Team Building Inc.

Comedy Improv
 

Overview
Improvisation is the art of being in the moment. It is two or more people working together to achieve a unique and unexpected result. This ability to create something out of almost nothing is derived from actively listening and working together.

The roots of improv date back to sixteenth century theater as a form of problem solving within an unscripted situation. In modern times, the same applies –improv provides a common set of approaches to better prepare for the unexpected.

Often times in business we find ourselves stuck in a rut or producing based on the same ol’, same ol’. Meetings seem to take the same path and brainstorming sessions end with more frustrations than new ideas. Ever notice how the same people keep coming up with the same ideas?

Working as a team is a key component to success in the workplace. Whether you work alone or in groups, at some point or another, you will need to collaborate with another person or department to have your needs met. Trust between these “teams” is the foundation for all collaboration.

The Workshop:
Each workshop consists of carefully selected improv exercises, where the participants become the improvisers in a dynamic, on-your-feet atmosphere. For example, an exercise called “One Word Story” requires a group to make up a story, one person adding a single word at a time. The challenge is to work together to build an interesting and coherent story line. Of course, this is a very simple exercise in what becomes a more complex program.

Between exercises our trainers pose engaging, interactive questions designed to build clear connections and associations between the group’s experience and key issues that are vital to the goals of your organization.

In the end, participants will come together as a team with increased group confidence and trust, maximize skills for brainstorming and idea generation, eliminate “creative blocking”, think better on their feet, be more effective and powerful with presentation of ideas, (pause to catch your breath…) possess improved responsiveness to clients, feel more comfortable in unexpected situations, have stronger commitment to their ideas and increase speed and flexibility in pressure situations. Yes, all of this from improv!