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    • We help important ideas to become human, engaging, and deeply funny

       

       

    • Happy participants talk about different aspects of our Sustainable Stand Up (communication, creativity, and life) course

      Who's next?

    • Ways to learn how to be engaging, smart and funny about stuff that matters

      Warning: Learning may include belly laughing, transformative insights, and meeting delightful, like-minded people

      Melbourne, Australia

      The show of this course will be part of the

      Sustainable Living Festival

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      When

      Course from January 17 to Feb 11, 2019

       

      Live, online classes January 17, 24, 28, 31, all 730-845pm local time. February 11, 730 - 815 reflections session

       

      Online coaching Includes thirty minutes of individual, online coaching about your set.

       

      In-person classes Sunday February 3 10:30am to 1pm, and Monday February 4, 7-9pm

       

      Show 

      New Stars course show is Saturday, February 9, starting at 530pm.

      We also have three Seasoned Stars shows, on Wednesday February 6, Thursday February 7, and Friday February 8 all starting at 7pm. Tickets are here.

       

      Where

      In-person classes, on the University of Melbourne campus.

      Online via Zoom

      The show will be at the Butterfly Club.

       

      How much

      Regular rate: 550 AUD.

       

      Special theme

      This course is proud to be part of the Sustainable Living Festival for the second time. As such, we are looking for participants to tackle at least one of the following topics in some way in their sets and make it funny (we'll help you):

      - Raising awareness about the dangerous climate impacts and risks

      - Presenting a solution that is part of the rapid transition to 'below zero emissions'

      and/or

      -Proposing ways to mobilise large numbers of people for a safe climate transition

       

      For whom Change agents, sustainability & CSR professionals, humanitarian workers, and anyone else trying to make a positive difference in the world.

       

      If you have any questions, please contact us.

       

      Scroll down to book now.

       

       

      Ljubljana

      Let's make important ideas funny

      When

      Course from February 19 to March 28.

       

      Live, online classes 

      Tuesday, February 19, 26, March 5, 12

      6-715pm (Ljubljana time).

       

      Online coaching Includes thirty minutes of individual, online coaching about your set.

       

      In-person classes Friday March 22 and Saturday March 23, both 4-7pm. Both at Kucha, Mašera - Spasićeva ulica 8, 1000 Ljubljana.

       

      Reflection class Thursday, Mar 28, 6-645pm, online.

       

      Show 

      Sunday, March 24. Starts at 7pm. (We get there earlier). At Pritličje, Mestni trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana. 5 euros at the door.

       

      Where

      Online via Zoom.

      In-person class venue tbc shortly

      Show at Pritličje

       

      How much

      Early bird (ends Jan 25): 300,00

      Regular rate (ends Feb 12): 320,00

      Late worm (if there is space): 350,00

       

      Pre-course webinar on January 15 at 6pm CET. To sign up, use this link. Webinar attendees will be offered a special reduced price for this course.

       

      Use Paypal below or if you would like to arrange for a SEPA/wire transfer instead, contact us.

      Berlin, Germany

      Let's make important ideas funny

      When (All in-person classes)

      Course from Feb 20 to April 3.

       

      In-person classes

      Wednesdays Feb 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27

      5-7pm. Please be on time.

       

      Live, online, post show refections for work and life session: April 3, from 5-545pm.

       

      Show

      March 29, doors open at 6pm, for a 630-730pm show at Cosmic Comedy.

       

      Where

      Classes and show are at the Cosmic Comedy Club next to Rosa Luxemburg U-Bahn.

       

      How much

      280 euros plus UST (€333,20) regular price.

      Alumni price is 140 euros plus UST (€166,60)

       

      For whom 

      Change agents, sustainability & CSR professionals, humanitarian workers, and anyone else trying to make a positive difference in the world.

       

      If you have any questions, or would like to arrange for a SEPA transfer instead, please contact us.

       

      Scroll down to book now.

       

      Brussels

      Let's make important ideas funny

      When

      Course from March 4 to April 8.

