2019 AIN Plenary - Pablo Suarez Plenary: Harnessing Humor for Humanitarian Work
Channel: Applied Improvisation Network
Date: 30/10/2019

The evidence is irrefutable: Humor can help improve communication, build relationships, enhance problem solving, increase productivity, and strengthen leadership. Because our humanitarian work requires creative learning and dialogue, The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre has been building on applied improvisation skills, exploring humor as an unconventional approach to engage people and organizations in difficult conversations about what can go wrong and what to do about it. Combining the fascinating science of how humor works with serious-yet-fun activities and insights, in this intensely interactive keynote we will experience a set of safe, innovative communication approaches that make people smile, reflect, and wonder - in ways that support risk management and development work.

2019 AIN Conference at Stony Brook