Think Improv

03/23/2015

Hawkeye himself is using improv to teach scientists how to be better communicators (thanks for sharing this with us, Jack Hirsch!)

The former star of the television show “M*A*S*H” helps teach a way to explain complicated concepts in a clearer way.

02/25/2015

Well folks, we haven't posted in a million years, but we couldn't resist pointing out that Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has drunk the improv Kool-Aid (the quote's from an interview in the NYT -- thanks to Paul Myette for flagging this for us):

04/22/2013

Improv + science = progress.

Mr. Alda played a central role in creating a center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook that helps researchers explain their findings to a general audience.

08/13/2012

Hiya! We're hoping to bring a workshop to SXSW 2013 -- won't you please take a minute and vote for us?

Improv for Creative Collaboration Description Working together is the new working. Whether you're an entrepreneur relying on long-distance co-working or a nonprofit building capacity through partnerships, your success increasingly relies on your ability to work well with others - in other words, t...

03/22/2012

Did you hear the one about the journalist who used improv skills to do her job better?

It's no punchline: The art of improv offers many lessons for journalists, not least of which is how to collaborate more effectively.

03/15/2012

Listen to a recording of our SXSW session! In which we discuss: accepting that life is like an improv show (no one else can read the script that's in your head) ... learning to "yes, and" the challenges life puts in your path.. and, of course, eco-friendly barbecue.

Change happens - how you handle it is up to you. Improv can help. In past SXSW workshops, we've explored how the lessons of improv comedy apply to everyday life and business. This year, we'll focus on how improv can increase your adaptability - a critical skill in today's workforce, not to mention, ...

10/24/2011

Whoo hoo! Looks like we'll be spreading the improv gospel at SXSW for the 3rd year in a row :)

09/13/2011

Check out "What the Creative Business Owner Can Learn from Improv" at the Hello Craft Summit of Awesome on 10/21 in B'more, featuring our very own Amanda Hirsch:

The Summit of Awesome is an annual conference that brings together crafters and makers from across the U.S. to learn, grow, and be prosperous in today’s economy. With a desire to help sustain the handmade movement and support independent crafters within the community, Hello Craft welcomes inde...

08/31/2011

Voting closes Friday! Please help us go to SXSW next year by signing up and voting for our panel idea: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/9388

Thank you!

08/15/2011

Please vote for our session!

06/23/2011

"If you wait around for an opportunity to come up, it’s not coming. It isn’t, ever. Opportunities are not coming. The only opportunities that are coming are the ones you create. Otherwise you are just waiting around." - Thomas Lennon

Disclaimer: If you’re planning on seeing Bad Teacher this weekend, that movie with the non-awkward Cameron Diaz-Justin Timberlake s*x scene, you will see Tom Lennon have s*x with a photocopy machine. The R-rated comedy is just that kind of movie, and Tom Lennon is that kind of actor, a self-describe

06/21/2011

"Life is an improvisation," Colbert tells grads. (Improv-related commencement addresses = all the rage, apparently... Amy Poehler had a similar message for Harvard grads.)

Conan O'Brien was not the only talk show host to give a funny and inspiring commencement address this graduation season. Stephen Colbert offered his unique brand of wisdom to the Class of 2011 at his alma mater, Northwestern University, on Friday, June 17.