February 19 and 20, 2025
Choose from a variety of sessions led by experts in their fields, including:
- Engaging with Community Partners.
- The Importance of the 1.
- Making Budgets Work by Understanding your Brain.
- Human Ties: Conversations That Matter.
- Empowering Teams with Conflict Tools.
Opening Keynote
Opening KeynoteGet Better Results with “Yes, And” with Megan McCaleb
Happier, healthier human connections through humor. This is the mission behind these immersive learning experiences. This session makes the powerfully engaging skills of improv accessible to everyone, at every level and provides them with easy-to-activate communication and creation tools that will transcend the workplace and their personal lives.
Megan McCaleb is a masterful improv trainer, and the CEO of Improv Team Culture, with a specialty in coaching executive leadership and their teams to adopt the simple and effective principle of “Yes, And,” the core rule derived from performance improvisation. She has been the recipient of such honors as the Idaho Business Review’s “Accomplished Under 40” and “Women of the Year” recognitions and recently made the Power List for Workforce Education.
Closing Keynote
A Responsibility to Building Community with Shari Baber
Shari Baber is a remarkable individual whose life’s work has been a testament to her passion for hairstyling, education, and community service.
Shari’s extraordinary dedication to her community, her remarkable career in hairstyling and education, and her tireless efforts to support underprivileged children in Idaho have earned her the nickname “The Spacemaker.” Her life’s work reflects the qualities of a spacemaker, creating spaces of empowerment, inspiration, and unity for all who cross her path.
Shari Baber is not just a hairstylist; she is a community leader, a mentor, and a beacon of hope for countless individuals whose lives she has touched. Her legacy is a testament to the transformative power of passion, education, and community service.
For questions, please contact:
Micaela de Loyola-Carkin
Project Coordinator, Serve Idaho
Phone: (208) 332-3578 ext. 4042
Email: Micaela.deLoyola-Carkin@labor.idaho.gov
Resources
Idaho State University – Institute of Rural Health is the 2025 Serve Idaho AmeriCorps Conference sponsor.