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Using Improv to Build Collaborative Capacity

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WING IT GAMES (PDF) Click here to access the games we played at PNODN May 18.

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If you weren't there, we gathered at 6:30 at Mercer Island and had a great time playing with Wing It's own Andrew and Lauren. The games we played had us laughing yes but the gears were turning on what applications we could imagine for our client's systems. We talked about patterns, story and generating understanding beyond normal barriers of authority, power, control, process flow, entrenchment patterns, and even identity. The uses we explored included recovering from layoffs, communication training and just getting a strategy session out of a rut.

To sum it up, we had a lot of fun with some powerful tools. Thanks, Wing It!

Original Announcment:

Laugh Your Way to Sustainability: Using Improv to Build Collaborative Capacity

Creativity drives ideas. Ideas drive business. Improvisational theater is the art of turning ideas into action. Take your clients to higher levels of creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration and communication through simple applications of improvisation. In this interactive session, you will experience improv tools first hand that you can implement into your practice immediately. You will walk away with practical exercises that you can use to strengthen the groups you work with, a new such as the practice of using “Yes, And".

We fuse professional improvisational exercises and concepts with instant applications to the workplace, creating a fun and relevant experience for all. Your clients will benefit from increased confidence, heightened communication and leadership skills. Wing-It Productions has a record of success in leading innovative and impactful trainings for companies of all sizes. As a nonprofit organization, Wing-It understands the value of having a united staff; a staff that is motivated by achieving the mission and vision of the organization, and productive through the use of innovative solutions to problems and clear communication of the mission impact.

Come have some fun and add a little improv your toolbox.

Presenters Bios

Andrew McMasters, Artistic Director, Wing-It Productions

Andrew has been producing theater in Seattle for over 17 years. He has an MFA in Drama from UW, a BA from Temple University, and a certificate in Arts Administration. He is a founder of Wing-It Productions, the Executive Producer of the Seattle Festival of Improv Theater, and the board president of Theater Puget Sound. Andrew is a corporate trainer and travels nationwide as a presenter for AutoTrader, Apple Computers, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, T-Mobile, and more.

Lauren Domino, Education Director, Wing-It Productions

Lauren has been a professional improviser for over 6 years with Wing-It. She holds a BA in Theater from the University of Washington and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management. As Education Director, Lauren has spent the last two years developing a wide-range of educational and outreach programs that serve the Seattle community including Corporate Training programs with local business, partnerships with Seattle Public Schools, Adult Continuing Education classes, and programs that serve at-risk youth

Wing-It Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to enlightening, educating and entertaining audiences of all ages by producing theatrical and educational events, which explore theater by utilizing its improvisational roots. For over 15 years, Wing-It has traveled nationwide providing innovative and interactive training services. We bring the tools of improvisational theater (listening, quick communications, innovating in the moment, trust, and teamwork) to the workplace, helping to transform the way companies function.