Harnessing Purpose: Elevating Meeting Outcomes in Five Steps

Harnessing Purpose: Elevating Meeting Outcomes in Five Steps

In our modern workplaces, meetings consume a significant portion of our time and attention. Yet, amid the flurry of…

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The Science of Practicing Out Loud

Have you ever noticed how speaking something out loud can make it stick in your memory? This isn't just a…

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Power of Perspective: The Essence of Meeting Preparation

In business, meetings often stand as the quintessential means to achieve collaboration, decision-making, and progress.…

3 Steps to “Drop the Mic” Meetings: Perspective, Purpose, Participation [FREE WEBINAR SERIES FROM IMPROVEDGE]

3 Steps to “Drop the Mic” Meetings: Perspective, Purpose, Participation [FREE WEBINAR SERIES FROM IMPROVEDGE]

https://youtu.be/hiu25qGKlN8 Tired of unproductive meetings? Turn that around with ImprovEdge – it’s time to……

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Improv Bridges Generational Styles in the Workplace

Multiple generations in the workplace, whether it be hybrid, virtual or in-person, create excellent opportunities for…

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Tackling the Hidden Costs of Unproductive Meetings

Meetings are an integral part of the workplace, providing a platform for collaboration, decision-making, and…

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5 Outcomes to Empathetic Leadership

Empathy keeps showing up as a key topic of conversation for team offsites. The need to be understood, heard and…

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The Collective Strength: A Focus on Resilience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lkdODbr3oY In a world where the only constant is change, resilience is a key trait for…

Improvise in Consultative Selling: 7 Steps to Better Connections With Customers

Improvise in Consultative Selling: 7 Steps to Better Connections With Customers

Using improvisation techniques in consultative sales training is a creative and effective way to enhance communication…

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Use Open-Ended Questions to Dig Deep on Motivation

How many times do we know that open-ended questions are the way to go, yet we ask the yes/no question because it seems…

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Team Equity at Work: When You’re Ready to Jump In

Lean in. That is what improvisers do - intellectually, emotionally and physically. Team Equity in the workplace is…

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Building Trust in Virtual Interactions: Look at the Camera

In today's digital age where virtual and hybrid meetings are the norm, presenting yourself effectively on camera is a…

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End the Anxiety Cycle: How to Reach Out With Clarity

Want to improve your business conversations and end the anxiety cycle? With so many platforms and ways to communicate,…

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Here’s a tip from ImprovEdge: The Walk & Talk

Do you or your colleagues spend long hours in front of a screen or in a confined space? Yes, you do! 😄 This can be a…

5 Ways to Use Improv For the Future of Work

How Improv Helps Leaders Manage the Unexpected

As leaders, we have to be ready for any situation. It can be difficult to know the best way to respond to unexpected…

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The Simple 3-Step Process to Manage Difficult Conversations with Confidence

New Managing Tough Conversations eLearning by ImprovEdge No doubt that you’ve had to deal with difficult conversations…

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Remove “Fit” From Your Corporate Vocabulary

In building more inclusive organizations where employees feel supported and encouraged to bring their full selves to…

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Why Improv Now: Navigating the Hybrid Workplace

Humans avoid discomfort. We want to work, live and play in areas where we can show our expertise and feel safe. Yet, in…

Lead Like an Improviser: Flexibility, Influence and Change global conference 2023 womentech by Karen Hough Chief Culture and Experience Officer at ImprovEdge

Lead Like an Improviser: Flexibility, Influence and Change

Women Tech 2023 Global Conference Let’s talk Improvisation – I’m passionate about what improv brings to the business…

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3 High Impact Skills for Facilitating Virtual Team Meetings

Facilitation isn't just for trainers anymore. We all need to think of ourselves as facilitators.  As we move through a…

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The Physical Secret to Speaking With Confidence

When we originally published the following blog in 2014, none of us were taking part in as many virtual meetings as we…

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7 Skills Improv Teaches You About Managing Change

While this article was originally published in 2018, the advice stands the test of time. Plus, we would underline the…

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Humanity

This article was originally published in early 2022, and we still believe it’s still a timely and relevant discussion.…

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Presence is Seen, Not Said

3 Techniques to Improve How You Show Up Presence, and how we are perceived, is much more about what is seen, than what…

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The 15-Minute, 6-Step Solution for Delivering the Best Presentations

Our Presentation Skill process is designed to help you discover your own personal speaking style and develop/enhance…