On July 20th, we hosted "Improv 101" with Courtney Pong from CSz Boston to learn about applied improv training that leverages skills of improv as tools for communication, teamwork, and relationship building.
If you missed out or couldn't attend your session, see the note-taking below!
What is Improv?
* Improv is about forming the habit to start and move forward, not about being perfect
* Improv is not about the outcome, but to develop skills/habits to observe and respond
* Improv is about learning from each other and there is no right or wrong answers
Examples: Do the opposite when you hear the instruction - Clap when you hear “Name” and say your name when you hear “Clap” or "Move" when you hear the word “Stop” and stop when you hear “Move”; “Hope” or “Twist”
4 stages of learning:
Unconscious, incompetent
Conscious, incompetent
Conscious, competent
Unconscious, competent - when you are a pro of Improv
What do people do when they are given an instruction to perform?
They try to follow
They check with each other and try to correct themselves
Three things Improv can help develop:
What other activities can you do virtually to foster engagement and understanding?
End the event by asking the audience to complete this in the chat box:
I wish:
I like:
What If:
If you missed out or couldn't attend your session, see the note-taking below!
What is Improv?
* Improv is about forming the habit to start and move forward, not about being perfect
* Improv is not about the outcome, but to develop skills/habits to observe and respond
* Improv is about learning from each other and there is no right or wrong answers
Examples: Do the opposite when you hear the instruction - Clap when you hear “Name” and say your name when you hear “Clap” or "Move" when you hear the word “Stop” and stop when you hear “Move”; “Hope” or “Twist”
4 stages of learning:
Unconscious, incompetent
Conscious, incompetent
Conscious, competent
Unconscious, competent - when you are a pro of Improv
What do people do when they are given an instruction to perform?
They try to follow
They check with each other and try to correct themselves
Three things Improv can help develop:
- Form the habit of starting
- Learn the skills to move forward from failures
- Create an environment to support your teammates
What other activities can you do virtually to foster engagement and understanding?
- breakout rooms/pairs or small groups
- polling & share results in the chat box
- do an activity and share learnings in the big group popcorn style
- Name 5 items from a category; the other person help count
- Use the alphabet letters to start and answer the question
- Variation: Use the last letter of the last word to form a question or answer a question - this is harder, but it forces you to focus not only on the content but on how you can form the questions/answers
- Name 3 letters of any body part in 30 second: most adults can only do up to 7 but kids can do more than that - because we create rules and interpret the question based on our own lived experience or conventional rules; Examples: Fin/paw - it does not have to be human body parts; Bak/But - “any” 3 letters from a body part (so don’t make up rules that don’t exist - think outside of the box!)
End the event by asking the audience to complete this in the chat box:
I wish:
I like:
What If: