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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?
An improvisation activity for speakers and story-tellers: ‘Fish, Cable, Catapult’
I’m often asked, ‘What makes a good activity in applied improvisation?’. Well, more truthfully I was once asked this once in an interview.
Here’s what I said…
How to build the skills and confidence of your learners
Whether you are teaching online or off, there’s a crucial difference between building skills and pointing out people’s deficiencies..
Embracing Uncertainty
Much of what happens in work is unpredictable. An improvisational attitude invites you to trade the illusion of control for the reality of influence..
Why you don’t have to pretend to be a wardrobe
We are seeing a lot more articles about the use of improvisation in organisations. Much of the action is on the West Coast of the USA, especially centred on Silicon Valley. Although we are seeing more applied improvisation coming from the UK.
Your storytelling is more than just the story
Your storytelling is more than just the story "The art of storytelling is centred on the storyteller's involvement with character and plot. He cannot, in James Joyce's words, sit back godlike and pare his fingernails. He must have an attitude towards the contents of...
‘Fail’ succeeds in getting the headlines
‘Fail’ succeeds in getting the headlines When I mention there's a Failure Fetish, which is unhelpfully skewing the way we talk about and teach improvisation, fans of Celebrating Mistakes look affronted, as if there is no such thing. They ask where is the evidence for...
3 ways to increase learning in organisations full of experts
3 ways to increase learning in organisations full of experts If you want people to learn, then those people have to accept that there are things they don’t yet know. That’s relatively easy when it’s abstract - ‘oh yes, there’s always more to learn’ - but a lot...
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