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It works best if you cap improv workshops at 16 people per instructor, but I am nonetheless often asked, “Can improv team building work for groups of 20+ people?”

A comprehensive guide to improv birthday parties: what they are, how do they work, how many people you need, what they cost, what games you'll play, what to wear and just about everything else you might want to know before planning one.

The most ubiquitous, most storied, most important opening in long form improv’s relatively short history is The Pattern Game. It is the Grandad of all openings.

You might be wondering about long form improv sets like the Harold or the Montage, particularly how they actually start. The pithy answer is improv openings.

Bob Ross first said "There are no mistakes, only happy accidents." Possibly he was inspired by the subject of his painting, Del Close Improvising. Note, some historians claim this painting is a fake.

Ever notice that interpersonal counterproductive work behaviors rarely come in isolation? (Phew! That was a mouthful, but no less true for it.) It is simply true that it is rarely just one team member who is passive aggressive, or late on deadlines, or psychologically checked out. Whole teams of employees, departments, sometimes even entire companies will consistently exhibit these behaviors. Think of… Well, I don’t want to call anyone out. Just think of a large company where

At first glance, a curriculum designed to focus on improv games for agility feels like a natural fit, as improv itself is often associated with quick thinking, situational nimbleness, being light on your feet, etc… And it is true that many improv games lend themselves to agility training. At the same time, so much of agility is dependent on listening, a totally different skill.

Coming up on your first improv class at work and not sure how to get ready for it? This post is for you.

Seven Things is often used as a warm-up game in improv. It is a really great creativity exercise.

A common question I get asked from my clients is, “Where should I hold my improv team building workshop?” The question normally comes up early in the event planning process.

I have a storied history of working in branded content casting from 2014-2016, when branded content seemed ascendant.

I was recently having a conversation with one of RA’s instructors, Murphy McHugh. We were talking about how to learn improv comedy.

These Thanksgiving team building activities (or games) are designed to be useful as a plug and play exercise in a larger corporate workshop led by a professional improv facilitator or as one time ice breaker or warm up exercises that anyone could lead at a workplace event.

When I was a young improviser, in 2007, I found that I was fascinated by where improv scenes might take place. So I started making a list of places for my scenes.

I recently had two new clients reach out about improv workshops designed to hone sales skills.

There’s reason to wonder if improv offers lessons that could help you build an AI proof career.

Murphy McHugh, the accomplished DC based improviser, headed all eight of the workshops. What follows is a free ranging conversation between Radical Agreement (RA) founder Terry Withers and Murphy McHugh which was intended to be centered on the workshops’ effectiveness, challenges and takeaways, but instead became a more general exploration of the magic that unfolds unexpectedly when doing improv.

This is a blog about improv. It is about life. It is about GOING FOR IT.

Two separate clients inquired about an improv workshop chock full of improv games for collaboration.

...not pay attention to the position of the bottles. They toppled over creating quite a scene. I did not let fear take over me. I quickly put the bottles upright while repositioning one as if I had done that on purpose.