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Improv Means Business TM Creativity, Communication, & Collaboration in The Workplace

ImprovMeansBusiness.com jim@tosoneassociates.com. Improv Means Business TM Creativity, Communication, & Collaboration in The Workplace. Jim Tosone SIM Fairfield-Westchester Chapter January 15, 2009. What is Improv?. Set of Exercises or Games Originally Developed for Child Actors

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Improv Means Business TM Creativity, Communication, & Collaboration in The Workplace

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  1. ImprovMeansBusiness.comjim@tosoneassociates.com Improv Means BusinessTMCreativity, Communication, & Collaborationin The Workplace Jim TosoneSIM Fairfield-Westchester ChapterJanuary 15, 2009

  2. What is Improv? • Set of Exercises or Games • Originally Developed for Child Actors • Basis for Sketch Comedy • The Second City, SCTV • Who’s Line Is It Anyway? • Curb Your Enthusiasm

  3. Why is it Useful in Business? • Real-time Nature of Games Fosters Creativity • Creation of Dialog Fosters Communication • Group Games Foster Collaboration & Teamwork

  4. Improv Games • Mirror • Dr. Know-It-All • ABC • Rewind

  5. Mirror Focus • Exact imitation of partner’s movements Directions • Pair up • Stand facing each other • Lock eyes • Make slow hand, arm, face movements Goal • Seamlessly transfer the lead back & forth

  6. Dr. Know-It-All Focus • Three people perform as one brain Directions • Three people line up as Dr. Know-It-All • We ask questions • Dr. Know-It-All answers one word at a time in sequence until complete sentence or thought Goal • Work together as if one

  7. ABC Focus • Creating within constraints Direction • Two-person scene (character & situation) • Dialog occurs in alphabetical order Goal • Create an coherent & imaginative story

  8. Rewind Focus • Generating alternatives Direction • Two-person scene (character & situation) • When I ring bell, replace line just said with a completely different one (but not just the opposite) Goal • Improve on an initial idea

  9. Applying Improv Games Situationally Creativity Communication Collaboration ABC Mirror Dr. Know-It-All Rewind Brainstorming Client Consults New Teams

  10. Principles of Improv • Initiate Ideas • Acknowledge/Accept Ideas • Build on Ideas • Stay in the Moment • Make Mistakes Yes And!

  11. Improv Means BusinessTMCreativity, Communication, & Collaborationin The Workplace Jim TosoneImprovMeansBusiness.comjim@tosoneassociates.com

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