applied improv conference portland 09 - feedback
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Results of a post-conference survey - Applied Improvisation Network Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2009.TRANSCRIPT
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Applied Improvisation Network Annual ConferencePortland, OR 13 - 15 November 2009
Feedback
“Brilliant energy, lovely, smart people. Wonderful, magical few days!”
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54 Replied to the survey
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THANKS for your feedback!
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30%
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43%
This was my first 2 - 4 5 or more
How many AIN Conferences have you attended?
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Where are you from?
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“Missed the kinds of mixers that give a sense of who is there (first conference, where people are from, etc.)
Did a rough count and came up with 14 different countries represented.
That is amazing!!!! Worth celebrating.”
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How DO people find out about AIN Conferences?
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From friends, word-of-mouth, personal recommendations, and the web site
Mostly...
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What did you think of the conference overall?
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“Overall, I thought the conference was fabulous and I’m so glad I attended. I felt genuinely connected to the group and look forward to being a part of this community of authentic, playful people.”
“As a first timer I was not welcomed or greeted. Group seems very cliquey and exclusive.”
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Highlights whee...
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Overwhelmingly...
one-to-one meeting like-minded people, and connections
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Other highlights
The hot tubOpen Space
The Brain
on Improv
Improv shows in Portland
Playback
Theatre
Turkish Improv
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More ...lots more please!
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Participatory and experiential
workshops
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Diversity of improvisational forms
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Open
Space
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Sharing info on successful business practice
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Less Just less please
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Less...
Official Announcements
Great sessions @ the same
time!!!
Lectures - sitting and listening
Insider clique
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What did you think of Nick Owen’s keynote?
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Touching the Heart: Exploring Core Values through Personal Storytelling by Nick Owen
Story + leadership + relationships + Ken Wilbur + bio-poem + Theory U + spiral dynamics + more stories
= split audience!
“A little too academic for me, or at least for a
two-hour talk. Got a little restless.”
“Nick’s keynote was a real highlight!”
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The workshops in general on Friday & Saturday?
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What did you think of the Open Space day?
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Value for money?
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What did you think of the venue?
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“The hot tub & all the little cafes were amazing - a perfect opportunity to hang out with each other in a very relaxing way”
“There’s nothing worse than finding yourself face down on a sticky, beery carpet with shards of
glass in your chin!”
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What difference? Professionally? Personally?
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What difference has the conference made?
Boost in confidence,
courage, energy,
inspiration & curiosity
Contacts
New stuff activities, games,
frameworks
Part of a
connected community that has
shared passion
Connection
Collaboration
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Your suggestions? Thanks!
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Suggestions... More thought to the overall conference
design
Longer sessions
Role of improv in social change
Look after 1st timers better
Connect to host
city/location
Go deeper
Facilitation of opening & closing
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Appreciation To the organisers...
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Thanks!“I am grateful for the
hard work you all put in to making this happen,
keep the website going...people who
come are the vanguard of change the world
needs - hopeful, positive, creative, alive!”
“Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you!”
“This conference was
amazing!!!”
“Terrific conference! Thank you
committees & volunteers for all
your work, thoughtfulness &
efforts.”
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And a challenge...
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“I found the overall group a little exclusive. No-one really welcomed me, or said hello, or made eye contact. It was so weird. I felt like I’d snuck into
some kind of cult meeting. Everyone else seemed to know each other...I really expected people to
be warm and welcoming...it was rather off putting and quite a surprise. Please make newcomers
feel comfortable and welcome.”
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And the last word...
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“Overall, I thought the conference was fabulous and I’m so glad I attended. I felt genuinely connected to the group and look forward to being a part of this community of authentic, playful people.”
“I felt like I found my tribe. Out wandering in the wilderness on my own creating my own stuff (which has been fun, but lonely) and it was a total joy to find other people who do something similar to what I do.”
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Visit http://appliedimprov.ning.com/ for information on the 2010 Conference in...
AMSTERDAM
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