replacing them with clarity and persuasion. Her workshops include "Briefing Bootcamps" and "Nine Ways to Turn Heads: Presenting Your Best Self". Cynthia believes that communication is a SKILL, much like driving a car. To become a master of......Read full biography

Dan Goldstein embodies the unique combination of a Ph.D. in business decision making with over 10 years of experience teaching improvisational theater. Dan began creating improvisational theater formats in 1994 with Chicago's SITCOM, which went on to be produced over 13 times in cities from San Francisco to Slovenia, and followed its success with COMMEDIA......Read full biography

Dan Moshavi, Ph.D., is a management professor at Montana State University. Dan brings 15 years experience as an improvisation performer (as a member of improv troupes in San Francisco and Washington, DC) and facilitator into the classroom. He regularly uses improvisational theater techniques to teach organizational behavior, group dynamics and human resource management. Dan has......Read full biography

Dana Keller is a native Seattleite who started her career at a little coffee company no one had heard of called Starbucks. After a 10-year, tumultuous ride through their explosive growth, Dana took her instructional design and facilitation experience on the road as a consultant. For over 10 years, she has focused on providing clients......Read full biography

David Matthew Prior, MCC is an executive coach, speaker and trainer. He works in New York City specializing in one-on-one executive coaching and in the design and delivery of coach management training programs for Fortune 500s. His international coaching work extends to Europe, South America and Japan. David serves on the coaching faculty at NYU......Read full biography

David Suarez, MBA is President, CEO, and lead facilitator of Interactive Training Solutions, LLC, an improvisation-based corporate training, team building and executive coaching firm based in Miami, Florida. He has worked with many organizations and professionals to create, and implement customized corporate training and team building solutions to address pertinent challenges and needs. A South......Read full biography

Denzil J. Meyers is founder and president of widgetwonder, internal branding consultants and facilitators of corporate storytelling, life performance, and co-creative skills training. Working with businesses, organizations, students, musicians, writers, and other service-oriented communities of practice, Denzil is a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Improv in Business. He combines 15 years’......Read full biography

Diane Mashia is the President and Lead Improvisor for Learning Out Loud, a performance leadership company dedicated to the improvement of workplace relationships through the use of improvisation and theatre games. Learning Out Loud is a fun, entertaining, and interactive way to develop communication and interpersonal skills and discover creative ways to solve problems. Core......Read full biography

Doni Tamblyn is president and founder of HumorRules® LLC, a U.S.-based firm that has designed and delivered innovative business skills training since 1993. The HumorRules® system of training is based on common sense plus research, which shows that when people enjoy any task—including learning—they will work harder, “smarter,” and more creatively. HumorRules® has gained international......Read full biography

Ed Reggi is a professional actor who facilitates both social and cultural change using improv techniques. Using Spolin Theatre Games, Reggi has successfully taught conflict management skills to street-gang members and developed new innovative HIV/STD health education programs geared toward elementary school-aged children. Reggi founded the Saint Louis Improv Project, Inc., a community outreach not-for-profit......Read full biography

Edward Nevraumont believes that improvisation is a powerful tool for developing abilities in innovation, group creativity and emergent strategy. He feels that only by thoroughly understanding both business and improvisation in isolation can the suggestions be merged. Edward’s business experience includes sales and marketing roles with Procter & Gamble and Concord Confections (the makers of......Read full biography

Gary Hirsch is the co-founder and a small piece of the puzzle that makes up On Your Feet. OYF is a networked organization, whose members include various: improvisers, filmmakers, anthropologists, advertising, marketing and research folks, two yoga teachers, and someone who spent several weeks as a mail carrier. OYF was created in order to explore......Read full biography

Gary Muszynski founded One World Music in 1987 and serves as the organization’s Creative Catalyst. A performing artist, educator, and facilitator, Gary is a pioneer in the field of experiential training and development. His broad musical experience and his unique ability to apply the principles of music to other areas have earned him recognition as......Read full biography

