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Mike,
Thank you so much for your write-up, your feedback, and your participation in the workshop!
I love your photo. Would I have your permission to use it? It's difficult for us to get photos of our work, much less of ourselves in action.
I lo...
Thanks, Drew. I'm glad that you found it virtually through this AIN page! What a cool network, huh?
Thank you, Rita! I like your and Paul's strategy. Seems like a great one! And I'm glad that Paul got to attend this one and you got to explore another offering.
I really like your ideas around eye contact and physical contact. Mostly I incorporat...
Terrific! Thank you, Lieselotte. Please let me know how it goes!
Thanx for the workshop, the note and the pictures Chris, I really enjoyed your workshop and will use the 'words at the same tomorrow in a class'
And thank you Rich for your list of possible applyances!
Lieselotte
Sounds like an awesome workshop, I'm sad I missed it. I'll definitely have to try the Convergence exercise.
And thanks Mike for the summarized notes!
http://appliedimprov.ning.com/photo/albums/emotional-intelligence-clay
Here is the EI Clay album link. Enjoy!
Profile Information
- Where do you live and work? (City)
- San Francisco, CA
- What is your main interest in this network?
- Education, 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, Communication, Leadership, Life Skills, Character Development
- Any niche industries, skills, etc?
- Promoting collaboration, interactivity, spontaneity and adaptability; Hosting game shows
- More about you: (Short Bio or any other details you'd like people to know)
- Chris Sams is the Director of BATS Improv's On-The-Go program for applied improvisation in the workplace.
- I need help with...
- cloning myself. Now that the idea is planted in my head, I can't let it go (though I'm fully aware of the benefits to Letting Go, Using Everything, and Noticing More).
- Work Website
- http://www.improv.org
- How did you hear about this network?
- Attending AIN 2004 Conference
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- At 7:57am on November 23, 2009,
Kay Scorah said…
- Re: Lemons
Oooh! I LOVE your new version of the game. I'm all about game combinations.
The way I usually play it is:
At the beginning of a session, I have exactly the same number of lemons as people. The lemons are in a large bowl or basket.
As people come in, I ask them to take a lemon. Once they are all in, I ask them to take a good look at their lemon and then place it back on the bowl. Then we usually play a name game, or do some small task. Then I ask them to find their lemon. Usually, they can't. (The team you were with in Portland were unusually observant!)
Then I have them put all the lemons back, choose a lemon again, this time REALLY look at it. Place them back in the bowl. Mix em up. NOW find your lemon. Easy this time, huh?
Then I have them go into small groups, 3 or 4, and find out how other people identified their lemon. They often find that different people have different styles of noticing; some tell a story about the lemon "It's sunburned on one side", some make it a character "It's a one eyed pig", some go for texture, "It's pitted" and others for colour, "It has a hint of brown/green in the yellow"
We lead this into a discussion about different types of intelligence (Are you familiar with Howard Gardners theory of Multiple Intelligence?").
Also, I usually invite people to take their lemon home, and then mail me or the whole team to let me know what they did with it (My favourite response was from a guy who let the lemon go mouldy on his kitchen counter. He photographed it every day for 3 weeks and made a "lemon rotting video". Nice!)
Hope this helps. Would LOVE to find a way to work together some time.
x
- At 5:06am on December 17, 2008,
Paul Z Jackson said… - Ahh, Chris Sams is still alive and well and with us. This is good news for the network and beyond...
Cheers, Paul Z
- At 1:05pm on December 16, 2008,
William Hall said… - What?! You finally made it! Now the party can begin!!!!!
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