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SME Luncheon

Location:
Doubletree Park Place Hotel
Hwy 394 & Park Place/Xenia Exit, St Louis Park
Directions

11:30 - 12:00 PM	Luncheon Registration
12:00 - 1:30 PM	Luncheon Presentation

Luncheon Presentation
Think on the Spot:  Stevie Ray’s Improv Comedy and Corporate Development Services
Speaker: Stevie Ray

Our February 17 presenter is Twin Cities’ improv icon Stevie Ray, founder of Stevie Ray’s Improv Company in Minneapolis, which has provided training and entertainment since 1989. He has trained employees at hundreds of organizations across the country, including 3M, Honeywell, American Express and many others.

Stevie Ray is an instructor at the Division of Executive and Professional Development of the University of St. Thomas, and a columnist for The Business Journal. He is the author of Stevie Ray's Medium-Sized Book of Comedy: What we laugh at ... and why, as well as the training series Spontaneity Takes Practice.

A master of improvisation, Stevie Ray began his training in 1977 and has studied with some of the greatest improvisers in the country. As a keynote speaker, Stevie Ray as been consistently rated the #1 presenter at conferences and events. Stevie Ray's SME presentation will reflect a successful workshop that corporations pay thousands of dollars to expose their employees to.

Stevie Ray’s Corporate Development Services have received national acclaim as the new and innovative approach to improving business. He has trained professionals from more than 45 countries, and is well-known as a private executive coach in leadership and communication.  He is the only person in the country to design his own comedy college degree–Theory and Performance of Comedy–which he earned at Moorhead State University.

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