Description: Conflict in nonprofit settings, whether between colleagues, board members, or external partners, is inevitable. This session offers a refreshing, skill-building approach to handling difficult conversations with clarity, empathy, and purpose. Participants will learn evidence-based techniques grounded in Nonviolent Communication, emotional regulation, and improvisation to stay centered under pressure and respond, not react. Designed for leaders at all levels, this training equips participants to navigate conflict as a catalyst for growth, alignment, and deeper shared understanding.

Date: May 14, 2026

Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location: OKCNP, 701 N. Lindsay, Oklahoma City, 73104

Cost: OKCNP Members: $90, Nonmembers: $180

Meet Your Facilitator

Kristy K. Boone is a solopreneur and an improvisation-informed trainer who builds practical soft-skill capability across teams: self-awareness, emotional regulation, dynamic listening, conflict resolution, and collaborative execution. 

Since 2014, she has designed and delivered interactive, research-informed trainings for corporate groups, career tech schools, and healthcare systems—including year-long certifications and custom programs. Her methods merge SEL, mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, and applied improv with workplace realities, ensuring skills transfer into frontline conversations, cross-functional projects, and leadership moments. 

Kristy’s background includes corporate wellness leadership (personal training, yoga, kickboxing, smoking cessation, large-scale health screenings and goal-setting/support) for American Fidelity, OKCPS, OPUBCO, etc., as well as business development and liaison work with Cox Communications onboarding complex partnerships Ideal Homes, Tinker AFB, FAA). 

She also facilitates workforce re-entry programs for individuals with at-risk, trauma-impacted histories—helping participants build safety, confidence, and professional presence.