presence // Posts tagged as "presence"
When and how to use a microphone…
How many times have you seen a speaker fumbling with a microphone at the beginning of a talk? “Do I really need to use this?” The microphone, however, has nothing to do with hearing and everything to do with the speaker’s ability to enclose the audience in their own presence
Presence exercise: What I need to say…
Goal: • Helping participants to become more present • Practice listening and awareness skills Overview: In pairs participants share with each other what they need to say to be fully present. The sharing participant’s exact words are then mirrored back to them by his/her partner. Time: 5 – 10 minutes Number of participants: In pares ...
Why do we lose our creativity when we grow up?
Have you ever watched small children play? I’m always astounded by their imaginations and creative ideas. We’ve all been creative as children, but why or how do we lose this creativity? Recently I listened to a talk by Eckhard Tolle called “The Journey within”. In his talk he says that creativity doesn’t come from thought ...
Improv class 2.3 – The cure for our semi autism
The theme of last week’s improv class was “be affected by what you hear”. We started the class with a relaxing exercise, focusing on the sounds we heard around us. This was followed by a name game called “George” that I learned at the IO theatre in Chicago. After that we played the famous Keith ...
Improv class 2.1 – Present yourself
After the completion of my second 6 week “introduction to improv” class, participants expressed their interest in a level 2 class. This really excited me, and last Monday we all boarded a train on a new journey. The library where I usually taught the class flooded, so we had the class in Pane E Vino, ...
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