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AIN London Event: Wednesday 20 June - Highlights from Brighton at 140 London Wall (large black building above the London Museum)

June 20, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm
NEW Time - 6pm - 9pmCome and play with us on Wednesday, 20 June from 6pm - 9pm (note starting earlier).We'll be exploring highlights from the AIN Brighton Learning Lab on 17 June - including Francis Norton's session on Applied Improv & Service Design.£7 at the door.  RSVP.  We'll head off to a local pub afterwards for those who are that way inclined.See More
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AIN London Event: Wednesday 20 June - Highlights from Brighton at 140 London Wall (large black building above the London Museum)

June 20, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm
NEW Time - 6pm - 9pmCome and play with us on Wednesday, 20 June from 6pm - 9pm (note starting earlier).We'll be exploring highlights from the AIN Brighton Learning Lab on 17 June - including Francis Norton's session on Applied Improv & Service Design.£7 at the door.  RSVP.  We'll head off to a local pub afterwards for those who are that way inclined.See More
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AIN London Event: Wednesday 20 June - Highlights from Brighton at 140 London Wall (large black building above the London Museum)

June 20, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm
NEW Time - 6pm - 9pmCome and play with us on Wednesday, 20 June from 6pm - 9pm (note starting earlier).We'll be exploring highlights from the AIN Brighton Learning Lab on 17 June - including Francis Norton's session on Applied Improv & Service Design.£7 at the door.  RSVP.  We'll head off to a local pub afterwards for those who are that way inclined.See More
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AIN London Event: Sunday 17 June - Applying the ‘I’ - an AIN day out in Brighton at Brighton

June 17, 2012 from 9:30am to 5pm
Join us for another Applied Improvisation Network day by the seaside - a practical laboratory in which to collaborate with colleagues to co-create something totally new and fresh.We are planning a series of short sessions to run through the day, with a range of lengths and formats.  There will be lots to participate in…See More
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Leif Hansen replied to Belina Raffy's discussion AIN President bulletin: Launching our new website to promote Applied Improvisation
"Hehe...just saw this -Yeah, I'm coming.  Look forward to seeing your smile and hearing your laugh Alan :)"
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AIN London Event: Sunday 17 June - Applying the ‘I’ - an AIN day out in Brighton at Brighton

June 17, 2012 from 9:30am to 5pm
Join us for another Applied Improvisation Network day by the seaside - a practical laboratory in which to collaborate with colleagues to co-create something totally new and fresh.We are planning a series of short sessions to run through the day, with a range of lengths and formats.  There will be lots to participate in…See More
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Mark Withers liked Belina Raffy's discussion AIN London Event: Tuesday 8 May on Empowerment – another application of “Yes, And”
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Barbara Tint liked Belina Raffy's event AIN London Special Event: Exploring Dynamics of Conflict Through Status and Power Interactions
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During the Building Personal Leadership program at Banff, I got clarity on my credo, purpose and vision...so here they are:

Credo: Yes, and ...and am I driving? (...'Cuz driving is blocking's cousin.)

Purpose: To use improv to save the world (book with same title in development)

Vision: A happy, healthy, holistic world.

Happy: joyous, connected, collaborative, creative, respectful
Healthy: darned good for us, other beings, the planet
Holistic: taking the pieces and the context into account


If you catch me not living by these - please kick me : )

