One of the delightful improv games I learned at the Applied Improv Network Conference was Portkey. I found it to be a simple way to tap into the storyteller in each of us and I can see it fitting in beautifully in ‘getting to know you/relationship building’ intro activities. Gratitude to Chris Sams for sharing […]
My final mini-harvest from my time at the Applied Improv Network Conference. This one from Viv McWaters (who I finally met after knowing her on Twitter for almost three years). We were in a lovely breakout session swapping games and had finished playing a game some might call silly. The game was Lame Duck, where […]
Harvesting another little tidbit amongst all the learnings I had at the Applied Improv Network Conference. This one from the opening session with Bernie DeKoven and Matt Weinstein, when Bernie talked about game community versus play community. In a game community the big question underneath is “is the player good enough to play”? And in […]
Onto another mini-harvest from my time at the Applied Improv Network Conference. One of my main ah-has on Friday came from a break-out session and partnering with Chris Corrigan. We had done an activity where in the first part of a brainstorm I responded with a “yes but” to every suggestion Chris had, then we switched […]
Another mini-harvest from my journey to the Applied Improv Network Conference. I was fortunate to get a spot on one of the pre-conference learning journeys and chose to go to the California Academy of Sciences. The first part of our day was like a self-hosted Walking and Talking event. I’ll come back and share more of my […]
Two little learnings on yesterday’s travel day to the Applied Improv Conference: 1. I pre-booked my shuttle from the airport to my hotel. Waited a loooooog time and watched many many other shuttles come and go before mine finally arrived. Texted my sweetie and told him my lesson that pre-booking a shuttle isn’t necessary in […]