SPEAKER / PERFORMER
Cathy is a pioneer of the play, performance, and applied improvisation field in business, education, psychology, and social change movements.
Cathy leads highly interactive workshops, gives engaging, entertaining and thought provoking keynotes and guest lectures. Sometimes she sings during these presentations (if you’re lucky). She always improvisationally performs and co-creates with her audiences. Check out some of her recent engagements (and many haircuts) below.
Dan Pink and Cathy Salit talk applied improvisation!
Here’s a 10 minute video taste of a conversation she had with the best selling author, Daniel Pink, at the 2019 AIN Conference, Communicating Beyond Borders and Barriers: Applications of Improvisation in Society, Stony Brook, NY.
Upcoming Engagements
Professional Performance Coaching Lab
Coach
January 25-March 6, 2024
Creative Choice Consulting
Science Playwriting Competition
Performer
May 8, 2024
Simons Center Art and Outreach Program, Stony Brook University
Past Engagements
Spokesperson Training
Trainer
February 13, 2024
IndependentVoting.org
Open the Door
Speaker
February 3, 2024
Turning Point India & Global Play Brigade
Spokesperson Training
Trainer
October 16, 2023
IndependentVoting.org
INDECENT by Paula Vogel
Lead role
October 6, 7, 2023
Emerson Theater Collaborative
Yes, Let’s Play the World! A GLOCAL Approach to Human Development
Panel presentation
September 29, 2023
Performing the World Happening(s) 2023
Performance Coaching Lab
Workshop
September 13, 2023
Target Marketing Digital
Jazz Night
Performer
July 5, 2023
The Jazz Loft
Dialogue, Play and Performance: Co-Creating Executive Coaching with Clients
Speaker
May 24, 2023
Taos Institute
Global Playshop
Speaker
February 24, 25, 2023
Global Play Brigade
Professional Performance Coaching Lab
Coach
February 21 – April 3, 2023
Coaching Group
Spokesperson Training
Trainer
January 30, 2023
IndependentVoting.org
Global Play Brigade
Host
January 15, 2023
Reception
Global Play Brigade / East Side Institute
Host
January 13, 2023
Reception
Listening for Co-Creation & Connection
Interactive Keynote
January 7, 2023
The Link Group
Performing Your Story (And Have it Help You Grow Your Project)
Workshop
December 4 & 11, 2022
East Side Institute
Performing Relational Leadership: An Inside Look at Improvisational Executive Coaching
November 13, 2022
Unfolding Dialogues: Relational Resources for the Global Good
The Taos Institute 2022 Gathering
The How of Performance Activism, East Side Institute
October 16, 2022
Faculty Presenter
2nd-Year Anniversary, Africa Voices Dialogue
October 11, 2022
Improvisational Workshop
Humor and Crises: The Global Play Brigade
Presentation
September 22, 2022
Humor Roundup Educational Forum, The Association for Therapeutic Humor
Spokesperson Training
Trainer
September 20, 2022
IndependentVoting.org
Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
September 1, 2022
Interactive Keynote
Play in a Liminal Space: Considering Who We Are and Who We Are Becoming
Presentation with José Carlos Barbosa Lopes
May 21, 2022
The Association for the Study of Play (TASP) Conference
How to Play with Problems
Workshop
April 21, 2022
Global Play Brigade
Crossing Borders: Connecting Strangers Around the World Through Play
Presentation
January 27, 2022
Learning Planet Festival
Curating Activistic Experiences
Faculty presentation
November 14, 2021
The How of Perfromance Activism, East Side Institute
Global Play Brigade: Crossing Borders Through Tears and Laughter
Presentation
November 5, 2021
Education as Relating: A Virtual Conference, Taos Institute
“I didn’t know I need to play with strangers!” Rediscovering the Value of Play with the Global Play Brigade.
Group presentation
September 25, 2021
Performing the World Happenings
Breakthrough Practices of Play & Performance for Social Change, Connection &
Transformation
Presentation
September 11, 2021
Play, Perform, Learn, Grow (PPLG) Conference
The Taos Institute
September 1, 2021
What in the World Wednesdays
The Pandemic, Power & Play
Panel presentation with Rita Ezenwa-Okoro & Dr. Omar H. Ali
June 4, 2021
Global Improvisation Initiative (GII) Symposium, 2021
The Art of Listening: The Revolutionary Way to Have Conversations
Workshop presentation with Dr. Jim Martinez
May 21, 2021
Cultivating Ensembles and the Global Play Brigade
The Power of Play for Creating Social Change
April 23, 2021
Playful Creative Summit, 2021
Radical Systemic Humanism, Politics of Activism Forum
April 7, 2021/May 26, 2021
Guest Lecturer
Rutgers University, Graduate School of Education
March 30, 2021
Guest Lecturer
VUCA SCHMUCA: Creating a New Normal?
Workshop with Sean Kwan
March 5, 2021
Global Play Brigade
Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands
March 2, 2021
High-Performance Leadership, Guest Lecturer
University of Georgia, Athens, College of Education
February 25, 2021
TESOL & World Language Education, Guest Lecturer
The How of Performance Activism, East Side Institute
February 20, 2021
Faculty Presenter
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
January 28, 2021/ February 2, 2021/ February 3, 2021
Guest Lecturer
Simpósio Ação Cidadã (SIAC) Conference, Brazil
November 7, 2020
Opening Keynote: Creating the Viable Unheard Of During the Pandemic
