International Institute of Humor and Healing Arts (HaHA Institute)

HaHA INSTITUTE &
HIGH END BOOKING:
FOR THE BEST IN STAND-UP COMEDY & HUMOR EDUCATION!

HaHA Institute is deeply and sincerely committed to the study and active use of humor in the healing process -- personal, societal, and planetary. HaHA Institute offers humor-related workshops, lectures, keynote and motivational speeches for private corporations, federal and state agencies, non-profit entities, colleges and universities, and special events, as well as online tutoring.

The mission of HaHA Institute is to encourage the fullest and highest activation of human potential for compassion, wisdom, and life force through the daily use of humor and healing arts. The healing arts component includes but is not limited to the following: optimal health planning, nutrition, exercise, massage and healing touch, aromatherapy, and spiritual practices.

HaHA Institute is the brainchild of internationally acclaimed and nationally-known comedienne and humorist Karen Williams, whose background includes over twenty years of theatrical training, improvisational comedy, dance and movement, psychodrama, active parenting, metaphysical studies, and Buddhist practice.

Karen Williams is also the creator and facilitator of the Humor-at-Large Workshop Series, founder of the National Women's Comedy Conference, past president of the Association of Women's Music and Culture, and former Board Member of AIDS, Medicine and Miracles. Karen Williams graduated summa cum laude from Cleveland State University with a personally-designed major in "Humor and Healing." She earned a Master of Education degree from CSU's Adult Learning & Development program. Karen Williams, M.Ed, taught Stand-Up Comedy in the Dramatic Arts department of Cleveland State University. Currently, she is the Founder and CEO of HaHA Institute and Owner of "The Healing Place."

HaHA Institute humor workshops are specifically designed to build and promote healthy self-esteem, and to encourage full support of the principles of tolerance and respect for the dignity of human life, using the tool of appropriate humor.

Workshop clients include Lubrizol, Baxter Health Care, Aultman Hospital, Girl Scouts of America, YWCA, Fairfax Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Lakeland Community College, Professional Women's Institute, Planned Parenthood, Human Rights Campaign, Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Gay Men's Health Crisis/Women's Institute, AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, United States Department of Agriculture, State Departments of Health (Indiana, New York, Texas, Illinois et al), National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Zuna Institute, and University of Chicago Hospitals Learning Institute.

Partial Listing of College Clients:
University of California, San Francisco
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Duke University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Behrend College, Erie, Pennsylvania
Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Harvey Milk Institute, San Francisco, California
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Wesleyan College, Middletown, Connecticut
Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO OF KAREN WILLIAMS!

P.O. Box 32147
Cleveland, OH  44132
Phone: 216-313-0333 for Bookings
Hours: THE HEALING PLACE
29441 Euclid Avenue
Wickliffe, Ohio 44092
440-799-0583
Call for Appointments
E-mail: haha@multiverse.com karen_william89@hotmail.com

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