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Belina Raffy

Using Improvisation to Save the World - What's that mean to YOU? 8 Replies

Hi Gorgeous Peeps!   Ok, I've bought the URLs, have drafted the book outline, have changed my business cards (it now states that my secret mission is 'using improv to save the world') and I've run se…

Tagged: save, the, world, to, improv

Started by Belina Raffy in Uncategorized. Last reply by Belina Raffy 22 hours ago.

Diane K

suggestions sought - team building day for small team 5 Replies

Hi,   This is my first post here, so I hope I am doing it in the right place! I am going to be running a team building day soon for a team of 5, who have a new manager and lots of challenges to deliv…

Tagged: suggestions, game, team

Started by Diane K in General Discussion. Last reply by Frederique Thiriet-Smith Mar 5.

Paul Levy

Shadow Improvisation - an activity for finding the present moment 1 Reply

This exercise is appropriate for a group which has achieved a high level of trust. It involves the use of an inner "trip switch" where we attempt to observe our own activity in real time, and to also…

Tagged: improvisation, activity, shadow

Started by Paul Levy in Games & Exercises. Last reply by Karen Dawson 1 day ago.

Paul Levy

Applied Improvisation and the Paradoxes of Connectedness 1 Reply

What have been your experiences of "connectedness"? The concept is an interesting one in life and in the arts. Feeling connected to the world around you. Feeling connected to your fellow friends and…

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Started by Paul Levy in Games & Exercises. Last reply by Daniel Knutson-Bradac Feb 16.

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Jerry Kail

The Daily Improviser Finds the Game! (Part 1)

Put yourself for a moment in the place of an improv fan - a nonperformer - who happens to be plucked out of an audience at an improv show and thrust onstage into the glare of the spotlight. You’re told that you’re a Viking warrior being introduced to your daughter’s new boyfriend.


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Posted by Jerry Kail on March 6, 2010 at 12:41pm

Sue Walden

Polling: What are current US client needs?

I will be working with a group in Tokyo in about a week and one of their interests is what are the current "learning needs" of US companies in this current economic climate?

My recent engagements have been for stress reduction, team morale boosting, creativity (finding new ways of working with less resources).

What have your US client companies been asking for?

Thanks for a speedy response.
~Sue

Posted by Sue Walden on February 21, 2010 at 3:09pm

David Zinger

Thank You Keith Johnstone - Learning for a Lifetime

I feel so much gratitude for taking a 10 day class with Keith Johnstone 2 summers ago.

The group I took the course with is featured in the pictures that scroll across the top of his home page.

I have do not perform improvisation on a stage but the principles have been incorporated into my work teaching, speaking, and writing.

My field of Employee EngagemenContinue

Posted by David Zinger on February 11, 2010 at 2:29pm — 1 Comment

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