It’s been 11 years since I hung up my spurs as a professional theatre director, and refocused my working life as a trainer/facilitator/consultant. Since then I have been asked many times whether I missed the theatrical life, and had any plans to stage a return. My answer has always been a steadfast and happy “Nope!” The multitude of things I do now . . . → Read More: And that’s why they call it a Play…
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October 30th, 2011  One comment  Blog  creativity, directing, fun, improvisation, learning, play, success, theatre, training Recently I have been rolling out some customer care training for a national retail client. Rather than bring their staff into central venues, the company decided to hold the training in each branch, in the evening, after work (pizza provided!) As the branches are all different sizes, sessions are held with groups as large as about 20, and occasionally as small as 3. . . . → Read More: Another big, fat, useful, mistake… September 30th, 2011 Comments are closed Blog creativity, customer care, fun, learning, play, rollout, training, workshop The undisputed highlight of a training course this week was the moment when half the delegates disappeared! Far from worrying that something had gone wrong, I knew in that instant that everything was fabulously on track. Research, not to mention all my personal experience, re-affirms that the best learning takes place when students are in an open, curious and lively state, more concerned with . . . → Read More: Dude, where’s my delegates…..? December 10th, 2010 Leave a comment Blog breakthrough, facilitation, fun, games, learning, training, workshop I’ve just got back from a 3-day conference in Amsterdam of the Applied Improvisation Network. A gathering of about 200 people from all over the world, who use Impro not just for entertainment, but to bring about social, personal, political or organisational change. Now, if you’ve read my page on Improvisation, you will understand that training in theatre Impro promotes and nurtures a number . . . → Read More: Fun but far from Frivolous September 29th, 2010 Leave a comment Blog conference, fun, improvisation, learning, training, workshop Box of Frogs has been meeting for 6 months now. There are around a dozen regular attenders, and about another 20 or 30 who drop in occasionally. We’ve been talking for a while now about performing in public. Because it’s one thing to amuse ourselves, it’s another to stand up in front of a real audience and see if what you do has any . . . → Read More: Whistling in the Light July 14th, 2010 Leave a comment Blog fear, fun, improvisation, learning, presentation skills, training, workshop | ||||||
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