What We Do

Workshops

  • 3-hour Online Workshop

    Designed for teachers, educators, and anyone who communicates with an audience that doesn’t necessarily want to be there. Rooted in humanizing pedagogy, this workshop highlights how comedy can be used to inspire our students to engage with our courses and material.

  • 3-hour Online Workshop

    Perfect for grad students, researchers, faculty, and anyone who has a data story to tell. This workshop helps scientists unlock the funny in the work we do to bring connection and laughter into conference presentations, dissertation defenses, and more.

  • 3-hour Online Workshop

    Science communicators have the ever-more-challenging task of engaging members of the public in scientific awesomeness. Drawing on behavioral psychology and marketing, this workshop reveals ways that humor can be used to enhance public communication and connect science to a broader audience.

  • We offer 3-hour in person workshops designed to build essential yet underrated skills in collaboration, communication, and connection. Workshops include:

    1. Improv for Leadership and Team Building

    2. Improv for Scientists

    3. Improv for Teachers

Courses

  • 4-week Online Course

    Meeting online weekly for 4 weeks, work with a cohort of fellow scientists, communicators, and professionals to build confidence using humor in work settings and unlock your unique comedic voice. We cover and practice comedy essentials like storytelling, joke-writing, timing, and delivery to make sure your presentation captivates your audience from beginning to end.  Course completion comes with a fancy certificate printed on fancy paper!

Retreats and Team Building

  • In Person

    Combining improv games with communication training, we bring a fun, playful, and vibrant atmosphere to workplace retreats and team building events. Your team will be empowered to keep it real, while also practicing core communication techniques around listening, validating, and collaborating. This is for you if you’re looking to add more vitality and sparkle to your team dynamics.

    We are located in Northern and Central California. Are you located somewhere else? Let’s talk anyway! We love to travel :)

Private Coaching

  • Online or In Person

    Do you have a big presentation, speech, keynote, or plenary coming up? Why not try something to make you stand out? Together, we’ll work with you to discover comedic threads to weave throughout your presentation, build jokes, and practice delivery. After just a few meetings, you’ll be the speaker the whole conference is talking about!

Keynotes and Speaking

  • In Person or Online

    Have you ever wanted to attend a keynote that wasn’t boring AF? We have you covered. Our Signature 20-60 minute Keynote “Lean on Laughter: The Power of Humor in Science Communication” emphasizes that humor and authenticity are the foundations of connection, and using these tools strategically can reach new audiences, build rapport, and establish a foundation of trust. 

Custom Programs

  • Online or In Person

    Digging our vibe but not finding an offering that perfectly fits your needs? No problem! We’re teachers, so we would love the opportunity to build some fresh curriculum tailored to you or your team. Please reach out to schedule a chat about your comedy communication program vision.

  • “I thought this workshop was really fun and helpful. I really appreciated that you both made it clear that having a sense of humor is not unprofessional and can make your talks even better.”

    — Lilly

  • “After the workshop I felt confident about being funny during my talk. In the past, I had the habit of letting a joke slip out during my talks, and feeling inadequate about it. Now I just let the jokes come freely as I speak. I got three laughs during my talk … and even had an attendee tell me my talk was ‘refreshing.’. I feel emboldened to be myself now and I feel gratitude toward the workshop for encouraging me.”

    —Samantha B.

  • “This workshop inspired me to take some risks in adding a bit of silliness to my talk and it worked!”

    —Christina N.

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