By Clemens Rettich, on August 9th, 2010%
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A group of participants sit in a circle. The facilitator starts the circle by saying a word (‘blue’). Without pausing the person on the left repeats the word, then free-associates another word in response (‘blue … sky’). The next person on the left repeats the pattern starting . . . → Read More: Play it Again… Eight to the Bar!
By Clemens Rettich, on July 20th, 2010%
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Being a great listener is as much about collecting information as being a great communicator is about having a big vocabulary. The words, heard or spoken, are not the main point.
A great listener not only hears what is being said but treats . . . → Read More: Great Listening is a Contact Sport
By Clemens Rettich, on June 21st, 2010%
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Number 3 in The Improvising Manager series.
Improvisational theater has grown around a few basic concepts. In article 3 in this series on “The Improvising Manager” we are looking at one key concept that it is not possible to proceed without: “Yes, and…”
Improvisational theater and games unfold along a . . . → Read More: Yes, and…
By Clemens Rettich, on May 29th, 2010%
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Number 2 in The Improvising Manager series.
Two people stand on stage. One has a script and plays their part with confidence. The other doesn’t have a script and has to fake it as best they can.
Sound familiar? Well not only is this a great improv game, it is . . . → Read More: Actors’ Nightmare (Or… Fake it ’til you Make it!)
By Clemens Rettich, on May 8th, 2010%
Number 1 in The Improvising Manager series.
A group of people stand in a circle. One person holding two tennis balls (or something similar) stands in the center. The center person tosses one of the balls out to a person in the circle and that person tosses the ball to another person in the . . . → Read More: Forget the Shoulda’s!