Katie is an award-winning comedian, author, speaker and life coach. Katie's work in comedy has amassed over 5 million online views. Through her training and speaking, Katie has taught over 10,000 people how to use the tools of improv comedy in their lives to handle absolutely anything, and to help them be more Confident, creative and courageous.
Why An Improv Workshop Is The Right Choice!
Absolutely anyone—CEOs, nurses, accountants, introverts, extroverts—can learn to successfully apply the tools of improv comedy to cultivate more energy, spontaneity, self-trust, and creativity in everyday life.
Improv comedy requires quick thinking, collaboration, getting out of our own way, and being in the moment without being a perfectionist. These are skills we can all learn to use to be happier and more effective each day. Katie’s brand of applied improvisation will encourage your team to bond over a fun and unique experience that will improve their overall performance by helping them communicate, and stay flexible, and build the skills to successfully manage change.
Katie's funny and fast-paced workshops—from break-out sessions to day-long trainings—are smart, lively, approachable, and engaging. And they are customizable for your event.
Katie will work with you to create an energizing and playful atmosphere, while offering participants real tangible tools and insights to meet your conference or retreat goals.
“If Steve Martin and Oprah Winfrey had a baby and hired Tina Fey to raise it, you might get someone as bright, funny insightful and inspiring as Katie Goodman.”
Topics Include:
The 8 Tools Of Improv Comedy
Katie Goodman uses her 8 Tools Of Improv Comedy to create fun, lively and interactive keynotes, leading her audience through exercises specifically focused on helping participants connect, gain confidence, and adapt to change. Skills of improv include: collaboration, not being “thrown” by the unexpected, discovering how constraint breeds creativity, and adopting a culture of "yes, and!" Attendees will learn how to excavate their authentic selves, cultivate flexibility and gain confidence.
Authentic Leadership
Have you ever had that moment when you're laughing together at work and you think, "This is why I like working here.” As leaders, it's our authentic moments of sharing and humor that make us relatable and build trust quickly and deeply with employees. These are the moments when they see who we really are. In this interactive keynote (workshop), you will learn to connect with the most authentic part of yourself so that you can better engage with people as a leader at work and in life.
Gag Your Inner Critic
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.
Ready, Go, Set: How To Use Creative Innovation For Success
Nothing exciting or new happens in business or life without creative risks. Improv games and exercises inspire teams to become people who are comfortable taking creative risks for our businesses and personal lives and to end up with something new and brilliant. We are all being called upon to work in new and innovative ways now. Katie will teach your employees how.
Resiliency: How To Thrive In The Unknown
Adapting and innovating as you move forward is crucial for a business and for our personal lives in a quickly-changing world. 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.
Women Killing It: Now Is Our Time
For all women — leaders, employees, teams, and individuals — this is the time we’ve been waiting for. Katie will teach you How to Own Your Authentic Voice and support other women through collaboration, the “Yes And” Principle, and speaking up.
Testimonials
“In our jobs, every meeting has something unexpected, every client interaction goes a different direction than you intended, and every day brings a situation you couldn’t imagine. We engaged Katie to walk us through the improv process so that when something unplanned happens, we can react in a positive way in the moment (and hopefully with humor). The immediate business benefits of Katie’s training have improved our interactions across the company both internally and with our clients. We are also having a lot more fun with each other, and that boost to morale is immeasurable.”
“I was so impressed with the interactive workshop that Katie hosted for our Women in Leadership Group at our National Sales Meeting. The event attracted double the amount of participants than we expected, which included over 120 sales and senior management colleagues. Everyone was laughing and having such an incredible time and at the same time practicing valuable skills to build confidence. Katie is the best!”
“Katie’s hands-on presentation style included improvisation skills for thinking outside the box, listening to your intuition, gagging that inner critic and letting go. I would highly recommend Katie Goodman’s workshops to conferences, organizations’ retreats or any individuals who are looking for laughter and a means to connect with other women. These skills are truly applicable to anyone.”
Press
Katie's Workshops featured in O, The Oprah Magazine!
“We were captivated by Katie’s energy, her personal and accessible style and the compassionate humor—we’re still talking about it. In a word, a huge hit! I know I left enlightened and invigorated, and that’s a terrific gift. And, I think those who can transmit that power— the power of creative ideas— those folks have a responsibility to do so. It’s the sort of thing that keeps a community’s soul alive. And, Katie can bring that.”
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”Deepest gratitude for your invigorating presentation that inspired our Henry Schein Women’s Leadership Network members today. Your insights and fresh approach to programming engaged our members to think outside the box and address real issues!”