       

      Live, online classes 

      Mondays Mar 4, 11, 18, 25 from 7-815pm.

       

      Online coaching Includes thirty minutes of individual, online coaching about your set.

       

      In-person classes 

      Saturday April 6 and Sunday April 7, both 11-1330. Address: 184 Rue Haute, 1000 Brussels

       

      Reflection class 

      Monday, April 8, 7-745pm.

       

      Show Sunday, April 7, starting at 8pm (we get there earlier). The show is at the same venue as the in-person classes.

       

      Where

      Online via Zoom.

      In-person class venue

      Show at

       

      How much

      Regular (ends Feb 3) | 320,00

      Late worm (starts Feb 4) | 350,00 / if there is space

       

       

      Singapore

      Let's make important ideas funny

      HAPPENING NOW

      When

      Course from December 17 to January 27.

       

      Live, online classes December 17, January 3, 7, 14, all at 8 - 9:15pm local time. Reflection course January 27, 8-845pm.

       

      Online coaching Includes thirty minutes of individual, online coaching about your set.

       

      In-person classes Friday January 25, 8-1030pm, and Saturday January 26, 10am - 12:30pm.

       

      Show Saturday, January 26, doors open at 6pm for a 630-730pm show at the Merry Lion (participants to show up earlier). Link for tickets is here.

       

      Where

      Online via Zoom.

      In-person class venue is at 62b South Bridge Road

      Show at the Merry Lion. For tickets to the show, click here.

       

      How much

      Early bird rate: 510 SGD

      Regular rate: 590 SGD

       

    • High level course terms and conditions

      For the public courses:

      If you cancel up to one week before the course starts, you’ll get a total refund. If you cancel after that or during the course, we refund you up to 50% of your fee if you are under halfway through the course, or if you are beyond that, we invite you to re-take the course again.

       

      For both public and in-organisation courses:

      How many classes of a course can you miss? Ideally none. We understand that sometimes things come up that make missing a class unavoidable. If you are going to miss a class, tell your facilitator. You are able to miss up to 2 of the first 4 classes in a course, as long as you keep up with the homework and you work with the facilitator to keep on track. The final 2 classes are mandatory as is the show.

       

      Sometimes, and very rarely, there is a mismatch between what we are trying to nurture in the course, and a participant involved. If this is the case, it is our call to invite a person to leave and revert to the refund policies above/below.

       

      For in-organisation courses:

      If individual participants from an in-organisation course cancel up to two weeks before the course starts, there is no penalty. If a participant cancels after that, they must refund the organisation personally for their course fee.

    • Paying for your place on our course

      Click 'Buy now' to book your place. (What happens when you book? You will receive a nice confirmation email from us, with more details about the course, within 12 hours. Usually a lot faster.) . Prefer to wire us the funds instead? Email us here.

      Please note that the maximum number of classes you can miss are two, IF you keep up with the homework. Beyond that, we will suggest that you defer to a future course.

    • Conferences. Got a big cool or boring sustainability-themed conference?

      Let us bring relevant material, laughter, and lightness to your event

      I do keynotes

      Getting people to think differently in an enjoyable way

      Humour is so important to our psychological well being, especially when we face difficult and often overwhelming concepts. Sometimes what we need is for someone to speak the truth about how hard the human side to all this is, while being wildly funny.

       

      I do highly engaging conference keynotes.

      Email me.

      And so do some of our awesome alumni

      Subject matter experts from around the world

      We can put together a few wonderful, and very funny subject matter experts for your conference.

       

      Tempted?

      Email me.

    • A few examples of course participants doing stand up for the first time about ideas that matter

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    • Let's keep in touch. Connect with us here...

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      Reminder: Sustainable Stand Up is a project of Maffick.com.

    • We do public and in-company courses Sustainable Stand Up courses

      Here is some information and the ability to sign up

    • Contact us

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    • Four things

      Our project does 4 things...

       

      Courses

      We create inspiring courses where you discover a safe environment and new friends. Where you develop and hone stand up material, in a loving, clear way, on stuff that matters.