Gary Schwartz is a former student and associate of Viola Spolin - known as the Mother of the Improvisational movement. He began his apprenticeship to Ms. Spolin in 1977 and has conducted many lecture demonstrations of Spolin Games techniques to various groups and companies accross the U.S. and Canada. He is founder and director of......Read full biography

Since 1998 Greg Hohn has been teaching Applied Improv in a wide variety of venues. He is an award-winning business communication faculty member in the University of North Carolinas Kenan-Flagler Business School MBA program and has brought Applied Improv to other academic, corporate, and governmental settings across the United States. Greg is the director of......Read full biography

Henk van der Steen is co-founder of Troje Training en Theater, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Troje stimulates change: we support the design, implementation and embedding of change, using 'performative interventions'. Henk studied Economics & Human Resource Management; a multidisciplinary study, since he found so many things so interesting and enjoyable to pursue. After graduating......Read full biography

Izzy Gesell CSP is the Founder and Principal of Wide Angle Humor, a humor, coaching, and educational service. As a professional speaker, he has delivered over 500 programs to educational, business, health and human service organizations. Izzy helps individuals and organizations change their thinking and the way they operate in the world by becoming more......Read full biography

Jennie Ayers is a principal with Challenge It Now, a behavioral based consulting company with offices in Southern California, Maryland and the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks area of Missouri. She brings more than 20 years of experience as a writer, director and performer in both theatre and television to the business world. As a......Read full biography

Jennifer is the Curiosity Officer at Brains on Fire, a brand identity firm in Greenville, SC. That means that she heads up all research and consumer insight activities and helps to develop strategy and create brands that fascinate, inspire, reward and engage. When she's not busy proving that a liberal arts major CAN make a......Read full biography

Jeremy Lamb AKA The Bearded Lamb brings 10 years of improv performing, directing, and teaching to the table. While schooling for his Film degree at the University of Texas he fell in love with improv and under its spell. After college he ventured to Chicago to study and perform with the best of them. Jeremy......Read full biography

Jerry Kail is an Organization Development Consultant with LexisNexis. His role includes consulting on organizational effectiveness issues with internal clients; designing and facilitating group work sessions; and developing, conducting, and managing training programs in the areas of Leadership, Teamwork, Innovation & Creativity, Change Management, and the Virtual Workplace. Jerry also performs with the Dayton-based improv......Read full biography

Reveal It, a successful Las Vegas personal growth and empowerment company, is based on John Bernstein, the body language guru, developing his cutting edge “Mime Rescue” techniques to help improve the non-verbal communication skills of people from all walks of life and occupational backgrounds John is a recognized motivational speaker, a 25-year leading media sales......Read full biography

Johnnie Moore is a marketing consultant and facilitator based in London. He combines a background in advertising with a post-graduate training in psychotherapy. This makes him passionate about changing marketing from a trade that exploits human emotions to one that honours them. With Denzil Meyers, Johnnie is a co-author of a book about the future......Read full biography

Joseph Mancini, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.S.O.D. (Organization Development) is a professional coach and organization consultant focusing on conflict resolution, leadership development, organization change, team building and diversity. He provides organization consultation, management training, and public presentations on all the above topics. In his work with leaders and teams, he is able to tap both his organization......Read full biography

Joyce Dattner is a life performance coach and trainer who believes that life-long emotional, social and intellectual development is key to succeeding in life and in work. For twenty years, she has been helping individuals and work groups reinitiate their capacity to grow into new careers and leadership positions. As a coach, Joyce takes “life......Read full biography

Julie is a cultural anthropologist by training, and fell into business quite by accident (actually, it was an accident - a car accident - but that's another story). She helped craft the cultural marketing strategy for Starbucks Coffee Company through the early 90's, then spent the next decade providing marketing and communications strategy and global......Read full biography

