I say time and time again, the best marketing is great product and service.
I have a team of 6 folks and would like to do a private event with you…. My wife brought her team and liked it. I am looking to do something similar.
- Salesforce Project Manager
That’s it. To be honest, I never heard of the company previously. There are 1000s of teaching artists in New York City alone that could run a 2 hour Improv session. Why do folks keep coming back to us?
We don’t teach improv.
We play improv games. We use improv to teach self-confidence, listening and focus. Combined we move past all the barriers to great leadership, team work, public speaking, one on one interpersonal relationships .
Our Three Guiding Principals
Imagine a work environment where we reduced the role of office politics. Eliminate them. This is our formula to office nirvana.
- HAVE FUN but NEVER at another’s expense!
- YES! AND…
- LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES!
HAVE FUN but NEVER at another’s expense!
If you truly live my #1 Rule, you don’t have to tip toe around. You train your goto humor to not be coded hate baiting. Or better, you are so focused on creating awesomeness, you don’t have time for jokes that tear another down. And once in a while, when you cross a line, you know it before anyone calls you on it AND you apologize.
In my workshops I focus on the positive, but…
How many hostile workplace issues start with a bad joke. Your ego and arrogance stop you from seeing how hurtful you are. When called out, YOU get defensive. You blame WOKE. You complain the victim is sensitive and see yourself as the victim.
Any joke that would potentially make anyone in the room feel uncomforrtable has no place at the office. For me I hate it when I hear this garbage in the locker room. Boys will be boys? Why? There is a better way.
YES AND…
The #1 Rule in Improv is so much more than a key to comedic scene navigation success.
YES AND… is Psychological Safety. YES is accepting everyone, for who they are, where they are from, how they dress, what they do, say, etc.
AND is following up with words and actions that support. We pull our own weight in a fashion that building upon the bricks laid by our teammates.
LISTENING WITH YOUR EYES!
Active listening is for amateurs. Like learning prescription sales objections. To me, listening with your eyes is like having the focus of a ninja. Your truly see problems coming a mile away, and are prepared. Meanwhile most people cross the street and are shocked when their is a car inches away when the finally become alert. Too often, folks don’t realize how unaware they are until they are in the hospital, or worse, but rarely learn the right lessons.
Most stay alert put of fear. I stay alert looking for opportunity. I liken it to the skills of a conman. I think I learned them playing Harold Hill in The Music Man.
Great leaders do this. Great sales people do this. Great customer service people do this. Great poker players do this all day long.
These skills allow you to learn an infinite number of new skills, quickly. You learn to adapt. You learn to think on your feet. You learn to live without being
They can read you, pick up your tells. See your inner thoughts in a twinkle of the eye, a twitch of a finger, even when you think you are concealing, your body language reveals your inner most thoughts.
BUT FOR TWO HOURS, WE JUST HAVE FUN…
I spend about five minutes sharing my THREE #1s and then were just play. Along the way, I impart some wisdom. But playing the games is how internalize the lessons. We figure out who we are. We figure out what works.
The best way to learn is through story and play. That’s what we do in Improv EVERY DAY!
Improv Theater LLC is a one stop edutainment center for corporate events. Our shows and workshops have helped entertain and train teams at Google, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley. META, Johnson & Johnson, Louis Vuitton, Mercedes-Benz, Milbank and 100s more. We specialize in office friendly laughs, plus team building, leadership, sales and customer service skills training.
With over 30 years of experience in theater, comedy, and television, Walt Frasier is the Artistic Director of Improv Theater LLC, a leading edutainment center known for its high-impact comedy shows and workshops. His extensive career includes performing comedy sketches on MTV’s Stankervision, Late Nite with David Letterman, TruTV’s Friends of the People, and HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay. As an actor, Walt has appeared on NBC’s Blacklist, CBS’s Blue Bloods, USA’s Royal Pains, Netflix’s Lilyhammer, and NICK’s Naked Brothers Band, in addition to numerous commercials, industrials, and live performances worldwide.
