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ImprovisationLetting Go – of fixed plans and more…
Just had delivered 100 lovely reprints of my book Easy, fully-illustrated and in colour. It presents 8 improvisation principles, under the acronym LIFEPASS.
Order your copy today – the perfect stocking filler!
The Secrets of Improv – in person
Are you ready to learn the core skills of improv performance to take on stage or apply in your life? If so, please join us in Oxford for “Improv in 6 Acts”. Over six weekly sessions, you’ll learn improv comedy and discover the fun of letting go of perfectionism, creating spontaneously and playfully building confidence.
How to create ‘Safe space’. It takes more than an announcement
You don’t create psychological safety simply by stating, ‘This is a safe space’. An announcement may indicate your intent, but it’s of minimal value unless supported by solid behaviour. Here are two actions that will go a long way towards substantiating your claim..
What are the benefits of Applied Improvisation?
Thousands of people have testified to long-term, beneficial consequences of experiencing improvisation in a workshop or training programme. Read on to find out more..
Why improvisers embrace emergence
We often notice improvisation when what we expect to happen doesn’t happen. And that’s the beauty of it! It’s not all planned out and predictable. It’s the improvisation that provides the additional value…
What’s going on now for facilitators?
It’s fascinating to explore trends, and in my Inspirational Facilitator course last week we discussed ‘What’s going on now for facilitators?’
Are you a journalist, poet or diarist?
A key characteristic of the Third Wave of improvisation is one where everyone succeeds to some extent. Your creative writing style can be divided into one of three types: journalist, poet or diarist. Which one are you?
What has to happen in an Applied Improvisation workshop or class?
Delighted to announce the waiting list for our popular Inspirational Facilitator online course is now open!
Is Applied Improvisation fun? Yes and no…
‘What about fun?’, I hear you ask.
Does fun matter in the serious context of work? And is fun really at the heart of Applied Improvisation?
How to assess the improvisational skills of a facilitator by watching them run an activity
Ever wondered if you can assess the extent to which a facilitator has improvisation skills, by observing their interactions during an activity?
What helps learners learn most – what they get right or what they get wrong?
In a previous post I described an improvisation activity for speakers and story-tellers which determines the outcome: The better the player improvises, the better the resulting story.
Is it your turn to go first? How to decide who starts in a pairs activity..
A recent post on the Applied Improvisation Network’s Facebook page asked for fun ways to determine who goes first in an activity.
The consensus was to aim for the sweet spot of innocuous enough not to cause offense, yet interesting enough to prompt a quick get-to-know-you..
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