Karen Dawson MA, B.Ed, CEC, Certified Executive Coach and Facilitator. Learning and leadership form the backbone of Karen's unique work experience. President of CREATE NOW Leadership Development, Karen supports leaders to learn, grow and excel. She coaches and facilitates with a strong belief that each of us can create the team, the organization, and the......Read full biography

Kat Koppett is the co-founder and president of StoryNet, LLC, a company specializing in the use of theatre and story in organizational settings. Her book, Training to Imagine: Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, Leadership and Learning, was published by Stylus Publishing Inc. in May, 2001, and a global edition, Training Using Drama,......Read full biography

Kerstin Gauffin is a Drama teacher and Lecturer at Malardalen University in Vasteras/Eskilstuna, Sweden. She uses performing arts and drama, together with computers and digital video techniques, to support human learning and development. Technique and the final performances are not seen as the focus, but rather the process and the group reflections that summarize the......Read full biography

At certain conferences there are people you will meet who need no introduction. Kevin Carroll is not one of those people. Kevin grew up in a large Irish Catholic family where, to the best of his mother's recollection, he was somewhere near the middle. As one of seven kids, Kevin learned early on the finer......Read full biography

Lizzie Palmer left 3 years of beer, fun and a degree in politics from Bristol, to join the rough, tough world of advertising at O&M. After 4 agencies, 8 years and an increasing number of ridiculous names, she decided that too many initials (O&M, BBH, LSDC, SPCTDL!) weren't good for her. Her eclectic taste in......Read full biography

Lynn Grasberg, CCO (Chief Comic Officer) of Humor Relations Associates, uses comedy/theater improvisation to present corporate diversity training and teambuilding programs, conflict resolution workshops for teens and adults, and performances of her one-woman diversity clown show. Her client list includes Seagate, Storage Tek, Lucent, HUD, EPA, and Iliff Theological Seminary.......Read full biography

Marika Kajo runs Kajovision, which offers concept development and facilitation of workshops, seminar, entertainment and experiences based on methods from improvisation theatre. Building bridgesThe main theme in earlier commissions has been the meeting point between different competences, interests and needs, for example: technology & disability, art & IT, culture & school, theatre & business world......Read full biography

Mathias Kippe lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1996 he encountered improvisation for the first time in a drama class at the University of Zurich and became a member of the first improvisation theater company in Switzerland, the Federation Improvisation Theater. He finished his studies at the University of Zurich with a masters in......Read full biography

Matt Weinstein is the nation's foremost authority on the use of fun and humor in team building. Called "The Master of Playfulness" by PEOPLE Magazine and "America's Pied Piper of Play" by the Houston Post, Matt Weinstein's playful vision has been the subject of dozens of national newspaper articles, magazine features, and television appearances. Matt......Read full biography

Matthew Richter is the Resident Rogue Scholar for The Thiagi Group (http//:www.thiagi.com), and a co-founder of StoryNet, LLC. He is a facilitator, game designer, instructional designer, and consultant. Matthew has consulted with a myriad of Fortune 500 organizations, including Silicon Graphics, State Farm Insurance, Charles Schwab, Carolina Power and Light, Cadence Design Systems, Silicon Valley......Read full biography

Good news, you don’t have to “Think Outside the Box” anymore. Maxine Shapiro, President, and her INSIDE THE BOX™ training uncovers the wealth of untapped talent Inside you and our organization waiting to be revealed. Talent that creates the kind of breakthrough ideas leading to innovative businesses; effective leaders, satisfied, productive employees, and very happy......Read full biography

Michael Rosenberg is the author of The Flexible Thinker®: A Guide to Creative Wealth and the co-author of The Flexible Thinker® Approach programs. Michael is an internationally recognized expert in leadership and accelerated learning design and is considered one of the foremost authorities on the use of improvisation in business. He is one of the......Read full biography

Michelle James, Principal of The Center for Creative Emergence and Quantum Leap Business Improv, is a business creativity catalyst. www.creativeemergence.com. Her programs have been featured on television and in publications. Michelle performs full-length completely improvised plays with Precipice Improv, founded the Capitol Creativity Network, and is co-coordinating an Improv-in-Business group.......Read full biography