Profile Information

Where do you live and work? (City)
Earth
Professional Skills
Executive education and development
Inspirational workshop design, development and delivery
Challenging operating assumptions
Engaging business people in creativity, collaboration and connection
Connecting people with each other and with ideas that delight them and move the story forward
What is your main interest in this network?
Education, Social, Networking, Finding Partnerships, Improv Resources
What kind of person are you?
24-7
What kinds of improv-related services are you involved in?
Teambuilding, Creativity, Innovation, Problem Solving, Leadership, Stress, Life Skills, Character Development, Change Management, Presentation Skills, Communcation
Share a favorite 'improv epiphany'
What gets said in your head has a lot of power - so make it something that reduces stress, cheers you up, and moves the story forward beautifully.
More about you: (Short Bio or any other details you'd like people to know)
Looking to undo some of the damage done, particularly in big corporates, by the mindset 'business is a machine'.
I need help with...
Presenting workshops over 1/2 a day.
Work Website
http://www.maffick.com
Twitter Name (Twitter.com is the most popular 'hyper blog' client, enabling instant updates)
@BelinaRaffy, @maffick, @uitstw
How did you hear about this network?
Neil Mullarkey connected me with Paul Z Jackson

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Embracing new business opportunities the ‘improv’ way

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I’ve been reading about the effects of long term chronic stress on the brain, body and learning (www.brainrules.net  - rule 8).  It’s not good.  Our brains were meant

to deal with stress that is over in a minute or two.  The big creature eats us or not.  If we worry about things over long periods of time, say over the two years…

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At 1:27am on May 8, 2012, Caspar Siebel said…

Hi Belina,

for the event in Brighton I could offer a servicer design workshop. We'd develop a perfect service in just one session. The type of service will be chosen live. Maybe a studyprogramm, or a coffee shop. I am developing this format for my master thesis. I mapped improv principles to service design principles, so I can use warm up exercises in a way they create physical output, namely a great service concept. I keep the format accessible to non improvisors, so there are not many stage-formats. What do you think? BTW: You can find more about what I am doing here: improsign.tumblr.com

At 3:45am on April 10, 2012, Michael Giddings said…

Hi Belina - I've just accepted the invite for 8 May event but afraid I cannot make today's (10 April)  Mike

At 3:12pm on February 21, 2012, Francis Norton said…

I'm really interested in using improv skills for service design, which is a very user-centred activity.

Gamestorming is full of workshop-style exercises, many of which are relevant to service design.

From an improv perspective, I see most of these exercises as basically different ways of doing shared story-telling, which is itself an incredibly powerful and different approach to the domains of design and management.

I'd like to do a session using a couple of selected Gamestorming exercises to illustrate and explore an improv approach to service design, and using these tools.

At 6:26am on December 20, 2011, Dave Bourn said…

Thank you so much for coming to the show tonight. Asking me "what was your favourite scene?" was my favourite question of the drinks afterwards. No one (except an improviser) asks that kind of question after a show. Anyhoo on reflection my favourite scene was on top of Nelson's Column.  Dx

ps either your computer is set to a different time zone or you sent your "great show" message BEFORE you saw the show :)

At 6:49am on October 18, 2011, Daniel Dresner said…

Hi Belina

I have another appointment that evening!! We will meet one day though!

What am I missing by the way? What happens and who goes?

All best

Daniel

 

At 8:06am on October 10, 2011, Daniel Dresner said…

Thanks Belina but I cannot make this meeting. See you at the next one?

All the best

Daniel

 

At 2:37am on October 6, 2011, Caitlin Evans said…

Hi Belinda,

 

Thanks for the message! Will be up for that for sure!

 

Lovely!

Going to spread the word

Look forward to meeting you too

xXx

At 2:07am on October 6, 2011, Francis Norton said…
Looking forward to it!
At 12:57am on October 6, 2011, Stephen Moss said…

Hi Belina

Thanks for the contact. Greetings! I can't see two profiles - but maybe it's my shadow showing up somewhere. I can't make the 11th - not in the UK that day (maybe my shadow will turn up, so who knows....?). Stephen

At 7:20am on September 30, 2011, Stuart Reid said…

Hi Belina - thanks for following up my conversation with Paul. I would indeed like to run an AIN session on improv and facilitation, but I'm not sure when yet. I have a busy couple of months coming up, but this is something I'll come back to at the end of the year - I'll drop you a line then to explore dates with you, if that's ok.

 

Cheers for now,

Stuart

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