Milo Shapiro
Milo
Shapiro walked away from his B.S. in Computer Science
and fifteen years in I. T. to pursue his passion:
applying improvisation to business practices and
personal devel-opment. On his last day, a co-worker
asked, “Who’s going to make it fun to work here now?”
Milo
began studying improvisation in 1990 and began teaching
the art in 1993, traveling in the US and Canada to
continue his own improvisation education and teaching
skills. He served six years as the business manager of
the comedy troupe TheatreSports. As CEO of
IMPROVentures (www.IMPROVentures.com), Milo
conducts various business programs including
teambuilding, speaking
skills classes/coaching,
motivational keynoting, and
entertainment programs.
Milo’s
client list includes
Pfizer,
Sempra Energy,
Wellpoint/BlueCross,
the U.S. Dep’t of Defense,
the U.S. Marine Corps,
Kodak,
Minolta,
Computer Sciences Corporation,
and many non-profit organizations. Testimonial letters
from these and other companies are on his website. He
was invited to speak in 2003 for the international
convention of the American Society of Training and
Development.
This
particular class draws extensively from his training
program, “TEAMprovising” which is designed to create a
higher sense of team connectedness while also improving
communication and innovation. Through the fun of
improvisation games conducted in a safe environment,
staff recognize and correct areas where they may need
improvement, such as:
Accepting
each other’s ideas
Building
on what others offer
Communicating
clearly
Developing
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Maggie Pound
Maggie
Pound is an expert facilitator and public speaker,
having lead over 100 seminars.
Audiences enjoy her
real life experiences
as well as her ability to connect and explore the more
difficult management
challenges.
She has
more than
15 years as an
executive in human resources administration and
organizational development.
Her
background includes five years as the
Director
of Training for L.A. County’s Department of
Communications.
She was
Director of Human Resources
for both
Sharp
Healthcare and
Kaiser
Permanente.
She also managed a department of 90 pediatric employees
at Kaiser.
Among the many training
programs she developed and/or delivered for her
organizations are:
In the last few years, Maggie Pound has
become one of the leading experts on creating and
managing strategic alliances. As the
founder of HR Connectors,
she directed a strategic alliance of human resource
related service providers.
Maggie holds a
certification as a
Senior Professional in Human Resources
(SPHR)
from the Society for Human Resource Management, as well
as remaining active in the San Diego Coaches Alliance, ODNet, and the American Society for Training and
Development.
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