Bobbi Block
Philadelphia, PA
Regions
- US Mid-Atlantic
Summary
Bobbi Block is a Facilitator and Coach based in Philadelphia, specializing in Relationship Management, Presence, Collaboration/Team Dynamics, Leadership, Presentation and Creativity. She’s worked around the globe with Ariel for 20 years. Bobbi’s coaching and facilitation approach is both playful and rigorous. She creates an active learning environment in which clients feel comfortable consistently honing new behavior skills. Her clients develop an increased capacity to engage and compel others, and to build trusting relationships.
Training Experience
Bobbi has designed and delivered learning & development programs for 30 years. Bobbi is a certified Applied Improvisation Practitioner – the philosophies and exercises of improvisational theater inform her training work.
Bobbi has worked with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, universities, and government. Her industry specialties include: financial and professional services, pharmaceutical, healthcare, manufacturing, engineering, media, and executive education
Bobbi has worked with
• BCG
• American Express
• Oliver Wyman
• Capital One
• Raymond James
• Time Warner
• Campbell’s
• Betterment
• Merck
• Comcast
• Hershey
• Omnicom
• US Navy
Business Experience
An entrepreneur, Bobbi has founded and managed several small businesses. She is Co-Founder of CSz Comedy Theater in Philadelphia, where she has served as Director of the Applied Improv department for 30 years. She also works as Producing Artistic Director of Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater company and is Co-Founder of Learning & Development Company YesandNature Collaborative, which helps scientists and others communicate more effectively about environmental issues.
Bobbi serves as an independent faculty member for Wharton’s Executive Education Institution and works as an Instructional Designer and Facilitator for leadership development firm Work.Life.Leader. She is an Adjunct Professor at Temple and Drexel Universities, where she teaches Improvisational theater, and at Temple, she also teaches Leadership skills for the Engineering Graduate School.
Theater Experience
- Directed, performed and produced 30+ shows for critically-acclaimed unscripted theater company Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater
- Artistic Director, CSz Comedy Theater (Philadelphia) – Barrymore Award Recipient
- Taught her signature ‘Actors’ Improv’ approach to theater artists around the world.
- Performed, directed or produced countless productions in Philadelphia theater community.
Education and Credentials
- BA in English and Development Through Creative Expression from the University of Pennsylvania
- MA in Theater from Villanova University
- Certified Applied Improvisation Practitioner – International Applied Improvisation Network (AIN)
- DISC Instructor
