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November Chapter Meeting - Coaching with a Twist: Improv for Coaches

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ICF Colorado Annual Meeting – 6:30 PM MT
The evening opens with the chapter's annual meeting: the President's report, the chapter's financial health, and a motion to approve the 2027 Board of Directors as elected by electronic ballot. The chapter meeting program, Coaching with a Twist: Improv for Coaches, follows straight after.

Improvisation is the heart of coaching. It's being in the moment, listening and responding. Play and creativity are not just fun features -- they’re fundamental to powerful coaching. As coaches we're improvising; we have structures and skills (competencies), but to apply those most effectively, we must be in the moment, listening, connecting and co-creating.

In this 90-minute session, we’ll use improv rules and structures from theatre and comedy, as well as those tailored just for coaches, to experiment, play and learn. You’ll expand your comfort zone, build confidence, and gain trust in the bottomless well of ideas and possibilities available to us at all times.

CCEUs: 1.5 Core Competencies, 0.5 Resource Development

About the Speakers

Betsy and Amy are the co-founders of BNA Mentor Coaching, delivering experiential learning through individual, group, and corporate team training and workshops. They are co-authors of Coaching with a Twist: Improv for Coaches (Cooper Trinity Press, 2025).

AMY J. WARSHAWSKY, MCC, NBC-HWC, is a leadership and mentor coach with expertise in coaching individuals, teams and groups. She integrates somatic practices with coaching to deepen self-awareness and embodied leadership. A former faculty member of the ADAPT Health Coach Training Program, Amy has held roles in nonprofit and higher education settings. She holds an MS in Journalism from Northwestern University and a BA from Cornell University.

BETSY SALKIND, PCC, NBC-HWC, is a health and mentor coach with expertise in team, group, and leadership coaching. She trained at the Mayo Clinic and was the Associate Director and Lead Mentor Coach for the ADAPT Health Coach Training Program. A professional standup comic and TV writer, with credits including The Tonight Show and Roseanne, she also holds an MS in Organization Studies from MIT Sloan School of Management.