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X-WR-CALNAME:Alumni Talks: Improv Skills for Business
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DESCRIPTION:This workshop will introduce a set of simple improv games or ex
 ercises that promote creativity\, problem solving\, and are easy to learn.
  They are also fun. We will review the game rules\, demo them\, play them\
 , and then reflect/analyze.\n\nAllaying some common concerns:\n1.    I'm t
 oo shy: this is a safe space\, many people who come will be shy\, you can 
 play "shy" and your other characters can react and give you things to resp
 ond to\, and its all over in a few minutes.\n2.    This is touchy-feeling 
 and can't help me in my professional life:  improv training is now a stand
 ard component of many fortune 500 professional development courses\n3.    
 I'm not funny: you don't have to be\, trying to be funny is a "crutch" in 
 this work\, you just have to be present\, listen hard\, and respond with t
 he fist thing that comes to your mind\, which often turns out to be funny 
 for reasons you would never expect.\n4.    My English is not perfect. Exce
 llent! That is a great offer to your partner.\n\nLed by Louis Sweeny SM '9
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LOCATION:Building 5\, 232
SUMMARY:Alumni Talks: Improv Skills for Business
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.mit.edu/event/alumni_talks_improv_skills_for
 _business
CATEGORIES:Career Development
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