Enjoy scrolling through these testimonials for Beth, for Beth, Ellen, & Jim, and for Beth & Liz!
Beth
If you are looking for an interactive education opportunity for communication, nursing resilience, self-care, or related issues, I would suggest Beth Boynton, RN, MS, CP. Beth is occasionally joined by colleagues to offer some great programs r/t these topics and uses a Medical Improv modality. They have joined us at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) many times – onsite and via Webex – for workshops that are fun and yet filled with learning opportunities on how to best address these issues. I highly recommend her.
Debra Hastings, PhD, RN, NPD-BC
Director, Continuing Nursing Education, Dartmouth-Hitchcock
As a healthcare risk manager, I am stymied by the continuing problems with communication issues (among clinicians and between clinicians and patients) as a root cause of medical error and dissatisfaction. This concept (Medical Improv) for enhancing mindful communication offers hope for improvement in our field. I can’t wait to explore further!
Ellen Grady Venditti, MS, RN, CPHRM, FASHRM
Risk Management and Patient Safety Consultant
Optimal communication is at the heart of psychotherapy and all of health care. As soon as she begins to speak, Beth pulls you into her engaging ideas and refreshing exercises. She integrates experiential activities with group process and traditional teaching methods to provide a most novel and captivating way to absorb and practice new skills. Even psychologists, who have been practicing for years, will have light-bulb moments and problem-solve in innovative ways using her techniques.
Anita Remig, Ed.D.,BCB
Dr. Anita Remig
Licensed Psychologist
Board Certified in Biofeedback
That exercise [Physical Phone] was incredible because all I had through most of that was simply the sound of others’ reactions. It took everything in me not to give in to the temptation to ‘cheat’ by turning around or by looking at the reflection of what was happening in the windows to my right.
I was honestly surprised by how different what I got was from what Gary did first, because I had assumed ‘improv people’ would be somehow better at this than ‘regular people.’ I anticipated some change, sure, but not nearly to that degree.
What amazes me most (after being able to watch the video) is just how quickly it changed: right away in that first transaction. What I’m most intrigued by is the opportunity this presents to isolate some ways in which communication malfunctions – choices people make, assumptions individuals have, the consistent way the ‘curse of knowledge’ operates. It would be interesting to me to have the participants not step out and watch, and then to have them suss out the issues once the first and final messages are showcased. I imagine you’d get a ton of information about the team (participants) in the exercise itself, but also from the way they would try to diagnose the issues. I’ll bet you’d see things like power dynamics and blame vs. responsibility play out in real time.
Thanks again for an eye-opening session.
Nancee Moes
Improvisation Instructor
The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science ®, Stony Brook University
Beth, Ellen, & Jim
Thank you again for the wonderful job you did facilitating the improv sessions for faculty and students yesterday. Everyone I spoke with truly enjoyed the workshops and gained valuable skills for use in their professional and personal life. The improv activities were especially helpful and insightful for faculty and students.- Ball State University Faculty & Student Evaluations
– Lori A. Porter EdD, MBA, RDN
Director, Interprofessional Education and Practice, Director, Dietetics Program
College of Health Dean’s Office, Nutrition and Health Science
Ball State University
Just wanted to let you know how inspiring and effective today was!
The movie was AWESOME! I appreciate what goes into making that, and the way you illuminated diverse perspectives and outcomes of the same event was spectacular. I loved how you focused on 1 simple but powerful technique. It’s true, interaction and practice make all the difference.
– Laurin Mooney, RN, MS
Founder of SpeakingIN.
Beth & Liz
This “Gift of Presence: An Experiential Approach to Skillful Communication for LPNs and RNs” with Beth Boynton and Liz Korabek-Emerson was perfect for working in healthcare. It helped me to understand the importance of patience when working with emotional patients, family members and oftentimes coworkers. I will integrate mindfulness into my practice as a priority while communicating with both patients and families as well as my coworkers.
Nurse
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
“I wanted to follow up about the Webex yesterday and give positive feedback! Both Liz and Beth were amazing and very affirming. Sometimes, in everyday life, we forget to step back, take a breath, and allow our minds and bodies to be present.
Bethany, LPN
Nurse, New London Hospital – NH, USA
Beth Boynton and Liz Korabek-Emerson have teamed up to offer programs called “The Gift of Presence”. They take their individual strengths of applied improv and accessible mindfulness to amazing places, including emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, leadership, communication, and just basically being a better and more alive human being. You will have more fun than you can imagine, learn about your hidden habits and walk away with important life and work skills to help you be more flexible, open, and courageous.
Judy Ringer
Founder of Power & Presence Training
FollowThank you Beth and Liz. Your energy and kindness was a breath of fresh air in the nursing community. Taking the time to step back and have patience with myself as well as my coworkers and patients in what sometimes feels like a terribly stressful environment is a passionate topic of mine.
Morgan Fogg, RN
Nurse, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
