Improv Workshop: Build Your Leadership Presence
Posted on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 @ 10:07 PM
Recently scientists have been studying the benefits of improvisation and how it can contribute to your effectiveness in an organization as it’s linked to such things as: interpreting your environment, crafting strategy, cultivating leadership, fostering teamwork and many more. Checkout this abstract for some food for thought about improv --http://www.jstor.org/pss/2640301.
Join us on Thursday, July 28th for FWL’s first ever Improv Workshop. This session will be lead by Rebecca Stockley, one of the co-founders of BATS School of Improv – the largest and longest-running Improv Theatre and School in Northern California.
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Participants will engage in interactive exercises learning the fundamentals of improv: spontaneity, collaboration, body language, and story. Rebecca will be focusing the workshop on our presence as women and how this comes across when we are presenting, sharing ideas and growing ourselves as leaders. Receive insight into how you are showing up and learn about how you can continue to build your leadership presence.
You’ll walk away from this talk with practical tips to improve your presence and make these skills your own so you look and feel more confident.
About Rebecca Stockley:
A co-founder of BATS Improv, Rebecca was the Dean of the BATS School of Improv from 1992 to 2003. Rebecca has been designing and teaching improvisation workshops since 1985.
She has created and implemented improvisation theatre workshops and programs for several theatre training programs including: the American Conservatory Theatre Advanced Training Program; the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; and Stanford University. Rebecca currently performs and coaches with BATS Improv and is the Improv and Acting coach at Electronic Arts, Pixar Animation Studios and Lucasfilm.