Lisa Pertoso Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Earth

Follow the Fear is a leadership development studio that uses improv tools to boost our most crucial human skills like...Adaptability, Collaboration, Creativity, Wellbeing. Live in-person or virtual options for most offerings.🍓 Recent Accomplishments 🍍* Designed and led a virtual Coaching for Performance train-the-trainer workshop for a global software firm* Gamified and supported the design of a live Sales Kick-off Event for 900 participants for a cybersecurity company to increase interactivity* Designed and co-facilitated a culture and team-building offsite for Center for Brooklyn History* Designed and led a 2-day facilitation training for the New York City Department of Health coaches* Wrote a thought leadership piece on Creative Collaboration for Expert Session* Regularly facilitate in-person DEI workshops for various training companiesPartner with leaders inside organizations to design and facilitate learning programs, workshops, and experiences that develop modern leaders, adaptable teams, healthy cultures and emotionally-committed employees.

Leveraging magic and psychology to create engaging learning experiences that shift mindsets and supercharge core skills. As a workshop facilitator and client connector, I help people lead teams authentically.

Support organizations' Learning and Development needs: Facilitation, curriculum development, learning experience design, train-the-trainer (remote or in-person flexibility). Topics include: *Leadership / People Management*Communication / Feedback*Creativity / Innovation*Facilitation Skills*Presentation / Public Speaking Skills

🌟Need more humor, laughter, and lightness? Hire me, your new comedy coach.🌟Book a session with me here: https://expertsession.com/experts/followthefearI’m offering a sizzling HOT, once in a THIS SUMMER deal to help you punch up presentations, pitches, speeches, essays, reports, articles, meetings, and other boring stuff.I’ll shake up your perspective using tools from improv, sketch comedy, satire writing, and storytelling.💡How Can I Help You? Thanks for asking…💡– Ideate on a project where you feel stuck. Knowing zero about your project makes me an excellent brainstorming partner.– Coach you to be funnier by being your authentic self (comedy comes from truth not bad jokes)– Suggest energizing ice breakers for more effective meetings so you can be the cool boss you always wanted to be!– Share playful exercises for people who need routine work breaks (freelancers, anyone who works-from-home, anyone who works and suffers from existential dread after 3pm, or it just me?).– Give constructive feedback on humor and satire short written pieces (I’m a published writer! Which means nothing!)🌎 Why me? Wow, more questions? Ok. 🌏* 14 years of performing and teaching improv theater, storytelling, sketch comedy* Published writer of satire, humor and personal essays. Work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Glamour, Insider, and more. My portfolio: https://followthefear.co/lisapertosowriting* 20+ years experience as a facilitator, speaker, coach, learning designer, and consultant. Love working with creatives, or people who think they aren’t creative and funny. Caveat: Must be a human.* I once had a dating blog and strangers liked it.* I’m a mom and that sh*t is FUNNY._____Selected to be 1 of 100 Expert Advisors to help shape the Expert Session platform, pre-marketplace launch. Expert Session is a platform and network where experts get paid to share their expertise and passions via 1:1 virtual sessions.