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Mary Lemmer

Founder
Improve
Country or state 
United States
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Global
City 
USA
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Languages 
English
Volunteer
No
Timezone 
America/Los_Angeles

Personal Details

Bio

Mary Lemmer is a creative impact-driven entrepreneur, consultant, and global speaker helping leaders and companies innovate, navigate change and thrive in an unpredictable world. She is the founder of Improve, a company that improves lives, teams, companies, and impact, in ways that work and just so happen to be fun and engaging. She designs and delivers engaging keynotes, offsites, and conference sessions, bringing two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, author, humorist, and recovering venture capitalist and startup unicorn director. She gave the TED Talk “How improv can improve your leadership and life” and has spoken at The Social Innovation Summit, TED Women, TechCon, The Positive Business Conference, multiple years at the Agile Alliance conference, among speaking and leading interactive and empowering sessions for hundreds of companies around the world. Connect with Mary at www.marylemmer.com and learn more about Improve at www.chooseimprove.com.

Current position (1)

Founder

Improve

Degrees (3)
Business, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Studies
The University of Michigan
2006 to 2010
Improvisation
The Second City
2011 to 2022
Certificate, The Human Side of Entrepreneurship
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business
2019

Presentations

Presentations (1)
How to Handle Anything - Improving Your Ability to Improvise, Creatively Solve Problems, and Grow

During this interactive session you'll learn and practice improvisation techniques specifically designed to improve your capacity for growth and change as an impact-driven leader and your ability to handle anything that comes your way, be it a market changing natural disaster or a huge investment or donation in your organization. You’ll walk away with practical skills and techniques you can use with yourself and your teams, and with a big smile on your face!

Takeaways:
- Learn and practice techniques you can use to handle anything that comes your way
- Discover new ways of creatively solving problems and innovating with new ideas
- Find out how to empower your team’s adaptability, creativity, and trust

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How improv can improve your leadership and life
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Expertise (11)

Leadership
Health & Well-being
Business
Adapting to Change Behavior Change Business change Creating Lasting Impact Adaptability Building Resilience Creativity Change Management
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Why choose me? 

"All I can say is WOW!" ... "full of humor, interactive and tips that you can implement immediately"

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