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Paul Levy

A little more on the Golden Rule of Applied Improvisation

Posted by Paul Levy on February 15, 2012 at 5:30am 0 Comments

Here's my golden rule of applied improvisation:

The skilled applied improviser always improvises the improvisation they are applying.

Inherent in this rule is the notion that, on some occasions, the improvisational step the facilitator will take, will be to break the golden rule.

I've mentioned this because, otherwise, the idea of the word "always" in a golden rule about improvisation might appear to be too fixed and generic. When we decide to NOT improvise, if…

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Cafe Improvisation - an activity

Started by Paul Levy in Games & Exercises yesterday. 0 Replies

Overview of the AcitivtyThis is an activity for the workshop breaks. In some ways it doesn't seem like an activity at all but it can be more powerful in debrief than some of the more formal workshop activities!ProcessThe process is simple. During a…Continue

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Cafe Improvisation - an activity

Overview of the AcitivtyThis is an activity for the workshop breaks. In some ways it doesn't seem like an activity at all but it can be more powerful in debrief than some of the more formal workshop activities!ProcessThe process is simple. During a coffee break, invite participants to become more sensitised towards their spontaneity. Invite them to be more "in the moment" during the break. Suggest they attempt to edit themselves less and, when editing, to note why they edited. By editing I mean…See More
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Hi Peeps - more people are attending this than it looks!  We also have people from Facebook/meet up coming.  rsvp asap. Bx
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