Teambuilding Workshop for Step Up Speakers’ Circle

My workshops for Toastmaster clubs keep evolving. I ask for feedback and also initiate changes on my own after I see what works. This latest workshop came to me via the lovely Maxine Terry, a member of Toastmasters and recent organizer of our yearly conference. Her club was installing officers and she thought some interactive […]

Improv and the Sports Interview

I like sports, especially when both teams are playing well and anyone could win. Recently after watching a particularly close game, I lingered for the post-game interviews, hoping to extend the adrenaline rush I had just experienced. Instead, I realized something that hadn’t occurred to me before. Have you ever noticed how predictable these interviews […]

Toastmasters

Goal: Conduct workshops on how Improv can improve communication while taking a break from the regular agenda. I’ve completed several free Improv workshops for Toastmasters clubs and they’re always fun. (Toastmasters International is an organization of public speaking and leadership development clubs.) Members (called “Toastmasters”) are creative people who love to break from the usual […]

3 Hours, 75 Project Managers: Improv Workshop at Siemens

Goal: Interactive event for employees to reacquaint after the pandemic and to bring humor to the end of a week-long workshop This introduction to Improv went well. We started with a crazy warmup called “Near and Far”. Each person secretly picks someone in the room that they will physically stay close to and simultaneously picks […]