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Overview
If you have ever watched the hit TV show "Who's Line Is it Anyway?", you have seen a ensemble making up instant stories on the spot with no plan or script by simply listening, responding in the moment, and adding value to existing ideas. As trainers, managers, humans we are constantly improvising- clients needs change, the internal landscape shifts, the unexpected arrives. A team that is versed in improvisational practices is able to thrive under these difficult conditions by to thinking on their feet, flexing from an entrenched agenda, and communicating with clarity. This program will be a crash course in using improvisational tools to help the teams innovate, share knowledge, and respond to change skillfully. This is a hands on experience. We will be playing, moving, and using on-the-spot improvisational demonstrations to uncover high performance communication practices, and reveal a new vocabulary for creating "flow" where ideas build upon each other to create new possibilities.
Speaker
On Your Feet, is a collision between business and the arts. The company consists of a network of individuals with backgrounds in such areas as improvisational comedy, anthropology, marketing, film making, small business, and strategic planning. Using methods drawn from improvisational theater they work on projects for organizations such as Intel, Nike, FedEx, Disney and others to help them engage audiences, develop new products, and create a more improvisational culture. On your feet is based here in Portland with offices in Madrid London and Dublin.
For more information: Gary Hirsch, On Your Feet, 503-230-9061, www.oyf.com.
Monthly Book Exchange
Members have asked to host a book / materials exchange as part of the monthly program. There will be a table set up for this exchange beginning at 6 pm. Bring those dusty books and papers and trade them for another's favorites!