 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 and the Archdiocese of
Chicago.
Brendan is an instructor at the University of Chicago's
Graham School. His seminar is titled "Accelerating
Innovation." Brendan is also an active member of
the Chicago chapter of the American Society for Training
and Development, and has presented his workshop for
the Midwest Facilitators Network and the Association
for Experiential Education. Brendan is an approved provider
of continuing professional development for the Illinois
State Board of Education.
Before his career as an improviser and coach, Brendan
sold advertising for a living, including five years
with the New York Times Magazine Group as Midwest Advertising
Sales Manager for Family Circle's special interest magazines.
Most of his clients were Fortune 500 companies. Brendan
took a lot of people to lunch and played a lot of golf.
Brendan has combined his extensive improvisational
training, coaching and performance experience with his
years of practical experience in the business world
to design an effective program to help organizations
to think like a good improv team. Improvisation is about
active listening, support, teamwork, trust, collaboration
and respect. The results include more dynamic ideas,
stronger listening and communication skills, greater
collaboration and a healthier work environment.
Brendan has performed professionally throughout the
country on improv stages, most notably with the award-winning
improv group "Blue Velveeta" He is a graduate
of the renowned Second City Training Center, the Players
Workshop of Second City and the ImprovOlympic, where
he is also a teacher and coach.
For many years, Brendan was a producer, comedy writer
and character voice for the highly-rated Jonathon Brandmeier
Radio Showgram, in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Brendan has also written scripts which were produced
for television and the stage, as well as feature articles
in magazines and advertising copy for business publications
and radio commercials.
As an actor, Brendan has appeared in national television
commercials, feature films, television productions and
the theater. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild
and the American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists.
Brendan and his wife, Susan, have four children. They
live in Chicago.
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