Using IMPROV to IMPROVE your ability to Take Creative Risks
The Rules Improv is a skill that can be learned, but it requires technique, creativity and practice Improv is always practiced in a safe place – be silly and have fun with today’s exercises
The Chicken Hat Whenever you hear the word “IMPROV”… Whoever is holding the chicken hat will pass it to the person on their right The last person to end up with the chicken hat will win a prize and the title “ IMPROV CHICKEN CHAMPION” The chicken hat is a reminder of two things: Improv (much like your job) requires you to focus on multiple things at once Put your fears away – play, learn and have fun!
Today’s Agenda Who are we!? What is improv? Use improv to… Take Initiative & Creative Risks Key Takeaways
OUR MISSION: To provide high-energy, laughter-filled team building workshops that incorporate improvisation teams & techniques, as well as improvised performances at corporate events, while donating a portion of our proceeds to charity.
Meet Our Charity Partner! GirlForward is a community of support dedicated to creating and enhancing opportunities for girls who have been displaced by conflict and persecution. The contributions we make to GirlForward help to fund their mentoring, education, and safe space programs for girls in Chicago and Austin, TX.
Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in the response to the stimulus of one’s immediate environment and inner feelings. What is improv? Thanks Wikipedia! Today, you will find out what improv really is!
Time to Shake it Out!
A SAFE SPACE + TAKING CREATIVE RISKS = CHANGE
SAFE SPACE • What’s Your #? • Offering Support
Answer with a partner How will you use the skills from this “What’s Your Number” to benefit your interpersonal experiences? What will you do to create a safe space in order for others to be able to take risks?
TAKING CREATIVE RISKS • Hot Spot • Creative Inspiration
Answer with a partner What situations do you have coming up in the future that will force you to take a risk? Which elements of your role could benefit from more creativity and less judgment?
CHANGE • Yes, And Application • Ad Campaign
Ad Campaign Create invention Name the invention Tag Line 15 second commercial spot for television OR 15 second radio jingle
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A SAFE SPACE + TAKING CREATIVE RISKS = CHANGE
Key Takeaways Use our improv techniques to improve yourself by creating a safe environment in which people are willing to take risks and communicate in different ways Use our improv techniques to improve yourself by being creatively inspired by taking a step back and be willing to see another point of view Use our improv techniques to improve yourself by realizing that being a leader and taking initiative works in a dynamic way that can implement change
The Improv Chicken Champion is…
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