Mike Goran, Founder and Chief Creative Coach of CorpJesters, is part teacher, part performer, part writer and part organisational development consultant. Over the past 20 years, He has worn many hats, contributing to his very unique perspective on improvisation for business. A past Artistic Director of TheatreSports Toronto, Mike played on the Toronto team at......Read full biography

Nan Crawford is President, Nan Crawford & Co and Artistic Director, Pacific Playback Theatre. She provides dynamic experiential training and presentations to help individuals and organizations thrive. Her work cultivates creativity, confidence and clarity - catalyzing breakthroughs in leadership, innovation, collaboration, and communication. Nan helps organizations increase productivity by leveraging internal strengths and building sustainable......Read full biography

Nancy is a speaker, trainer and coach with over 15 years experience working to enhance health, performance and productivity on the job. As Founder and President of her own New York City-based company, she grew it to a client base of more than 50 major corporations. She has spoken at International Conferences, appeared as an......Read full biography

Although trained in educational theatre, after 10 years as a producer, director, and educator, Nancy transitioned to consulting, speaking, and training. She quickly became highly regarded as a speaker with a message—one who leaves audiences exhilarated and armed with practical tools for immediate use. She has a Master’s Degree in Communication Education, studied improvisation with......Read full biography

Neil Mullarkey is an experienced actor, director and improviser. A former President of the Footlights at Cambridge University, Neil co-founded Britain's top improv troupe, the Comedy Store Players in 1985 and continues to improvise with them twice a week at London's famous Comedy Store. He's improvised around the UK with Eddie Izzard and guested with......Read full biography

Neraj got his start performing stand-up comedy in college and doing sketch comedy around Boston. He began his training in Improv Comedy under Boston based comedian Bob Gatreau. His improv training includes classes at both Improv Boston and completion of the Improv Asylum training program, as well as master classes under Mick Napier of Chicago's......Read full biography

Nika Quirk is a lifelong mover and student of dance, starting with her interest in wiggling to TV jingles at age 3. She founded and, for 5 years, directed a Dance Choir using authentic movement and a collaborative choreography process she developed. Completing the yearlong InterPlay Leadership Program in 1997, she earned certification in the......Read full biography

Nikki Lamberti McKinney, founder of N. Lamberti Consulting, is a dynamic facilitator, public speaker and corporate trainer who specializes in working with individuals in the hospitality industry. She works primarily with Master Connection Associates, which is an international training and development company specializing in customer service, sales and leadership consulting. This role makes her somewhat......Read full biography

Pamela Meyer is a scholar-practitioner who works with organizations that want innovative solutions and teams that need to jumpstart creative collaboration. As president of Chicago-based Meyer Creativity Associates, Inc., she draws on her years working in improvisational theatre to help her clients respond quickly to change and think on their feet. At DePaul University she......Read full biography

Pat Caroll Kirkland and Amy Carroll come from a family of 7 children where communication and chaos were synonymous! They later realized, this was their early training in group dynamics. In their formal training, Pat earned a B.A. in communications and an M.A. in education while Amy earned a B.A. in psychology and recently completed......Read full biography

Patricia Ryan Madson is the author of Improv Wisdom: Dont Prepare, Just Show Up (Bell Tower, 2005) and a professor Emerita from Stanford University where she taught since 1977. In their drama department she served as the head of the undergraduate acting program and developed the improvisation program. In 1998 she was thewinner of the......Read full biography

Paul Cicco combines his graduate business leadership studies, his 12 years as a manager in a service organization and his 40 years as a musician in a workshop called Team Rhythm. Mr. Cicco created and began delivering Team Rhythm in 1991. Paul has delivered Team Rhythm to companies such as: American Express Autodesk Cisco Systems......Read full biography

