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LCN 135: Kat Koppett – “Improv is the Gym for Life”

LCN 135: Kat Koppett – "Improv Is the Gym for Life"
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LCN 135: Kat Koppett - "Improv is the Gym for Life"
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LCN 135: Kat Koppett – "Improv Is the Gym for Life"I met Kat Koppett at the Applied Improvisation Network World Conference in August, but I’ve actually been a fan of hers for a long time.

Kat is the author of a “bible” in the world of applied improvisation, Training to Imagine: Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques for Trainers and Managers to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, Leadership, and Learning.

Kat got into improv rather accidentally. She trained as an actor, and fell in love with improv because, ironically, there were rules for being spontaneous!

(Remind you of anything? Yours truly had to [Read more…]

LCN 124: There’s No Competition & You’re Not Selling Snake Oil

LCN 124: There's No Competition & You're Not Selling Snake Oil
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LCN 124: There's No Competition & You're Not Selling Snake Oil
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LCN 124: There's No Competition & You're Not Selling Snake Oil“You should meet Ted,” I said, “he’s also into mindfulness and improv.”

It was lunchtime at the Applied Improvisation Network (AIN) conference this past weekend, and I was talking with another first-timer to the conference. I felt rather pleased that I was connecting people that I didn’t even know!

But the guy — let’s call him A — seemed skeptical.

“Yeah, I met Ted,” he said. “But I don’t know… We live in the same area, so aren’t we competitors? And really, aren’t all of us here at the conference competitors?”

It was a valid question. 200 improvisers, who use improv in our work in an applied way — i.e. Applied Improv — convening together for four days.

Aren’t we competing for clients? Competing for business? Competing for scarce resources?

Well, as I said to A, that’s certainly one attitude to take. You could look at the 200 people at this conference as competitors, competing with you for scarce resources. End of story.

But is that a useful perspective? [Read more…]

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