The Radical Agreement Project

I had a great time playing the classic short form game, Questions Only, with HR star Toni Lamb last week. Check out the session below. Or read through a facilitator's on my website here:

https://www.radicalagreement.com/exercises/questions-only

Thanks again Toni Lamb! Oh and I want to add, some people play this game competitively. Like if you make a statement you lose. If Toni and I had been playing that way she would have totally thumped me! I get completely tongue tied at the end when Toni fires a simple question my way fast!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v2oLxmntyo

Questions Only I had a great time playing the short form improv game Questions Only with HR extraordinaire, Toni Lamb. A great exercise if working with a team of profession...

Met with a client this morning. It was for a remote improv for sales training event, a low grade specialty of mine given the 30 years in sales and 20 years in improv. We talked a lot about listening exercises, objection handling exercises. It was fun.

But then my client asked about long term impacts of improv on sales talent. And improv will fully recalibrate a sales professional for the better over a period of months/years. But one session of improv, no matter how dynamic the experience, is not going to have long term impact.

Improv is a practice not a miracle drug.

And that must be true for all professional development workshops. One experience is not enough to create long lasting development.

I'm curious what others have experienced when looking to create long lasting impact from a workshop or series of meetings. How do you get the learning to stick?

Below is a group of professionals learning. Will what they are learning in the photo impact their performance in 6 months?

Learn More: https://www.radicalagreement.com/improv/dc

Here is a blog post on improv's application to listening development. It is often surprising how deceptively hard effective listening is. Improv helps us focus on the skill by keeping its exercises simple. See what you think!

Improv Listening Exercises Last week I revived RA’s monthly Learning & Development Improv Happy Hour. I was running these happy hours the first 6 months of RA’s existence and I’m not really sure why I stopped. Anyway, I’m glad I brought it back! The event had great attendance and everyone had lots of fun. Plus we work...

A quick series of photos of executives engaged in a group problem solving game. They weren't doing well! But they were laughing a lot and celebrating each other's contributions, even though those contributions weren't leading to immediate success. Improv teaches teams to adopt a carefree and supportive attitude. If your team supports each other during times of failure, imagine how strong it will be during times of success.

Hey, I thought this was interesting. Preparing for a last minute team building workshop in San Diego, I thought to ask my client about the room that had been secured. The call for this came in with less than a week's notice, so it would have been easy to rush past the room, especially since hotel's are often perfect for improv workshops. But see attached photo, not great for a physically active event. We were able to catch the mistake and get the room rearranged, but this can be a thorny. You can read more about how to prepare your space (and your team) for an improv workshop at work or any interactive workshop here:

https://www.radicalagreement.com/post/corporate-workshops

Hey, I made this chatbot that helps you practice working with an improv scene partner who only asks questions. I'm proud of it! Check it out.

Questioning Carol | Radical Agreement Bulletproof your improv by practicing some scenes with Questioning Carol, a beginning improv student whohas a lot of questions!

THE COLLEGE IMPROV CONFERENCE
8/14-8/18

www.radicalagreement.com/college-improv-conference

TWELVE PANELS

OVER TWENTY TEAMS

THOUSANDS OF PERSPECTIVES

ONE ONLINE CONFERENCE

Nerd out over the tiniest minutiae that matters to no one, except for the movers and shakers of collegiate student run improv groups. You know who I mean. You know who you are.

The ones who sign out practice space in the student union. The ones who know who to ask for the form for the Fall Activities Fair. The ones who hold onto logo files for the next round of tee shirts.

The College Improv Conference is for you.

Leading voices from collegiate improv groups across the country will share their insights, experiences and tips in forty five minute virtual panel discussions moderated by professional improvisers. Q&As to occur at the end of each session with questions from attendees.

Panels are planned on subjects like:

*Putting Butts In Seats: Effective Campus Marketing
*Building Your Team: Auditions & Casting
*Practice Makes Perfect: Rehearsal Policies, Schedules and Approaches
*Make Me Funny: Teaching Improv At College
*Cain & Abel: The Sometimes Tense Relationship Between Short & Long Form Improv
*Brazil: Dealing With Campus Bureaucracy
*Did You Catch That? Balancing Improv With Sketch (and even stand up)

Hey, did you know that RA tours to colleges? Don't believe me? Here is a video sample from a show last May proving it!

RA Touring Scene - Southern Paper Plate Style

Two students playing "The Slip" last Wednesday!

The Rug Premise - The Slip