UK-based Paul Z Jackson devises and runs inspirational training and development courses for a wide range of corporate clients and public organisations. His company services include consultancy, facilitation, entertainments and script-writing. As a journalist, senior producer with BBC Radio Light Entertainment, author of the trainer’s guides The Inspirational Trainer (Kogan Page), Impro Learning (Gower), and......Read full biography

Piers Ibbotson runs The Directing Creativity Programme, which was developed originally for The Royal Shakespeare Company with the support of Allied Domecq plc. The programme provides management development and consultancy for business using techniques and approaches from the world of theatre; with the dual objectives of enhancing business performance and developing closer links between industry......Read full biography

Rahla Kahn is the creator of The POWER OF PLAY®, a unique, effective and infinitely entertaining approach to developing human potential using improvisational theater games and exercises. A native of Los Angeles, Rahla was an original member of L.A.'s prestigious Groundlings Improvisational Theater Company. Her innate interest in mind/body/spirit healing led her to being mentored......Read full biography

Randy Sabourin is the founder and President of Biz Improv, an organization that delivers consulting and training services focused on helping executives and sales teams elevate performance though the application of Business Improvisation. He is also the President of the Board of Directors of the Crohns and Colitis Foundation of Canada. Randyhas held executive sales......Read full biography

Rebecca Stockley has been involved the innovative field of corporate improvisation training since 1985. Rebecca has inspired creative teamwork at such diverse companies as Pixar Animation Studios, Electronic Arts, and British Petroleum. In 1986, Rebecca co-founded the internationally recognized BATS Improv in San Francisco, for which she continues to be an active performer and coach.......Read full biography

Remy Bertrand got his first taste of the stage aged 13 as an extra at his local opera house in Avignon (France), and his first acting contract for theatre aged 15. After acting for French theatre and television and writing and performing stage music and radio adverts in Paris, (France), he re-trained aged 23 to......Read full biography

Renatus is a Geneva-based trainer and facilitator. He heads Sparks-Training, a company specialising in effective communication & constructive interaction in organisations. With managing partner Hanneke de Bode, he works on supporting, encouraging and building peoples skills to add value to organisations and outperform the competition. Renatus has a vast experience in both corporate training and......Read full biography

Robin McCulloch is the founder of Corporate Agility, a training and consulting company dedicated to helping corporations and organizations develop positive, innovative, and healthy workplace cultures. Through Corporate Agility Robin has worked with leading corporations in both Canada and the United States delivering workshops and speaking. Robins work is based on 30 years of experience......Read full biography

Roland Trescher lives and works in Munich, Germany. In 1990 he encountered improv for the first time in an “experimental” seminar at the drama department of the university of Munich, where he studied drama and psychology. Improv amazed him from the beginning. As an output from this seminar he founded an improvgroup to be first......Read full biography

Saphira Linden is a registered drama therapist and a Board Certified Master Teacher-Trainer with NADT who trained with Moreno in Psychodrama in the sixties. As one of eleven artists nationwide whose work was selected to be the basis of documentary film in the PBS series "Artists in America," she is regarded as an authority on......Read full biography

Shachar Perlman is an expert in life coaching, executive coaching and facilitating improvisation seminars. Shachar's vision is to make people happy and motivated at work and in life through coaching and theater seminars. He had worked in the IT industry for 25 years. His last job was as president, of a medium size software house.During......Read full biography

Shana Merlin has been a professional improviser since 1995, performing from Calgary to San Francisco to Atlanta to Las Vegas to London, and a teacher since 2000, where some of her clients have included PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sea World, and The University of Texas McCombs School of Business. Shana has trained with most of the masters in......Read full biography

Sharon Sutherland (B.A., M.A., LL.B., LL.M.) is Clinical Instructor in Dispute Resolution at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. Sharon maintains a private mediation practice with a focus on child protection mediation and community mediation. She is committed to expanding opportunities for training mediators in BC and volunteers her time as Secretary of......Read full biography

