Whose Learning Is This Anyway?

Improvisation seems to be cropping up everywhere lately.

In my Masters program last week, my learning team delivered a presentation on "Improvisational Theater Games in Corporate Training".

Then, Angie and I spent an evening watching "Three-Headed Broadway Star" clips on YouTube, from "Whose Line is it Anyway".

Finally, we were brainstorming at work for a low cost team building event and agreed upon an improv workshop. I been wanted to facilitate such a session for quite a while. I'm looking forward to it.

Improv is a powerful tool for many reasons:

1. It teaches "yes... and" thinking - you cannot reject an idea in improv
2. It encourages teamwork and collaboration
3. It encourages one to be present with all senses
4. It builds the creative muscles
5. It allows people to experience a 'safe' risk-taking environment
6. Finally, laughter is a power emotion

What workgroup couldn't use a little of all the above?

Links of Interest:

• Improvisational Theater
• Using Improv to Train (pdf)
• Improv Encyclopedia (pdf)
• Whose Line is it Anyway (DVD's)
• Whose Line YouTube clips