Deepening the Group Coaching Experience
The Power of Play in Group Coaching Design and Facilitation
Wednesday, 9th October 2024 | 11:00am to 11:55am ET
Session Description
Why practice improvisation as a group coaching facilitator? Improv is an integral part of coaching and facilitation.
Through Improv for Coaches, discover more joy in coaching, as you learn to embrace the bottomless well of possibilities in each coaching moment. Infusing playfulness through improv opens new directions in group (and individual!) coaching. In this session we’ll not only cover theory and practice, but you’ll experience it, stepping into the group experience, while seeing how we use these techniques to facilitate group coaching.
Session Outcomes
➙ Foster sustainable learning and growth through designing with play
➙ Enhance the sense of community through the bonds created by laughter and humor
➙ Embrace that we're all improvising all the time; and it’s a strength that can be developed
➙ Build comfort in improvising to make facilitating easier and more fun for both coach and participants
Amy J. Warshawsky, MCC
BNA Mentor Coaching | Founder / Mentor Coach
Amy J. Warshawsky, MCC, NBC-HWC, CPPC (CTI), MS in Journalism, is certified by the International Coach Federation as a Master Certified Coach and by the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches. She was a Mentor Coach for the ADAPT Coach Training Program, is a Sayge Business Coach and Assessor and maintains a private practice where she works with individuals and teams. Amy brings 12 years of expertise in movement and mind-body techniques to coaching as well as 15 years of experience as a director of community events and communications. She holds degrees from Cornell University and Northwestern.
Betsy Salkind, PCC
BNA Mentor Coaching | Co-Founding Partner/ Mentor Coach
Betsy Salkind, PCC, NBC-HWC, Mayo Clinic Certified, MS in Organization Studies, is a Board Certified Health Coach, holds a Master’s from the Sloan School of Management at MIT, and was a Federal Reserve Bank Examiner. She served as Associate Director and Lead Mentor Coach at the ADAPT Functional Health Coach Training Program and currently maintains a private practice. A professional stand-up comic and former TV writer, Betsy toured with a professional improv comedy troupe [Guilty Children], and taught improv at Emerson College, MIT, AMDA, health tech companies, group homes, and more. Improv for Coaches combines her two great passions.
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HUDDLE
The First Ever Group Coaching Festival
by Group Coaching HQ
8-9th of October 2024
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