What people say

You and your improv methods�have an amazing ability to pull diverse groups and people together while allowing them to have fun and think outside of themselves.

Mark Baker - Industrial Psychologist

The practical exercises and the interaction created between group members during the sessions made it an interesting team building experience. I would recommend it to any team/organisation that needs to uplift their team culture.

Heinrich Minnaar British American Tobacco HR teame

The presentation was dynamic, practical and interactive. Burgert and Francois applied the technique of roleplay brilliantly and managed to make congress attendees think about their daily walk and talk. Their performance is energetic and definitely reacher their audience. They move horisons!

Rian Truter - Executive Manager, Kids Development Agency

Public Workshops

Team Innovation Workshop

This half-day workshop is for:

Managers and team leaders who want to learn practical ways to develop their team's ability to collaborate and innovate.
Facilitators, coaches and OD practitioners interested in learning new interactive methods for team development.

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Confident Communication Workshops

Confident Speakers Courses and Workshops

Grow your voice and build your confidence

Playing Mantis offers voice training workshops and courses for everyone who wants to speak with more confidence and impact � from teachers to executives.

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1. Voice ABC

Master the Speaker�s ABC to start cultivating an inviting and confident voice
This is a 2 to 3 hour long workshop depending on group size. It can also run over 2 shorter sessions.

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2. Grow Your Voice

Grow your voice to communicate your message and your intent confidently and invitingly so that your audience is moved to action. This workshop comes with a manual and training CD. It runs over 4.5 hours or 6 sessions. Individual coaching is also available.

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Improvisation and Story Courses

Improvisation Course

Discover the wisdom and freedom of improvisation

Have you ever felt stuck in your own head? Can't get in touch with your spontaneity? Unable to access your creativity? Do you long to connect better with yourself or others? If yes, a class in improvisation is just for you

Story Course

Read, tell and play with stories for transformation

In this story course you will learn to create and tell your own fictional stories and gain insight into your personal life story. You will also discover how to use story to impact the lives of others.

Personal Development

Power of Presence

From stuck and stressed to present and thriving

1. Practice Presence

In this half-day workshop you will discover the power of being in the moment by practicing being present. You will learn how personal and social presence helps you to connect with your creativity and the people around you.

2. My Present Success Story

In this 1 day workshop you will learn how to use the 6 stages of a change story to engineer your own success. We will help you to discover which stage you are in right now and how to get to the next one.

Family & Kids

Family Fun Workshop

Creative Play for growing parents and kids

A 90 min workshop for parents and kids from ages 2 to 11 to share creative strategies for connecting with your kids and helps both you and them to skip through the scary woods of life. We will all play together and then share strategy and motivation for playing with the parents while the kids go play separately for a while.

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