      Shows

      We showcase our course participants, as well as the best of today's and tomorrow's stand up comedy on sustainability issues.

      Connections

      We help connect alumni scientists, sustainability experts, science communicators and others from around the world with each other.

      Conferences

      We offer our stand up comics to major sustainability events and conferences.

    • Success stories

      Our participants include improvisers, comedians, NASA climate scientists, medical researchers, architects, military servicemen and women, and people like you. Here's what some of them say:

      PETER, THE NASA CLIMATE SCIENTIST SAYS...

      "I need to reach people about the deadly serious impacts of climate change. But I don't want to drive them away with gloom and doom. Belina and my wonderfully supportive classmates helped me discover the hilarity in my work and connect with the audience about something that really matters, to me and the world."

      KRISTY, THE MILITARY SERVICEWOMAN SAYS

      "I absolutely loved the supportive atmosphere and the we're all in it together mentality that was built into our class... I was able to create a solid five minute set and muster the courage to get up on that stage alone. Thank you Belina for starting my stand up journey on a high note!"

      MATT, THE COMPUTER ENGINEER SAYS

      "... gave me the confidence to get up in front of people, the tools for success in stand up and to break into doing improv. Belina is just an amazing teacher..."

    • Why do we get out of bed in the morning?

      We help people who do good in the world to do that better.

       

      We help people to combine stand up comedy, playfulness, content about stuff that matters, a focus on positivity and inclusion, and love.


      When combined, these are wildly powerful forces to get important information across.

       

      Join us and stand up for things that matter.

    • The SusStandUp Team

      Let's play!

      Belina
      Founder, Director

      Belina began her stand up and improv in 1996 through classes and performances in New York City, continuing her studies at the Loose Moose School of Improvisation. She performs in Baltimore, NY. London and - soon - Berlin.  She is a Director of the global Applied Improvisation Network and a consultant with an MBA. Belina spends most of her time teaching social entrepreneurs and business people improvisation skills to bring about a more delightful, sustainable form of business. 

      Steve

      Advisor/Connector, UK

      Steve is a geek comedian and founder of Science Showoff (http://www.scienceshowoff.org) and Bright Club (http://www.brightclub.org). He's trained hundreds of people to be funny about science and hosts gigs all over the UK where clever folk get to make funny for the first time.

       

      Photo credit: Ed Moore

      Adam
      Advisor, Germany
      Adam is a professional actor, improviser and stand-up for corporate audiences. He has been performing, teaching and directing since the mid 1990s, mostly in central Europe.
      With a background in psychology, he is also a presentation coach, consultant and adjunct professor who uses techniques stolen from theater to help companies and governments all over the world make their staff and customers smile. 

      Katie

      Performer/Advisor

       

      Katie Goodman is an award-winning musical comic, improviser, actress, author, creative coach, and social activist. She is the author of “Improvisation For The Spirit: Live a More Creative, Spontaneous, and Courageous Life Using the Tools of Improv Comedy.” Her comedy music videos can be seen, having amassed over 1.5 million hits on Youtube. www.KatieGoodman.com

       

      Peter

      Advisor, Climate Scientist

      Peter is the founding director of NASA’s Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Office, supporting the North American Carbon Program (www.nacarbon.org); ABoVE, the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment, a major field campaign (http://above.nasa.gov); and the Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Focus Area at NASA HQ (http://cce.nasa.gov).  He's also an improviser and was part of our first show in Baltimore of Sustainable Stand Up.

      Pablo

      Advisor, Climate Scientist

       

      Pablo is Associate director for research and innovation at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. As a researcher and consultant on climate, disasters and development he has worked with over thirty organizations in more than 50 countries. His current work addresses the use of innovative tools for climate risk management – including applied improvisation for learning and managing complex dynamic systems. 

       

      Prescott

      Green building Expert/Improviser, Baltimore

      Prescott is a sustainability innovator by day, and talented improvisation performer and show director by night.  

       

    • Contact us

      Got a question?  Contact us

       

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