Comedy Improv with Emma from @LivComedyImprov

For our November Meetup with have Emma from @LivComedyImprov running an interactive session for us, space is limited so please only RSVP Yes if you can make it, and if you are later unable to attend please do update your RSVP so someone else can take your space.

Emma's introduction to this session:

Why Comedy Improv?

Comedy improv within a business development and training context provides a fun, experiential and innovative skill set that can positively develop contemporary business needs:

• communication skills (e.g. sales, marketing, customer facing interactions)
• adaptability
• team skills
• relationship building
• leadership
• creativity and innovation

It's an increasingly popular training practice in the UK and U.S. companies, such as Twitter and Google (amongst others), have been using it for years!

What Will We Do?

This introductory session is where you get to do stuff - no sitting down taking notes or looking at a power point presentation!

It will be a fun, funny, active and participatory session. Firstly, ice-breaker warm-up games where playfulness is encouraged will start the session. This will lead to simple, short and well structured improvised scenes & games (similar to Whose Line is it Anyway) to be played and explored by all. The application of improv principles to your business will be discussed and reflected upon as part of the session.

Who Should Attend?
Are you wanting to:
• increase your sales effectiveness,
• develop better customer relations,
• become more comfortable when presenting,
• build better relationships with staff and associates,
• find new ways to push through creative blocks

• AND have fun in the process.
  Then come along and experience how improv benefits your business.

A Bit About Emma:
Emma is a professional actor, director, teacher and improviser.
As an actress she has performed and toured with The Royal National Theatre, and has worked alongside Pete Postlethwaite, Minnie Driver and Frances de la Tour during her stage, TV and film career.
She was trained in improv by leading UK improvisers The Maydays and by the world renowned Second City and Annoyance Theatre in Chicago. She was a leading member of the acclaimed Brighton based improv troupe The Hee Ha's for 8 years.
She leads weekly improvisation sessions for all levels every Monday at The Magnet. Her advanced improv course students will be performing their debut showcase in December.
She is passionate about bringing the benefits of improv to UK businesses and organisations, so that they can experience similar improvements that so many Fortune 1000 companies, including Twitter, already have.

TESTIMONIAL:

"I've loved learning Improv with Emma. I had absolutely no idea what to expect at my first class. But learning to listen to my scene partners and build something together out of nothing has been simply amazing. Taking this into customer relationships where we're solving problems together has been great. I feel so much more confident and relaxed going into meetings now. I'm not a particularly funny person but Improv has given us lots of laughs as well. It's great fun!" (Dr Simon Holgate, CEO & Chief Scientist, Sea Level Research)

Emma
(P.S. Improv is for EVERYONE! You cannot fail or get it wrong!)
http://www.liverpoolcomedyimprov.co.uk
@LivComedyimprov

A note from Paul:

We'll be opening the doors in DoES Liverpool's "Dinky" meeting room at 6:30 pm so people have a chance to arrive, do some networking and be ready to kick things off at 7:00 pm. If you've not been before, you'll find us in the Gostins Building on Hanover Street, just take the lift up to the 4th floor and turn left out the lift and then it's the first door on your left. If you RSVP Yes but can no longer make it please do update your RSVP or let us know so someone else can take your place as space is limited on this session. Thanks!