WSP 23 — Improv-ability for Life and Work
Summer
Saturday/Sunday
10:00 am—4:00 pm
Date(s)
Jul 18—Jul 19
2 days
Drop By
Jul 11
1 Units
Fees
$235
Limit
24
Closed
In work and life we often run into situations that require an impromptu, improvised response, such as giving an unplanned speech, articulating the solution to a problem, or establishing a new relationship. This workshop will offer creative new ways to think on your feet and expand your “improv-ability” comfort zone. You will sharpen your improvisational skills through theater games and exercises designed to get the judge off your shoulder, and develop in-the-moment presence, whole body listening, and quick impulse responses.
On day one, you will explore impromptu speaking by drawing on your immediate knowledge and environment while using a framework to quickly organize your thoughts for presentations, panel discussions, and story-telling. On day two, you will build new skills through exercises in active listening, following the thread and setting the right tone in a dialogue. Role-playing will be used to practice these new conversational skills for job interviews, building client relationships, and resolving real life and work issues. In a safe environment, where we cultivate working as a team, you will explore structured improvisations to help gain confidence, using voice and body. By the end of the workshop, you will have improved your ability to respond quickly and authentically to changing circumstances through your heightened ability to improvise.
On day one, you will explore impromptu speaking by drawing on your immediate knowledge and environment while using a framework to quickly organize your thoughts for presentations, panel discussions, and story-telling. On day two, you will build new skills through exercises in active listening, following the thread and setting the right tone in a dialogue. Role-playing will be used to practice these new conversational skills for job interviews, building client relationships, and resolving real life and work issues. In a safe environment, where we cultivate working as a team, you will explore structured improvisations to help gain confidence, using voice and body. By the end of the workshop, you will have improved your ability to respond quickly and authentically to changing circumstances through your heightened ability to improvise.
Lee Eisler, Business Coach
Lee Eisler is a business coach specializing in public presentations, leadership presence, interviewing, story-telling, and improvisation in the work world. Her company, Presence Delivered, focuses on developing and bringing forth each person’s unique voice and personal presence. Before moving into the business world, Eisler was a professor and theater director for twenty years. She focuses on exploring exciting ways of capturing audiences, both in business and education, whether formal or impromptu. Her clients include many companies, nonprofits, and individuals in the technology, work development training, construction, law, and finance industries. She received an MS in kinesiology and performing arts from Simon Fraser University.Gary Grossman, Independent Theater Professional; Professional Coach; Educator
Gary Grossman teaches communication and presentation, working with groups and individuals in business as well as universities. He is a senior consultant at Presence Delivered, and brings more than twenty years of experience in the theater as a director and actor to his teaching in public speaking, storytelling, interviewing, and client relations. He specializes in improvisation and was the artistic director of The Moving Targets, an improvisation company founded by Avery Schreiber.Textbooks for this course:
No required textbooks