Diana Martinez

Diana Martinez

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IL, US
"Improvise your way to the top!" Veteran Entertainment Executive former President of Legendary The Second City, shares secrets of the entertainment industry.

Diana Martinez has more than 20 years of experience in the executive management of live entertainment, most recently as President of legendary sketch comedy theatre The Second City. She is the CEO and founder of Spark Creative Consulting, specializing in improving coproprate collaboration, creativity and innovation by using the fundamental of improvisation in a fun and engaging interactive  workshop or keynote.

Martinez also facilitates strategic planning for education, government and private business. She has directed and produced over 40 live Broadway musicals, collaborated with country star Kenny Rogers for more than ten years, and has presented over 350 world-class Broadway shows, concerts, presentations and events. Martinez hopes to inspire you to think creatively, and collaboratively to help to grow your organization. With years of directing experience she innately knows how to bring out the best in people, and helps them to "think quick on their feet" with confidence. Affiliations include: an Academy member of the National Speaker's Bureau and board member for: the League of Chicago Theatres, Choose Chicago and the City of Chicago Cultural Council. Diana holds a degree from the University of Illinois in Theatre Management, and is publishing SPARK! In the fall of 2014.

Diana Martinez has more than 20 years of experience in the executive management of live entertainment, most recently as President of legendary sketch comedy theatre The Second City. She is the CEO and founder of Spark Creative Consulting, specializing in improving coproprate collaboration, creativity and innovation by using the fundamental of improvisation in a fun and engaging interactive  workshop or keynote.

Martinez also facilitates strategic planning for education, government and private business. She has directed and produced over 40 live Broadway musicals, collaborated with country star Kenny Rogers for more than ten years, and has presented over 350 world-class Broadway shows, concerts, presentations and events. Martinez hopes to inspire you to think creatively, and collaboratively to help to grow your organization. With years of directing experience she innately knows how to bring out the best in people, and helps them to "think quick on their feet" with confidence. Affiliations include: an Academy member of the National Speaker's Bureau and board member for: the League of Chicago Theatres, Choose Chicago and the City of Chicago Cultural Council. Diana holds a degree from the University of Illinois in Theatre Management, and is publishing SPARK! In the fall of 2014.

Think Fast! Creative Team building

Think FAST uses interactive improvisational fun to -build collaboration, creativity and trust by using games that engage active listening; develop communication skills; and helps to organizations  break out of silos and learn to think bigger through ideation and innovation and collaboration.

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Creating a Collaborative Culture

Former President of the Second City , Diana Martinez will teach you the secrets to Creating a Collaborative Culture—ideal for leaders of

any organization; empower your employees to speak

up, share ideas, and become a part of positive results;

learn how to unleash ideas, engage employees, build

innovativative solutions, and turn them into new revenue

streams.

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Your personal brand - What's it saying?

Entertainment Executive Diana Martinez discusses concepts of the Celebrity Entertainemnt Industry that can be applied to your own personal brand. —Learn how to develop, strengthen, align and capitalize on your personal brand; how you promote and market yourself to sharpen your business and promote your self like a blockbuster Broadway show.

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Improvise to innovate

Diana Martinez,

former President of The Second City,

takes you inside the world of entertainment to

share the secrets to creativity-through highly

interactive, engaging leadership workshops,

inspiring keynote presentations, and individual

executive consulting. Ideal for organizations

of all sizes and industries, these custom

experiences are designed to ignite collaborative

and creative innovation, encourage...

Entertainment-basedAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny