Katie Goodman
Nationally touring keynote speaker on the topic of using the tools of improv comedy in every day life
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- Author of Improvisation For The Spirit, a guide to using the skills of improv comedy in every day life
- A nationally touring keynote speaker for 15 years
- Corporate workshop facilitator
- Her show, “Broad Comedy,” is currently running Off-Broadway
- Been seen on Showtime, Current TV, and on TruTV.
- Her comedy music videos have amassed 5 million views
- Featured blogger for The Huffington Post
- Contributor to O, The Oprah Magazine
- Received a Time Out New York Critic’s Pick for Best Cabaret.
- Performed improv with her troupe “Spontaneous Combustibles” for 20 years.
- Raised half a million dollars for Planned Parenthood through fundraising performances
- Nominated for The EPIC Award from The White House Project
- Nominated for the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant for their extensive work in theatre
- She is hilarious and offers deep insights and practical tools.
- Keeps her audiences engaged and participating.
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Katie Goodman is an award-winning comedian, author and international speaker. Katie’s work in comedy has amassed over 5 million online views. She can be seen on Showtime, Impractical Jokers, and, more often than she would admit, in line getting a mocha latte with extra, extra whipped cream. Katie literally wrote the book on using improv comedy to improve your life.
Her show “Broad Comedy” plays Off Broadway and tours nationally. Her love for self-help and comedy lands her career somewhere in between Tina Fey and Deepak Chopra. Her work has been celebrated by Arianna Huffington, Comedy Central, Leslie Stahl, Time Out New York, and her Pilates teacher in Brooklyn who says she is “getting better.”
Katie holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, and was nominated for the MacArthur Genius Grant for her work in theater. She got beat out by the astrophysicist who discovered the multiphase liquid behavior of nuclei, but better luck next time!
With over 20 years of experience training and speaking, Katie has taught over 40,000 people how to use the tools of improv comedy in their lives to handle absolutely everything and be more creative, courageous, and confident. When she’s not at home in New York City, Katie can be found traveling the country for speaking events, comedy shows, and corporate workshops and trainings, teaching participants how to thrive at handling anything that comes their way.
Women’s insights are changing the business world. Now is the time to know the power of your ideas, and to trust what you have to offer. Women’s workshops and keynotes in an all-female atmosphere give women a safe and fun place to practice finding their voice… and use it!
Dreaming and scheming is a good thing but there are always constraints. Like any rules of improvisation, constraints actually help us be more creative. They offer boundaries and limit our choices, helping us avoid overwhelm. Katie will show you how to look at your budget as a useful tool to keep your creativity flowing.
Allowing for Safe & Creative Risk-Taking: Improv games and exercises teach us how to become someone who is comfortable taking creative risks for our business, entrepreneurship, and personal lives. Nothing exciting or new happens in business without creative risks.
Crucial for a business and for our personal lives. Katie will lead you through learning how to actually love the stages of being lost and the thrill of coming out the other side with new ideas and ready for action.
Improv is all about collaboration. Katie gives participants the chance to explore new ways of collaborating that will benefit them in deep and meaningful ways. She will put energy and fun back in your interactions and connections, leading to a healthier work environment.
Our Inner Critic keeps us from reaching our potential and living our best life. In a company, it keeps people from taking creative and innovative leaps, from supporting each other, and slows down progress. We can learn to transform our Inner Critic to a helpful Inner Coach that blazes the way for our personal growth and allows us to show up fully and reach our potential.
VIRTUAL KEYNOTES: Katie teaches how to use the tools of improv comedy to access creativity and innovation for the workplace. Katie’s funny and fast-paced keynotes are smart, lively, and approachable. She will customize the content to focus on your company’s specific needs, focusing on:
● Improvise & Innovate Your Way Through Change
● Find Comfort In The Unknown: How To Handle ANYTHING
● How To Pivot And Stay Creative
● Women Killing It: Now Is Our Time
● Gag Your Inner Critic
Improv comedy requires quick thinking, collaboration, adaptability, trust, and the ability to live in the moment without being a perfectionist. These are skills we can all learn to use to be happier and more innovative and effective each day.
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