ImprovEdge

09/15/2025

Vocal fry—the low, creaky vibration at the end of a sentence—is common in everyday speech and carries more weight than you might think. It can influence how others perceive your confidence, clarity, and credibility in professional settings. In this video, you’ll learn what vocal fry is, why it matters for leadership and communication, and practical strategies to strengthen your voice so your message comes across with authority and impact.

Vocal fry—the low, creaky vibration at the end of a sentence—is common in everyday speech and carries more weight than you might think. It can influence how ...

02/15/2024

02/06/2024

Let's make meetings more productive in 2024!

Meetings are an integral part of the workplace, providing a platform for collaboration, decision-making, and information sharing. Not all meetings […]

05/14/2023

Coming next month to NAWBO Columbus - insights on authorship and leadership from women authors in Central Ohio.
Register:
https://nawbocolumbus.wildapricot.org/event-5272614

About Karen: Karen Hough is the Founder & CEO of ImprovEdge, www.ImprovEdge.com, and has been using improvisation as a catalyst for business training and consulting since 1998. ImprovEdge won the silver International Stevie Award for Most Innovative Company of the Year 2012, and Karen was recognized...

04/26/2023

Thoughts on 'fit' in from Karen Hough Majidzadeh

Stop fostering exclusion and limiting potential. Move beyond excuses to embrace the challenge of change.

03/15/2023

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Karen Hough

01/30/2023

Your secret sauce. Your one up. Your superpower.

That’s what we are and what ImprovEdge is all about.

We’ve refreshed our brand to reflect the EDGE that we bring to everything we do.

Proud to share our new logo and website www.improvedge.com (and more to come).

ImprovEdge is the business training partner companies need to develop (or redevelop) world-class leaders and teams. And, now the look and feel of our brand more clearly represents that.

05/05/2022

Husband and wife combo, Benjamin Zander, a longtime conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and Rosamund Zander, a family therapist, on the power of point of view:
“Every problem, every dilemma, every dead end we find ourselves facing in life, only appears unsolvable inside a particular frame or point of view. Enlarge the box, or create another frame around the data, and problems vanish, while new opportunities appear.”
Source: The Art of Possibility

02/24/2022

2022: Humanity

What is one skill we can all strengthen in 2022 - our humanity. Here are four tools you can use today.

02/24/2022

Look for the Silver Lining

Challenge yourself to find the silver lining in any situation. It's a tool of the positive state of mind.