Spreading the Transforming Power of Improvisation
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Burgert Kirsten
- 30, Male
- Cape Town
- South Africa
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Hi Kat
Thanks for this session. It was brilliant.
Random thoughts on a airplane.
While flying back from Portland as I was watching the sun set through the small airplane window my thoughts wondered. I wondered what it must be like to be a pilot? I wondered if pilots are passionate about being pil...
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- Where do you live and work? (City)
- Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Professional Skills
- I/O Psychology
Improvisation performer/coach
- What is your main interest in this network?
- Education, Networking, Finding Partnerships, Improv Resources
- What kind of person are you?
- Morning, Night
- What kinds of improv-related services are you involved in?
- Teambuilding, Creativity, Innovation, Problem Solving, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Stress, Character Development, Change Management
- Any niche industries, skills, etc?
- Team Innovation development
- Share a favorite 'improv epiphany'
- Letting go is the way to go.
Make a strong choice and stick to it.
I love the paradoxes of improv and life!
- More about you: (Short Bio or any other details you'd like people to know)
- In essence I am a connector. I am passionate about connecting people with people, people with them selves, problems with solutions, ideas with people and concepts with experiences and experiences with growth. I am an industrial psychologist and have a MCom degree in Industrial Psychology and BA degree in Communication studies.
My background in improvisation started as a clown in a children's theatre company. There after I co-founded Lagnes Improv Komedie, the world's only Afrikaans improv group. After finishing my honours degree in Industrial Psychology I lived in the USA where I performed with a youth theatre company. During my time in the USA I made a lot of connections of which the most significant one was the connection I made between improvisational theatre and industrial psychology.
The next year I started my masters research in which I studied the influence of improvisation theatre on the innovative climate in work groups. In 2005 I went to study improvisation at the IO theatre in Chicago. In 2008 I was a speaker at the Applied Improv Network's European conference where I presented the results of my research.
Recently I co founded a company called Playing Mantis: People development consultants with Petro Janse van Vuuren. Petro is passionate about the life changing power of story telling. Combining her knowledge in interactive story making and my improvisation expertise we customise people development workshops for groups and individuals.
I have conducted improvisation workshops for large companies such as British American Tobacco and Hollard Insurance, and to a small group of teenage recovering drug addicts. In the end I believe that no matter who you are, all people have the desire to connect with themselves and one another. And I am passionate about facilitating these connections.
- Work Website
- http://www.playingmantis.net
- Skype Name (Skype.com is the most popular free internet audio/text chat and more)
- Burgert Kirsten
- Other contact info (Your choice for phone, email, facebook, myspace, etc.)
- burgert@playingmantis.net +2782 255 9625
- How did you hear about this network?
- Sven Vine told me about it.
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 12:07am on November 20, 2009,
Jani Turku said…
- Back in Finland (with the charger)! It was a pleasure, see you soon, somewhere!
- At 5:25pm on November 10, 2009,
Sue Walden said…
- Yes... and there will be 3 of us; Tania is on the same plane with me.
Wheee! See you tomorrow.
- At 6:46am on June 27, 2009,
Lieselotte Nooyen said… - Yay! Your coming?
Leuk! Leuk! Leuk!
- At 3:12pm on June 15, 2009,
Bård Brænde said… - Hey man! I just got my early bird woken up and booked a room - all up for some timeshare! Can't wait to see you there!
- At 12:14pm on May 5, 2009,
Lieselotte Nooyen said…
- Hee Burgert,
Ben je naar de kapper geweest? Mooi hoor en baje snaakse website van jouw nieuwe bedrijf! Dat je er maar veel leuk en inspirerend werk mee mag krijgen. Gaat het goed?
Houdoe! (slang from the south, where I origin from)
Lieselotte
- At 6:04am on April 20, 2009,
Kerstin Gauffin said… - TokyoFlyerNoMed.pdfHi again Burgert! I Here comes our flyer!
Kerstin Gauffin
- At 7:48am on April 18, 2009,
gary hirsch said… - Burgert
My good friends Alieke and Lieselotte recommended that I get in touch with you. I run a company called On Your Feet www.oyf.com. We are in the research stage of a project that may bring us to Johannesburg in early July to help lead a 1,000 person conference. For this we are looking for two improvisers from SA that can join our team. The job would entail 2 days of face to face work(1 day for practice, logistics, etc and the other day for the conference) The work would be a combination of facilitation of exercises and performance of improv, it would also have some pre design, about 5-7 hours of phone an Skype) I am currently trying to get a sense of costs as well. At this point what I am looking for is to see if you would be interested in this and what a cost range might be for your involvement, we are creating budgets with the client over this weekend.
That is about all of the details I can give at this point.
Hope to hear from you
All the best
Gary Hirsch
On Your Feet
www.oyf.com
Portland Oregon
- At 5:50am on November 23, 2008,
Gijs van Bilsen said… - Hi Burgert,
I'm currently looking into the possibility of doing my Master's Thesis (Business administration) on improvisation. Sven Veine told me that you might be able to help with that because you did some work on improvisation in an organizational context.
What exactly did you do and do you think that there are possiblilities to do a master's thesis on the subject.
Hope to hear from you!
ps. I wrote this in English, buth the comment below suggests you speak Dutch. Since I'm Dutch (too), you can reply in either English or Dutch.
- At 6:33am on June 20, 2008,
Alieke van der Wijk said… - Hallo Burgert,
Gaat het goed met je? Lekker, hoor!
- At 5:49am on January 19, 2008,
Sven Veine said… - Hi Kirsten! So cool that you're here! Welcome. I haven't found a sponsor for you yet, but I will keep looking! It would have been so cool to have you visit us at the AIN-Eu Conference in Trondheim. I will write more later. Cheers, Sven
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