Improvising is a business skill.
You just never know what to expect when you're working with people.
Neither work nor life is a rehearsal. Improvisation skills are people and business skills: Listening, saying yes to opportunities, going with the flow, breaking the routine, suggesting and offering. If you're interested in having some fun, being more creative, and learning a little of what it takes to acquire the attitude of improvising in your life and business, then come along to this course and learn to improvise!
How it works
Enjoy an interactive day. Learn some games. Learn some names. Discover your inner improviser, or create a new improvising self to bring out at parties and social occasions!
It's an opportunity to be playful in a safe environment. There'll be lots of games in small groups, and at the end of the day you'll get a chance to discover how your own improvising muscles have grown.
You do not need any former experience, nor any theatrical talent to be part of this course. You will discover parts of yourself you may have left behind in your youth. You can participate as little or as much as you like. It's an adventure, where interesting and pleasantly surprising things may happen, in the safety of the classroom. And you'll find the adventure spills over into the way you work and live your life.
What happens
The day runs like this:
- Get to know your fellow participants and set some outcomes for yourself for the day (do you want to be more innovative, be more responsive to clients in meetings, listen more effectively or something else?)
- play some concentration and listening games
- learn some new terms and ways to describe what you're learning
- do some exercises in pairs and small groups to loosen up your improvising muscles
- learn to tell stories, give and accept offers and yield when necessary, understand physical offers, get your brain into gear
- practise with others in small groups
- measure how much you've gained, decide how you'll use it in your work environment
Please note: the emphasis for the day is on the improvising skills as applied to business. You do not have to perform at any point. Most of the exercises are as a whole groups or small groups. You will not be singled out unless you want to be!
"Ten times better than riding on the back of a llama while doing its hair!"
Phil Sullivan, participant