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Improvising is a business skill

You just never know what to expect when you're working wit people.

Neither work nor life is a rehearsal. Improvisation skills are people and business skills: Listening, saying yes to opportunities, going with the flow, breaking the routine, suggesting and offering. If you're interested in having some fun, being more creative, and learning a little of what it takes to acquire the attitude of improvising in your life and business, then come along to this course and learn to improvise!

How it works

Enjoy an interactive day. Learn some games. Learn some names. Discover your inner improviser, or create a new improvising self to bring out at parties and social occasions!

The day runs from 1 - 5. It's an opportunity to be playful in a safe environment. There'll be lots of games in small groups, and at the end of the day you'll get a chance to discover how your own improvising muscles have grown.

You do not need any former experience, nor any theatrical talent to be part of this course. You will discover parts of yourself you may have left behind in kindergarten. You can participate as little or as much as you like. It's an adventure, where interesting and pleasantly surprising things may happen, in the safety of the classroom. And you'll find the adventure spills over into the way you work and live your life.

What happens

The day runs something like this:

1. Get to know your fellow participants and set some outcomes for yourself for the day (do you want to be more innovative, be more responsive to clients in meetings, listen more effectively, or something else?)
2. play some concentration and listening games
3. learn some new terms and ways to describe what you're learning
4. do some exercises in pairs and small groups to loosen up your improvising muscles
5. learn to tell stories, give and accept offers and yield when necessary, understand physical offers, get your brain into gear
6. practise with others in small groups
7. measure how much you've gained, decide how you'll use it in your work environment

Please note: the emphasis for the day is on the improvising skills as applied to business. You do not have to perform at any point. Most of the exercises are as a whole groups or small groups. You will not be singled out unless you want to be!

Led by experienced facilitators and improvisers

The facilitators are improvisers with business backgrounds. Enrol now.

Cindy Tonkin is the Consultants' Consultant. Her background in accelerated learning, NLP and more than 15 years experience in corporate consulting and training makes this workshop practical and fun. You're sure to learn with her extroverted interactive style.

Richard Bennett is an accomplished improviser and comedy performer, with a background in radio production, people management and technical mentoring. He has organised and presented at countless conferences and workshops in Australia and in the U.S., and is the director of both Scared Scriptless and the Cranston Cup, Sydney's only currently running improvisational comedy shows.

Richard and Cindy create a weekly improvised show in Petersham every Friday night. Together they run Ludic Creative - a professional services company providing focused entertainment and conference workshops using improvisation techniques.

What people say

People say this about Life is not a rehearsal:

• "[means I can] allow my team members to practice being creative. I learned to trust others to deliver results"

  Joseph Renzi, MD swapace

• "Well done – very appropriate to business people today – helping to develop mind-flexibility"

  Noelene Dawes Unlocking Potential

• "taught me to have an open mind in relation to my business partner"

  Virginia Choy Eat Manifesto

• "Fun, practical exercises, tools. The day was well put together – a layered experience that took me through skills and improvisation exercises. At the end of the session I realised I had achieved my outcomes. Great fun too!"

  Suzanne Mercier – Business Alchemy International

• "Interesting and inspiring. Worth doing if you want to discover inner strengths."

  Joseph Arena

• "A few hours to get re-acquainted with the innocence and openness we used to have as children. A GREAT afternoon. Love your positive take on absolutely everything! Well Done!"

  Sandra O’Neill

• "Fun, unpredictable, opening, enabling. A joy!"

  Jill Chivers - The Corporate Compass

When and where

This course runs at

• Sydney Saturday 7 July 2007, 1 to 5pm at Sydney Venue, Ground Floor, 213 Miller Street, North Sydney

We provide afternoon tea. The course fee is $297. Enrol now.

It's "Ten times better than riding on the back of a llama while doing its hair!" Phil Sullivan, participant

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