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Collaborative Improv: Building Better Products Through Improvisation

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David Farkas

Improv is a collaborative storytelling technique that can be applied in various business contexts like sales, presentations, and product development. The key rules of improv include accepting offers, listening, supporting other participants, and focusing on details. Improv helps build trust and consensus through open body language and mirroring others. It encourages participants to say "yes and" to contribute to the evolving story instead of blocking or criticizing ideas.

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1 Collaborative Improv David Farkas @dafark8 #CollaborativeImprov July 2019
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3 But first…a lesson from Kevin
4 WARM UP SINGLE WORD SENTENCE
5 INTRO TO IMPROV WHAT IS THIS ANYWAYS?
6 Improv is Storytelling
7 Improv is Not Comedy
8 Improv is Reacting
9 Rules of Improv 1. Everything is True 2. Don’t Force Funny 3. Failure is OK 4. Listen to the Scene 5. Support Your Players 6. Details Matter 7. Raise the Stakes 8. Yield to the Strongest Offer 9. You are NOT the Star 10. Remember Everything
10 Rule 1 – Everything is True
11 Rule 2 – Stop Trying to Make Funny Happen
12 Rule 3 – Failure is OK
13 Rule 4 – Listen to the Scene
14 Rule 5 – Support Your Players
15 Rule 6 – Location, Location, Location
16 Rule 7 – Raise the Stakes
17 Rule 8 – Yield to the Strongest Offer
18 Rule 9 – You are NOT the Star
19 Rule 10 – Remember Everything
20 Rules of Improv 1. Everything is True 2. Don’t Force Funny 3. Failure is OK 4. Listen to the Scene 5. Support Your Players 6. Details Matter 7. Raise the Stakes 8. Yield to the Strongest Offer 9. You are NOT the Star 10. Remember Everything
21 •Act Like Grandma is Watching •Play with Best Intentions •Play to Highest Intellect •I’ve Got Your Back •Stop Anytime IMPROV’S MINDSET
22 PARTY PLANNING – YES AND HANDS ON
23 PARTY PLANNING – YES AND
24 PARTY PLANNING – NO INSTEAD HANDS ON
25 PARTY PLANNING – NO INSTEAD
26 PARTY PLANNING DISCUSSION
27 PARTY PLANNING – DISCUSSION
28 COLLABORATIVE IMPROV WHERE DO I USE THIS?
29 IMPROV IN SALES
30 RFP – Requirement Gathering
31 Sales Presentations
32 IMPROV IN PRESENTATIONS
33 Communicate Findings
34 Presenting Concepts
35 IMPROV IN IDEA GENERATION
36 Affinity Diagram Taxonomy & Structure
37 Participatory Design
38 IMPROV IN PRODUCT VALIDATION
39 Technical Issues
40 Participant Variables
41 REMEMBER: BODY LANGUAGE
42 Open Body Language
43 Closed Body Language
44 Mirroring
45 Body Language Builds Trust
46 Body Language Builds Consensus
47 SECRETS OF IMPROV HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
48 Secret – Don’t Call it Improv!
49 Small Doses
50 Thank You (Resources) No Parking Players - www.noparkingplayers.ofpgh.org Rules of Improv Encyclopedia (Rules & Games) improvencyclopedia.org/references/Rules_of_Improv.html improvencyclopedia.org/games Gamestorming (Improv For Us) - gamestorming.com Liberty Improv Theater - libertyimprov.com << Workshops & Trainings! Phily Improv Theater - phillyimprovtheater.com CollaborativeImprov.com

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