Danièle Bienvenue, Coach – Facilitator at Management Savvy Inc.“Play Break is a breath of fresh air, a moment of fun during a busy day, an opportunity to play and laugh with people you haven’t met yet, an inspiration for new activities in your future meetings, a place where the rules are simple: be there for 20 minutes and let David take you to a safe space that will energize you.”
Jeffrey Ring, Ph.D. Health Psychologist, Leadership Coach and Health Justice Champion“I loved David’s Play Break! I continue to float with delight, pleasure and a big warm smile. He amazes me with his facilitation capacity to bring together total strangers into a place of creativity, humor, and sweet connection.”
20min Play Break: it’s free and freeing! Upcoming…Feb 26 and every Thursday in March.
9-9:20am Pacific
For leaders, coaches, and learners
Come experience the power of simple improv games to:
- improve your well-being,
- shift out of our overactive amygdala (fight-flight center),
- cultivate creativity,
- build confidence, and
- grow a much-needed ability to deal with whatever life brings.
NPR did a story on the power of improv and what’s possible in just 20 minutes a day. Absolutely zero improv experience necessary. Just show up and play!
- We’ll do a simple check via Zoom chat on how you’re feeling as you arrive. (Hint: it’s all welcome)
- Play some simple and fun improv games.
- And check out to see how you are feeling as you leave (Most people find their energy shifts during and after play break!)
20 minutes of play can make a big difference. Come find out / share with a friend!
Stay in the loop about upcoming play breaks:
What Future Are You Practicing For? Co-facilitated by David Westerlund and Sara McMahon
a 60-minute highly-interactive workshop for through Adobe sponsored ”Creative Mornings”
March 17 10-11am Pacific – FREE and Open to anyone!
Our volatile, complex, and uncertain world requires us to learn to listen, cultivate empathy, and amplify our abilities to connect and collaborate.
We need a way to embody these skills and promote the well-being of ourselves, our communities, and societies. Applied Improvisation gives us this gift by giving us permission to play, unlocking potential in us to collaborate with wonder, joy, creativity, and possibility!
Our highly-interactive, deeply reflective, and fun/joyfilled workshop will leave you feeling more deeply connected and give you simple yet potent games and exercises for you to carry with you in your day to day life.
The fantastic Sara McMahon!
Past Events
Intentionally Cultivating Our Connectedness
a 90-minute highly-interactive workshop for Healthcare Reinvention Collaborative
May 30 11am-12:30pm – Open to anyone!
Connection isn’t just important — it’s essential.
Nurturing authentic connections supports our health and well-being, strengthens our workplaces and communities, and lays the foundation for meaningful collaboration.
Desired Outcomes:
- Leave feeling connected, energized, and inspired
- Build deeper and broader relationships, and sense of belonging
- Experience (non-gimmicky) tools/methods/activities for building human connection on Zoom that you can turn around and use immediately
Healthcare Reinvention Collaborative exists to identify, connect, support, and illuminate healthcare changemakers who are working to shift healthcare from a system that profits a few to one that serves all.
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