Steph DeWaegeneer has been an active performer and workshop coach with ComedySportz for 15 years. She is a pioneer within the interactive theatre genre and has trained hundreds people in improvisational and interactive theatre. She experimented with integrating creative corporate communications with interactive theater and created Creative Conceptz for ComedySportz, one of the most sought after live entertainment solutions in Chicago.

No matter our area of expertise or specific profession, we all improvise. Everyday. We all deal with stress. Everyday. Can you count the number of times you've said, "I'm completely stressed out!" in the past week? The good news is that there are ways to reduce the negative impacts of stress. How? By embracing the power to found in positive responses; the "Yes, And!" principle.

In this fast-paced and exciting ComedySportz B.L.A.S.T. Corporate Workshop session Steph will work with some of the participants in a series of fun and funny exercises illustrating how to respond in a healthy and productive way to daily stress-inducing stimuli, rather than fight or flee. The ingrained stress response closes communication conduit and narrows focus. The theory of "Yes, And!" reveals the nature of genuine communication and how to inject playful mental associations into any situation.