Keith Johnstone’s Impro System in Theory and Practice
As most of you know, Keith Johnstone is a groundbreaking teacher and pioneer of contemporary impro. But did you know he developed most of his methods while working with professional actors at the...
View ArticleImprovising Your Way To Six Figures Using AI as a Modality for Business Coaching
There are two things that have catapulted me in my business … 1) Discovering AIN and attending conferences and 2) Discovering the business coaching world. Ironically I’m writing this blog on the six...
View ArticleThe SAM Model: How to Successfully Influence Your Audience
The goal of any communication, other than the most social, is persuasion: to move your audience to think, say, and ideally do something different. As a leader, you are constantly trying to move people...
View ArticleEvening Programming at AIN 2014 in Austin
Here’s a quick overview of the Evening Programming that we have planned for the conference this week! THURSDAY NIGHT 7-10pm Opening Ceremonies @ Scholz Bier Garten 1607 San Jacinto Blvd “The historic...
View ArticleImprovisation: A Journey of Applied Spirituality
Improvisation: A Journey of Applied Spirituality Improvisation is the art of creating without any preparation, creating from whatever is available. Think how different this is from the way we...
View ArticleAction Exploration: Recognizing a Supra-Ordinate Category
Applied Improvisation is a branch off of improv theatre which is a branch off of traditional theatre, and the AIN thus serves to harvest many elements of improv theatre that apply also to helping...
View ArticleImprov meets Organization Theory: Starting a Long Overdue Discussion
Plenty of applied improvisation takes place in organizational settings and is focussed on improving organizational targets. However, what an organization is, how it influences the activity of...
View ArticleThe story of AIN Montreal
As we are announcing that this year world conference will be held in Montreal, Canada, let’s take a look at the incredible AI community that will welcome you in September. Here is the story of how the...
View ArticleRoad trip to Blueberry Lake Resort
On a chilly early spring morning, the AIN Montreal 2015 local team piled into two cars and drove north up through the Laurentian mountains for our first site visit. A little surprise had been prepared...
View ArticleThe AIN Conference as a long form improv
Our team, composed of 11 amazing human beings (Jonathan, Valérie, Belina, Ezra, Barbara, Juan Carlos, Lisa, Myriam, Sandra, Hélène and Joëlle), had been preparing for the annual AIN conference for the...
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