DATE: Sunday, December 4, 2022

START TIME: 9:30am PST/12:30pm EST/6:30pm CEST

DURATION: 4 hours

LOCATION: Zoom (Link will be sent to all participants one day before the workshop begins). No recording provided.

PRICING: Tickets for this workshop are offered on a sliding scale ($99, $139, and $169) in order to increase accessibility to the class, with a limited number of reduced price tickets. BIPOC participants are welcome to purchase a ticket at any price point. We also have available a limited number of tickets at $50 each for BIPOC participants with financial need (please email training@IPAinternational.org if you would like to request one of these tickets). ALL TICKET PRICES ARE IN USD.

PREREQUISITES: You must have taken Part 1 of the Emotional Intelligence series (Introduction to EQ) taught by Rebecca Johannsen in order to participate in this class.

LEVEL: This workshop is open only to working IC’s in the film and TV industry.

EVENT DESCRIPTION

So much of the work we do as IC’s employs an incredibly high level of communication skill since we often find ourselves in really difficult conversations with very powerful people. This class is an opportunity to hone the skills that have been covered in part one of this series, Introduction to Emotional Intelligence (taught by Rebecca Johannsen), and take it to the next level. You will build on that foundation with custom created scenarios drawn from the lived experience of professional intimacy coordinators in the film and TV industry. In this four hour class, all participants will have the chance to work in triads with other IC’s and take turns role-playing different scenarios as The Initiator/Problem Solver, The Respondent, and The Observer/Coach. We will review self-management techniques, new mindfulness practices, and the experiential design of practicing our skills, reflecting on what worked and what didn’t. You will then have an opportunity to have a “second chance” to replay the scenario for maximum learning effectiveness. This kind of practice in a supportive, low-stakes environment can make all the difference in your effectiveness in the highly charged situations you are counted on to navigate on set for the benefit of all those we work with in the industry. This class is designed for working IC’s who are looking for an opportunity to up-level their soft skills. This class will be taught by IPA-certified intimacy coordinator Christine McHugh and facilitated by IPA founder Amanda Blumenthal

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Christine McHugh (she/her) is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico and has served as the intimacy coordinator for Amazon's Outer Range (S1), NBC-Universal's MacGruber, ABC’s Big Sky (S2), A24’s Love Lies Bleeding, Netflix’s upcoming comedy Obliterated, and many more projects. She brings to her intimacy coordinator training a lifetime of work as an acting and improv teacher and corporate trainer. Additionally, she has served as support staff for Human Awareness Institute (HAI) workshops on love, sex and intimacy, and trained as a life coach with Coaches Training Institute and The Work of Byron Katie. Christine spent five years as President of the New Mexico chapter of Women in Film, which is an organization dedicated to supporting women working in all aspects of the film industry in New Mexico through networking, mentorship, and education. During her time leading NMWIF, she produced multiple events dealing with gender inequity as experienced by women in all sectors of the industry. A deft communicator dedicated to compassionate collaboration that leads to clarity, she approaches her work as an intimacy coordinator as a professional opportunity to facilitate safety for everyone’s empowerment in service to the story.