Genius – 24 Hr. Theatre Festival Part III
One of the things that it takes to create within such pressure and limitations is faith. And creative faith can take a number of forms: The faith that SOMETHING will happen. The faith that mistakes are...
View ArticleImprovising the Permanent or Maybe Capturing the Improvised
A few months ago – okay about a year ago – I contacted the publisher of my 2001 book, Training to Imagine and suggested that perhaps it was time for a revised, updated edition. He enthusiastically (and...
View ArticleThe Circus Bow and other Lessons From the Big Top, Part 1 – Celebrating Failure
The circus was in town this weekend, and I spent possibly the best Mother’s Day ever accompanying my 7-year-old to her first circus experience. Her palpable delight ranks as the highlight. Here was a...
View ArticleLessons from the Circus, Part 2 – Support
It is hardly news that it takes a lot of back-room planning, prep, attention and support from many many people to make the stars of the show shine. But this truth bears itself so nakedly at a circus...
View ArticleTips for Facilitating Improv (and Other Experiential Activities) in...
At the Applied Improvisation Network’s (appliedimprov.net) 2011 annual conference in Baltimore this month, a bunch of us got together to explore the nuts and bolts of choosing, running and debriefing...
View ArticleGetting Inside Other People’s Stories
Perhaps the most confounding part of human interaction comes down to this: we experience things differently. Conflict resolution courses abound, and yet when embroiled in actual conflict, resolution...
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Committed Collaboration
Jay Roderick and Kat Koppett, overseen by Cathy Salit at CiBC You know the old saw about the difference between contributing and committing? It goes: The chicken contributes to breakfast. The pig is...
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Gifts Great Leaders Give
Dion Flynn, Brenny Rabine, Melissa Delany Del Valle and Geoff Tarson From our current Kopco newsletter, where you can also get recommendations for great books and talks, and a coupon for free...
View ArticleYes, and… WHAT?
That ”Yes, and” rule…. Are you a lifelong “yes, and” evangelist? A born again one? A sceptic? An analytic parser of nuance? A tired old-timer over the whole topic? Regardless, I humbly suggest you...
View ArticleImprov is the Gym
Improv principles entered the workplace somewhere around the mid-90′s. Back then, the idea of applying those mindsets and exercises was pretty wacky. Now, there are thousands of practitioners around...
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