Beth is an author and consultant specializing in researching, writing about, and teaching communication and related skills. Her books cover topics in communication, leadership, and medical improv. She offers customized workshops for staff and leaders as well as the new online, self-paced, Medical Improv Toolkit: 3 Paths Into Practice!
Ellen Schnur, author, speaker and founder of ImprovTalk, has led customized keynotes and workshops for hundreds of teams and organizations. Her sessions are known for being fun, interactive and high-energy, giving participants game-changing tools that are immediately applicable to work and life.
Ellen is the coauthor of Medical Improv: 10 Simple Activities to Promote
Safe Care, Healthy Workplaces & Rewarding Careers! She is a Certified
Professional in the Applied Improvisation Network, where she also
served on the board. She has trained at Second City, iO, and other
renowned theaters, was named Chicagoland Toastmaster of the Year,
and is a passionate advocate for using improvbased learning to
transform workplace culture and performance.
Enhancing Communication, Reducing Burnout, and Finding Joy Through Medical Improv: Parts I & II
Description
Medical Improv is an experiential learning strategy rooted in relational skill development and joyful human connection. When facilitated skillfully and integrated with discussion, reflection, and brief didactic framing, medical improv activities become practical tools for strengthening emotional intelligence, communication, teamwork, and leadership. Together, these capacities can enhance therapeutic relationships, manage stress, reduce burnout, and support more rewarding work—especially when interactions with children, parents, and staff involve stressful environments and sensitive or incomplete clinical information.
In Part I, participants will gain a foundation for understanding the vast potential of Medical Improv for improving communication, decreasing burnout, and experiencing joy.
In Part II, they will integrate the philosophy, tools and learnings necessary for application to their practice.
Join Beth Boynton and Ellen Schnur for this interactive, dynamic two-part workshop exploring how the “YES AND” mindset can support pediatric dentists and their teams.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
Join the group for some history and Rum tastings
Meet at noon at a distillery, get a history, tour cocktail and some local food, then go to a winery , have some wine and moonshine, see some sites, then go to a private speakeasy, have a flight of rum, learn about different rums, make your own cocktail, have some rum cake then 5 min walk back to the boat
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