The Power of Positivity: Humor & Hope in Communication

13 Jun, 2025, 1.15 PM @ Atelier Gardens

Event language: English

In a time when crisis communication, alarmism, and negative headlines dominate the media landscape, the question arises: how can we truly reach people—emotionally, sustainably, and effectively? This session explores the power of positive narratives, humor, and hope. It offers inspiration and provides concrete insights for anyone looking to make their communication more impactful, human, and lasting.

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Program Info

Conversation + Interactive Q+A

Actor Thomas Coombes and and compassionate comedy coach Belina Raffy, director of gigglingwithearth.com, dive into a panel discussion on the power of positivity.

Guests

Belina Raffy

Belina is the director of Maffick Ltd, Applied Improvisation and Thrivability thought-leader, Thrivable World Quest co-founder and "global captain".Belina helps people and organisations making the world better to: collaborate productively, align organisations with nature, and communicate in highly effective, engaging, and funny ways about environmental and social issues. It is Belina's passion to spread the improvisation mindsets, practices and skills – for a better world.

Thomas Coombes

Thomas is on a mission to apply brain science to human rights and make compassion common sense in politics. He created hope-based communication: a five-shift approach used by hundreds of activists around the world to change how they feel, think, speak and act. Thomas helps civil society groups shift from reactive campaigns to strategies for attitude, behavior and culture change. He shares strategies for social change on the hope-based Substack.

Hands On Workshop with Belina

In this one-hour workshop (in English) by Belina Raffy, participants explore some key practices for identifying genuine lightness in heavy topics, thinking more expansively about the topics you care about, and engaging others in more powerful ways. If you still have hope, are tired of shouting at people, and you want to experience how comedy can be healing, come play with us.