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Improving Through Improv
March 8, 2005

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On March 8th, join us for Improving Through Impov, presented by David Gouthro and Alisdair Smith.

Improvisational Theatre (improv) has been a core curriculum component in virtually every school of acting and/or performing arts for many years. More relevant from the perspective of ISPI members, it is a powerful method for improving the performance of the organizations they work with as well as providing individual practitioners with professional growth opportunities.

Participants will engage in two or three easily duplicable (is that a real word?!?) improv activities that can be applied in a wide variety of performance improvement scenarios. Think of them as frames that can hold a wide variety of content components. After each improv activity, participants will explore where and how it might be used in a variety of organizational interventions. As well, we will look at how learning from the activity can improve the performance of individual practitioners, too.

You will leave this session with: at least two improv activities you can immediately choose to integrate into your work; a greater understanding of the opportunities for using improv as a performance technologist; a greater appreciation for the improvisational talent amongst the other participants; and a healthy dose of fun!

David Gouthro is President of The Consulting Edge and has been a frequent presenter at Vancouver ISPI Chapter meetings.

David has been a member of ISPI (and its earlier iterations) since 1980, when he was one of the founding members of the Toronto ISPI Chapter. His consulting practice is a study in improv, having grown for the last 17 years with no obvious plan or structure!

For more on David's work, visit The Consulting Edge website.

The Rev. Alisdair Smith is a trusted advisor, facilitator, trainer and speaker for all levels in the areas of leadership, communications, change and transition, strategy, teamwork and ethics.

Prior to his graduate studies, Alisdair trained originally as an actor, and works with the Vancouver TheatreSports League in their Corporate Training Group as a trainer and facilitator.

For more on Alisdair's work, visit the Vancouver TheatreSports Training website.