Make Your Public Speaking Partner Look Good
How does an improv player create an audience-pleasing scene onstage? They make their partner look good because they know when you make your partner look good, you look good. In the pressure of a live improv show, actors do unexpected things. Once a member of my team who usually was easy to work with got […]
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Listen for Offers
Building on the fundamental principle of agreement, comes the idea to Listen for Offers, or put another way, to listen without Listening for Anything. First, put yourself in a mindset to observe, to really listen to what is happening around you, and then to accept what you hear. Turn your focus away from the script […]
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Say “Yes, And … “
The fundamental principle of improve is agreement, that is to say “Yes, And” to any offer received. A person who agrees and builds upon an offer will find that opportunities open up that they had never before imagined. The key is to not only accept, the “Yes” half, but to also build, the “And” half […]
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