Nan Crawford

Actor. Author. Speaker. Coach. For nearly 20 years, Nan Crawford has ignited client breakthroughs in clarity, courage and creativity. Nan Crawford has worked internationally as a professional performer, an inspirational speaker and an insightful executive coach. Nan Crawford is a creative catalyst, known for her extraordinary energy and a unique blend of wit and wisdom.

Nan Crawford is expert in how to increase influence. She works with bold women leaders to help them step onto a bigger stage. Nan also helps clients leverage their strength, wisdom and creativity so they inspire audiences and organizations to take meaningful action.

Nan Crawford combines her theater background with consulting, training, and facilitation. For more than a decade, she has brought the spontaneity and flexibility of improvisational theatre and the passion and playfulness of expressive arts into the workplace. Nan Crawford has worked in the US and abroad, leading experiential training to enhance creativity, spontaneity and performance. She artfully creates supportive environments to address a wide variety of issues, including leadership, innovation, collaboration and communication.

Nan Crawford has brought her dynamic, creative approach to many of the most notable names in business. Organizational clients include: American Express, Cisco, Disney, Google, Hewlett Packard, Nike, Target and Wells Fargo.

As a presenter, Nan has shared the stage with Christine Arylo, Peter Block, Lisa Ling, Dan Pink, Robert Reich, Anna Deveare Smith, Bill Strickland, Marci Shimoff, SARK, David Whyte and Ben Zander.
In addition to a long client list with organizations and individuals, Nan has worked with The Bridgespan Group, Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Packard Foundation, Rudolf Steiner Foundation, World Pulse and V-DAY on issues of economic, environmental and social justice.

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A pioneer in bringing workplace wisdom drawn from the arts, Nan Crawford helps clients leverage the flexibility of improvisational theatre and the passion, precision, and perception of the actor, director and writer. Her innovative methodology helps individuals and organizations increase energy, develop trust and achieve shared vision.

Nan Crawford provides dynamic presentations and executive coaching that help individuals and organizations thrive. Cultivating authentic leadership and courageous creativity, Nan Crawford helps clients increase impact and effectiveness.

In her role as the Main-Stage Director for The Bioneers conference on sustainability, Nan Crawford has coached luminaries such as: Janine Benyus, Majora Carter, Eve Ensler, Gloria Feldt, Jane Goodall, Van Jones,  Jensine Larsen, Elizabeth Lindsey, Michael Pollan, Kavita Ramdas, Nina Simons, Lynne Twist & Dr. Andrew Weil. Nan coached social entrepreneur Eve Blossom to craft and deliver her courageous talk for TEDIndia and helped Annie Leonard take the stage for her appearance on The Colbert Report.

Nan has served on the Executive Education Faculty at Columbia, Duke, Harvard and UC Berkeley. She is a cum laude graduate with a BFA in Theatre from the University of Texas and holds an MA in Organization Development from CIIS.