We do in-organisation workshops and public workshops exploring ways to learn how to be engaging, smart and funny about stuff that matters.
Here are some public courses we have coming up.
For in-organisation courses or public courses in your city,
contact us (Maffick.com is where this project comes from).
Warning: Learning may include belly laughing, transformative insights, and meeting delightful, like-minded people.
ONLINE Sustainable Stand Up (Europe & Africa evening, North America day)
Let's find a way to talk about important ideas with humour and compassion
1 Feb - 15 Mar 2023
CLASSES (Six live, 90-minute, fun and inspiring online classes via Zoom. (This ain't your normal Zoom call.))
Dates:
Class 1 Wednesday 1 February
Class 2 Wednesday 8 February
Class 3 Wednesday 15 February
Class 4 Wednesday 22 February
Coaching & set refinement week 24-28 February
Class 5 Wednesday 1 March
Class 6 Wednesday 8 March
Show Saturday 11 March
Class 7 (Debrief) Wednesday 15 March
Class times: 1930-2100 CET (730pm -900pm Europe)
1330-1500 ET (130pm-3pm East Coast USA)
for other time zone calculations, we recommend using this.
COACHING (Individual, online coaching (30 minutes per person)) 24-28 February. We'll find a time that works for us.
THE SHOW (Our live, online public comedy show (we only invite lovely people to be part of our audience))
We meet 40 mins before the show start time.
Date: Saturday, 11 March.
Time: We arrive at 1850 CET/1250 ET
Show starts promptly at 1930 CET/1330 ET
COURSE FEE
Regular individual rate £320 plus VAT
Corporate rate £540 plus VAT
IMPORTANT COURSE INFORMATION
Course limited to 8 participants.
To book your place on this course, please email us. In your email, let us know where you are based, if you or the organisation paying for your place is VAT registered. And please read the course terms and conditions.
We look forward to hearing from you!
To get on the waiting list for the next course, email us.
SOLD OUT
ONLINE Sustainable Stand Up (Europe & Africa evening, US west coast morning time)
Let's find a way to talk about important ideas with humour and compassion
19 January - 2 March 2023
CLASSES (Six live, 90-minute, fun and inspiring online classes via Zoom. (This ain't your normal Zoom call.))
Dates:
Class 1 Thursday 19 January
Class 2 Thursday 26 January
Class 3 Thursday 2 February
Class 4 Thursday 9 February
Coaching & set refinement week 11-14 February
Class 5 Thursday 16 February
Class 6 Thursday 23 February
Show Sunday 26 February
Class 7 (Debrief) Thursday 2 March
Class times: 1930-2100 CET (730pm -900pm Europe)
1330-1500 ET (130pm-3pm East Coast USA)
for other time zone calculations, we recommend using this.
COACHING (Individual, online coaching (30 minutes per person)) 11-14 February. We'll find a time that works for us.
THE SHOW (Our live, online public comedy show (we only invite lovely people to be part of our audience))
We meet 40 mins before the show start time.
Date: Sunday, 26 February.
Time: We arrive at 1850 CET/1250 ET
Show starts promptly at 1930 CET/1330 ET
COURSE FEE
Regular individual rate £320
Corporate rate £540
IMPORTANT COURSE INFORMATION
Course limited to 8 participants.
To pay for and reserve your place, click here.
Please read the course terms and conditions.
To get on the waiting list for the next course, email us.
Compassionate Climate Comedy
Tips for thinking about and communicating this stuff with impact
Online, live, 1-hour
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
In this interactive, online workshop, we explore three key tools which help us to think about and communicate climate issues with more compassion, clarity, and humour.
We'll explore:
- The rule of 3
- Finding the beauty in your anger
- Using metaphors/domain shifts to illuminate disfunction and possibility
No comedy experience needed. Just a desire to help make the world better.
WHEN AND WHERE
Next workshop TBD. For other time zones, we recommend this link.
The event will be on Zoom. Be prepared to have your cameras and mics on,
WORKSHOP FEE
Regular individual rate £49.
IMPORTANT WORKSHOP INFORMATION
Course limited to 10 participants.
To pay for and reserve your place, click here.
Please read the course terms and conditions.
To get on the waiting list for the next course, email us.
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..."
The SusStandUp Team
Let's play!
Belina
Founder, DirectorBelina 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.
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