Why improv?
From better communication skills to the ability to think on one's feet, using improv in business has proved to help both individuals and the companies that hire improv groups. Fostering inovation, confidence, team building, and creativity, bringing an improv group like WIT to your organization can rejuvenate any workplace. Don't believe us? We're not the only ones who have noticed all the benefits that implementing improv in the workplace can bring. Check out these articles and links about other improv groups that are successfully changing the way people work in their work environment.
The #1 Job Skill School Won't Teach You
WIT's very own Mark Chalfant talks with Men's Health about improv-based strategies for being more effective in the workplace. - Men's Health News [READ MORE]
When The Art Of The Deal Includes Improv Training
Improv brings teams together
"I think that there's a buzz in the locker room that we haven't had in a couple years ..." - New York Times Baseball Blog on the Yankees' outing to an improv workshop [READ MORE]
Sometimes an outsider can push your creative buttons in new ways
Brainstorming, 'Yes, And,' Solving the opposite problem - these are all in WIT's aresenal of thought-stretching tools we utilize in our corporate engagement workshops. - New York Times Magazine
Improv can harness your expertise and share it among your team in new, experiential ways
"A training partnership in Manchester has won a prize for its innovative approach to providing training for employees ... " - learndirect
Improvisers are great communicators - and you'll remember training experiences that make you laugh
"For 50 years, Chicago's Second City has been a training ground for some of the most recognizable comedic actors, but cranking out the funniest stars is only part of Second City's business. The other part? Helping Corporate America with its communication skills." - The Wall Street Journal
How improvisational techniques can benefit improvisers
"Creative leaders model what they want to encourage, provide stimulating environments in which it is safe to experiment and grow, and get out of the way." - innovation Tools
How to think faster, better on your feet
"Interestingly, all the improv actors I spoke to pretty much agreed that the following three principles are at the heart of their art. And, without exception, they use them to propel conversations forward in their real lives, too." - CNN
Corporate Improv Training: Just What the Economy Ordered
"Participants are taught to recognize that many of the qualities needed to create a good improv scene are equally effective in establishing a productive and innovative work environment, work team, and, most importantly, worker." - BNet
Improv-based training: it's not just fun and games
"More and more companies are embracing improv as a way to achieve important business and organizational goals. Even major league baseball is in on the act and uses improv-based training to help rookies assimilate into the Bigs." - BNet
Thinking On Your Feet: Staying Cool and Confident Under Pressure
"Thinking on your feet is highly coveted skill and when you master it, your clever and astute responses will instill immediate confidence in what you are saying." - MindTools.com
5 Improvisational Acting Techniques That Will Make You a Better Blogger .
Let go of your inhibitions, value emotional integrity over audience response, saying "Yes, and...", be specific, and play from the tip of your intelligence. - CopyBlogger.com
Let go of your inhibitions, value emotional integrity over audience response, saying "Yes, and...", be specific, and play from the tip of your intelligence. - CopyBlogger.com
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