Stevie Ray's in Minneapolis has been providing training and entertainment in improvisation since 1989. Founded by Stevie Ray and Pamela Vervair, the company operates a school of improv with approximately 100 students year round, a comedy troupe that provides entertainment for public and private events, and a nationwide corporate training program. Improvisation for Professionals is......Read full biography

Sue Walden is the Founder and Director of ImprovWorks, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to building Life/Business Skills through Improvisation. Her experience includes a BA in Education and, since 1978,teaching, performing, adapting and widely applying the techniques of improvisation. She approaches improv training as a powerful and joyful way to peel away constraints, restraints and inhibitions,......Read full biography

Through her Spotlight on Success workshops and executive coaching, Teresa Norton specializes in the application of theatre techniques to enhance communication skills for corporate clients. Ms. Nortons career in executive coaching and strategic training is founded on over 20 years of live theatre, television, advertising, bilingual radio and international business experience. Currently one of Asia......Read full biography

Terrill Fischer is constantly negotiating through the shark invested waters of business. He was an investment media broker where he sold over $50 million worth of radio and television stations during the 90’s. He's been a professional standup comedian and a member of the ComedySportz in Austin, Texas, a comedy improvisational troupe since 1996. He......Read full biography

Dr. Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan is the Resident Mad Scientist at The Thiagi Group, an organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. Thiagi's long-term clients include AT&T, Arthur Andersen, Bank of Montreal, Cadence Design Systems, Chevron, IBM, Intel, Intelsat, United Airlines, and Liberty Mutual. On a short-term basis, Thiagi has......Read full biography

Tiffany von Emmel, improviser-at-large, enjoys working as an organizational consultant and transformative educator with leaders, consultants, and performing artists in the U.S. and Europe. Tiffany is currently making a documentary about how our bodies generate different kinds of transformative knowledge in improvisation. Her Ph.D. thesis is about the physical theater improvisation, the body and transformative......Read full biography

Todd is a consultant in solution-focused change management and organizational development. His primary focus is helping clients to manage the people side of business change and his favourite tool is also his companys slogan: the question What do you want...? His company services include consultancy, executive and individual coaching, facilitation and training. His most recent......Read full biography

Travis L. Russ, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Business and Professional Communication in the School of Business Administration at Fordham University. As a professional consultant, he has designed and facilitated learning solutions for clients in the corporate, educational, and non-profit sectors on myriad topics including organizational change, business communication, leadership, and diversity. His research......Read full biography

Warren is a New York theatre producer and writer who has worked with Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Ethel Merman, Tony Bennett and Bernadette Peters. He won the New York Drama Critics Prize for his original co-production of The House of Blue Leaves. Warren’s experiences on and off stage convinced him that the healing power of......Read full biography

William lives in San Francisco, California. He is a professional Trade Show Presenter, Actor and Trainer. Many companies have trusted him to present their message including: HP, Microsoft, Sony, Oracle, Cisco, Apple, Sun Microsystems, and National Semiconductor. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous feature films, most recently in Twisted with Ashley Judd (yes,......Read full biography

Yael Schy is a dynamic trainer, facilitator, coach, and organization consultant known for her creative approach to organizational learning. Yael has a Masters Degree in Social Work with an emphasis in Community Organization, graduate certifications in Organizational Psychology and Training/Human Resource Development, a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Theater Arts, and is a Certified Somatic......Read full biography

Yuri Kinugawa is the Founder and Director of Impro Works (the longest-running improvisational theater company in Japan) and Yellow Man Group of Tokyo, Japan. Her experience includes a BA in Theatre and Drama. She studied improvisation with Keith Johnstone and since 1996, has been teaching, performing, and developingtraining programs using improvisation skills. She created the......Read full biography

Zohar Adner, CEC (Certified Empowerment Coach) is the creator of the Seven R's of Stress ReleaseTM program. Based on his expertise as a Stress Release Specialist, he has developed this system to help release ANY stress quickly, easily, and effectively. He has assisted clients to let go of many types of stress including: life-vision uncertainty,......Read full biography