Lura Barber
Committed to helping individuals and communities thrive
- Role
- Co-founder and Lead Facilitator at Grit - Gr Improv Training
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Co-founder and Lead Facilitator
Mar 2024 — Present · Grand Rapids, MI, US
GRIT provides playful, engaging, and transformative team-building experiences using the tools and frameworks of improv comedy. Co-founders Lura Barber and Megan Erskine are passionate believers in the power of improv to help people connect more deeply with themselves and others. Trained at top programs in Chicago and DC, together they have more than 25 years of experience performing, teaching, and facilitating improv workshops.
Education
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
MPP
Grinnell College
BA with Honors
Skills
- Editing
- Strategic Communications
- Community Outreach
- Legislative Relations
- Nonprofits
- Public Policy
- Program Management
- Analysis
- Non-Profits
- Budget Management
- Program Evaluation
- Spanish
- Grassroots Organizing
- Research
- Policy Analysis
- Program Development
- Social Services
- Volunteer Management
- Public Speaking
- Grants
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Social Media
- Fundraising
- Policy
- Team Management
- Legal Research
- Proposal Writing
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
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