Chris Corrigan
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Tobey Fitch left a comment for Chris Corrigan
"Hey Chris!   Missed you at AIN this year.  Was also thinking of you when I was up in Tofino two weeks ago doing some work with an organization based in Portland called Ecotrust.  Best regards to you. Tobey    "
Jun 22, 2011
Chris Corrigan replied to Susan Pope's discussion Best way to learn corporate culture?
"Susan...my advice is to be yourself.  Corporations are made up of human beings just like you.  Your offerings will fall on deaf ears to some and others will love what you're about.  I think Paul's advice is excellent.…"
May 18, 2011
Chris Corrigan replied to Belina Raffy's discussion Using Improvisation to Save the World - What's that mean to YOU?
"Belina....I have been saving the world lately with A Word at a Time. I have used that game over the past three months with a leadership program in Estonia to teach collaboration, a child care program in Midval South Africa to teach the art of…"
Mar 15, 2010

Profile Information

Where do you live and work? (City)
Bowen Island, BC, Canada
Professional Skills
Facilitation, teaching, process design, music, poetry and play.
What is your main interest in this network?
Education, Social, Networking, Finding Partnerships, Improv Resources
What kind of person are you?
Day, Night
What kinds of improv-related services are you involved in?
Teambuilding, Creativity, Problem Solving, Communication, Leadership, Change Management
Any niche industries, skills, etc?
Indigenous communities. And I'm a really experienced Open Space practitioner.
Share a favorite 'improv epiphany'
Being a part of a three month weekly improv soap opera directed by Rob Winslow in Peterborough Ontario in 1991. It was the most intense, funny and fun sustained improv and acting I have ever done, and I long for it!
More about you: (Short Bio or any other details you'd like people to know)
Born and raised in Toronto, Ont. Lived in Canada and the UK. Moved to a small island with my partner and two kids in 2001 and love this community. I am a facilitator, a teacher of facilitation (especially participatory methods) and I work mostly with indigenous communities and for-benefit organizations in North America. I teach the Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter, and am involved in the Berkana Collaborative, a project coming out of Meg Wheatley's work and the work of the Berkana Institute.

Also I give things away. Ask me for something!
I need help with...
Improv games, exercises, theory and ideas that help people understand complexity, living systems and help cultivate the leadership capacities to live a life of invitation.
Work Website
http://www.chriscorrigan.com
Blog or other personal website
http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
Check out my...(book, workshop, etc.)
http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?page_id=1519
Skype Name (Skype.com is the most popular free internet audio/text chat and more)
chriscorrigan
Twitter Name (Twitter.com is the most popular 'hyper blog' client, enabling instant updates)
chriscorrigan
How did you hear about this network?
Through Johnnie Moore and Viv McWaters

Chris Corrigan's Blog

Reflections on AIN in Portland

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 11:07pm 0 Comments

Ported over from my real blog, which you can read here.



Almost 20 years ago I was a part of pioneering something and I had no idea I was doing that. Gathered under the creative eye of Rob Winslow at The Union Theatre in Peterborough Ontario, a small cast of us put on a weekly improvised soap opera called “The Cactus Hotel: A Western Philosophy” Every Sunday night all summer we improvised a one hour show that… Continue

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At 3:15am on June 22, 2011, Tobey Fitch said…

Hey Chris!

 

Missed you at AIN this year.  Was also thinking of you when I was up in Tofino two weeks ago doing some work with an organization based in Portland called Ecotrust.  Best regards to you.

Tobey

 

 

At 10:48pm on November 16, 2009, Sue Walden said…
Thanks for the link-up.
;D
 
 
 

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