using improv to improve your effectiveness
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The Rules
Improv is a skill that can be learned, but it requires technique,
creativity and practice
Improv is always practiced in a safe place – be silly and have fun
with today’s exercises
The Chicken Hat
Whenever you hear the word “IMPROV”…
Whoever is holding the chicken hat will pass it to the person on their right
The last person to end up with the chicken hat will win a prize and the title
“IMPROV CHICKEN CHAMPION”
The chicken hat is a reminder of two things:
Improv (much like your job) requires you to focus on multiple things at once
Put your fears away – play, learn and have fun!
Today’s Agenda
Who are we!?
What is improv?
Use improv to…
Take Initiative & Creative Risks
Key Takeaways
To provide high-energy, laughter-filled team building workshops that
incorporate improvisation teams & techniques, as well as improvised
performances at corporate events, while donating a portion of our
proceeds to charity.
OUR MISSION:
Meet Our Charity Partner!
GirlForward is a community of support
dedicated to creating and enhancing
opportunities for girls who have been
displaced by conflict and persecution.
The contributions we make to GirlForwardhelp to fund their mentoring, education,
and safe space programs for girls in
Chicago and Austin, TX.
What is improv?
Today, you will find out what
improv really is!
Improvisation is the practice of
acting, singing, talking and
reacting, of making and
creating, in the moment and in
the response to the stimulus of
one’s immediate environment
and inner feelings.
Thanks Wikipedia!
Answer with a partner
How will you use the skills from this “What’s Your Number”
to benefit your interpersonal experiences?
What will you do to create a safe space in order for others
to be able to take risks?
Answer with a partner
What situations do you have coming up in the future that
will force you to take a risk?
Which elements of your role could benefit from more
creativity and less judgment?
Ad Campaign
Create invention
Name the invention
Tag Line
15 second commercial spot for television OR
15 second radio jingle
Key Takeaways
Use our improv techniques to improve yourself by creating a safe environment in which people are willing to take risks and communicate in different ways
Use our improv techniques to improve yourself by being creatively inspired by taking a step back and be willing to see another point of view
Use our improv techniques to improve yourself by realizing that being a leader and taking initiative works in a dynamic way that can implement change