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May 10, 2025 | Houston TX

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Laugh. Learn. Lead.

A workshop that rewires your stress response - so you can lead with clarity, confidence, and calm.

It's not about being funny...It's about being ready.

What You'll Learn While Having Fun:

Improv for Better Coaching™ is a high energy, brain-based workshop for leaders, coaches, and professionals who want to:

Think on their feet
Stay grounded under pressure
Communicate with more ease—even in tough moments

Using fast-paced improv games and the science-backed LAUGHS Method™, You'll retrain your brain to respond instead of react.

Less overthinking
More Presence
Actual fun (no trust falls!)

It's Perfect For:

Coaches and facilitators
Leadership teams
Sales professionals
Anyone navigating stress, change, or complex conversations

What You'll Walk Away With:

Tools to regulate stress in real time
Stronger emotional intelligence and adaptability
Confidence speaking up and handling curveballs
A joyful, embodied experience you’ll actually remember

But Wait, There's More!

This course includes a 6-hour in-person workshop PLUS access to our workshop resource library, which includes videos, articles and other resources and is updated frequently!
Participation earns you 6 hours of ICF and ATD resource development CEUs

Who You'll Help:

Proceeds from this workshop will be donated to The Houston Food Bank:

Over a million people in the 18 counties that The Houston Food Bank serves are considered food insecure
Every dollar you give provides 3 meals for those in need
The Houston Food Bank distributes food and other essentials to those in need through a network of more than 1,600 community partners.
The Houston Food Bank provides programs and services aimed at helping families achieve long-term stability including nutrition education, health management, and help in securing state-funded assistance.
Ways to help:
- Donate funds
- Donate food
- Donate your time to volunteer
- Donate your voice through advocacy

Important Event Details to Remember

What: Improv for Better Coaching - Workshop
When: May 10, 2025
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
Where: The Houston Food Bank Conference Center, 535 Portwall St, Houston, TX 77029
Registration closes at 5pm on May 8, 2025
Registration fee includes a catered lunch
Wear comfortable clothes you can easily move in, and comfortable shoes like sneakers

FEATURED FACILITATOR

Sonya Calooy, CEO / Chief Learning Strategist

Sonya Calooy is not your average leadership coach—she’s part executive, part educator, and part comedian. With over 30 years of experience across marketing, L&D, and consulting (plus a stint as Chief Laughing Officer at Funny Business Consulting), Sonya brings serious chops and a not-so-serious approach to leadership development. A former member of the Lone Star Comedy improv team and a seasoned standup comic, she now blends her improv roots with brain-based coaching and custom learning design as the Chief Learning Strategist at SpiritHawk Coaching & Consulting. Whether she’s facilitating a workshop or riffing with a room full of executives, Sonya helps people show up with more presence, confidence, and joy.

FEATURED GUEST FACILITATOR

Jerry Fu, Career and Leadership Coach for Asian Leaders

Jerry Fu, PharmD, ACC, is a leadership coach, conflict resolution specialist, and aspiring standup comic who believes tough conversations don’t have to feel like root canals. As the founder of Adapting Leaders, LLC, he helps individuals and organizations build healthier cultures and braver spaces—where honesty, respect, and a little humor go a long way. Before coaching, Jerry worked in community pharmacy and trained pharmacy students, and he’s been recognized with the “Selfless Servant” and “Crowning Glory” awards for his nonprofit service. When he’s not coaching leaders or cracking jokes at Houston open mics, he’s likely lighting up the dance floor with his impressive salsa moves.

Level up your coaching skills with the power of improv comedy!