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Please make sure you click the blue "Return to Merchant" button in Paypal when payment is complete to be directed to the Zoom registration page. You can also pay here with Stripe! Details: Limited to 8 people MAX. Dates: Wednesdays, Oct 26th - Dec 14 SHOW! Time: 12 NOON PST to 1:30 PM PST Where: Via Zoom. You’ll receive a link after registration [...]
Your Team Is An Improv Group Your team IS an improv group. Collaboration Is What High-Performing Teams Do Every team in a business setting is an improv group. I don't care what kind of business you are in or work for - every business team is an improv group. Sure, you may not call yourself that. Yet, you are. An improv team creates together on the [...]
Please make sure you click the blue "Return to Merchant" button in Paypal when payment is complete to be directed to the Zoom registration page. Details: Limited to 8 people. Dates: Saturdays, Sept 9th. 2-4PM PST PM - Nov 4th (Virtual Show date) OR Wednesdays, Sept 6th, 6-8 PM PST- Nov 1st (Virtual Show date) Class and Show Where: Via Zoom. You’ll receive [...]
Book Kathy on Your Podcast I love bringing my humor and business tips to podcasts. I help people tell bigger truths and stories, work better together, and be more creative while having more fun. You can also see my podchaser page Book Kathy on Your Podcast: She brings her tasty blend of caffeinated comedy and her business acumen for keen insights and big laughs! That means 'truth bombs, 'y'all!' [...]
Let's talk about a serious issue... Less serious does not mean less professional. Being less serious. THE false narrative many buy into, "Less serious means less professional." "I won't be taken SERIOUSLY." I DISAGREE. LOOK. I get it. I led global communications and marketing teams in tech for 15 years. And I am also an improviser and stand-up comedian. I trained executives on how to talk to media, respond [...]
And not in that order. Improvisation has changed my world. It's changed everything in 20 years for me. It’s not just about honing your funny bone (and it will, Virginia, I promise!); the true lessons of improvisation are about so much more than being funny. In fact, improvisation makes us better marketers because it makes us better people. (note: this is an update of an older post I wrote and [...]
We fall into ruts all the time. We use the same ways to get out of those ruts. That itself keeps us from seeing things in new ways. So if you want more creative content ideas, here are 6 rules to break now. Don't buy into a template mentality for your content. Your brand's path is different. My interview with Content Marketing Institute. Want More Creative Ideas? Here [...]
Business Storytelling Truth in a World of Fake News I was on a podcast recently with friends and colleagues to promote our StoryCo Conf in LA on Oct 25th (note: still FREE tickets available here at storyconference.info). storyconference.info Over the weekend, someone wanted to argue with the idea that the truth is an important - maybe even the most important part - of business storytelling. Now, we didn't get to [...]
Interactive Storytelling Lessons from Silent Film Era Physical Comedy Interactive storytelling is not an option today. If you are not doing it, you will be left behind. Harold Lloyd’s silent comedy was story *crack* to my 9-year-old brain. Here was a silent film era comedy stuntman who relied solely on visual comedy and object work to tell these funny and very human stories. I couldn't get enough of it. I [...]
Play Increases Self-Awareness Play increases self-awareness and that is key to leadership. Do you know how you play? Fun at Work Day - Playfulness Matters I love playing. We don’t play enough as adults. That’s what kids do and it matters. We know play is connected with creativity and innovation, and I love using play concepts in my work (because they’re fun!). Play is also connected with something [...]
