Yes! And! How lessons from improv comedy can help your career - Mike Hagesfeld

A developer walks into a bar. Then he leaves because it’s full of people and people are scary.

Developers are not known as the best communicators in the world. Yet from entry level to the corner office, communication is the key to success. This talk will show you how a few simple ideas from the world of improvisation, like “Yes, and,” and “Never deny!” can make communicating a little less scary and a lot more productive.

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Bio:

Mike Hagesfeld has been doing application development for nearly 20 years, and improv comedy for just about as long. He is the Application Development Manager for the law firm of Calfee, Halter and Griswold. He is the proud father of Dana and Eric, proud husband of Elise, and swears some day he'll go skydiving.