At a recent workshop I gave to a networking group of business people, I had them play "Worst Ever,"a game where the players do a brief skit showing the worst version of an occupation, such as a lawyer, plumber or cop. After each did an individual skit, I broke them into two teams and asked one team to demonstrate the worst ever team of ninjas.
After giving them a few seconds to come up with a scene, the team members each did a karate kick and then fell on their behinds. I was amazed; even I could not believe they were willing to make such a commitment to the task and take that kind of risk. I was impressed.
It was a very courageous act on their part and indicates to me that these are the kind of business people who can succeed because they are willing to put it all on the line for a project.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
TIME.com reports on Act Like You Mean It!
The latest news video on TIME.com
(http://www.time.com/time/video/?bcpid=1485842900&bctid=30829910001)
features me talking about my workforce training program.
You can view my entire presentation by going to http://www.bloblive.com/29/?event_id=51
and then click on "Full Philadelphia Night"
(http://www.time.com/time/video/?bcpid=1485842900&bctid=30829910001)
features me talking about my workforce training program.
You can view my entire presentation by going to http://www.bloblive.com/29/?event_id=51
and then click on "Full Philadelphia Night"
Saturday, July 18, 2009
CHOOSING TO LIVE BY ACTING
Life does not come with a script.
It's true that we have daily routines we follow, but unless you are,
say, the President of the United States and have your day full written out for you, then everything that occurs in between is unknown.
And so we just have to improvise; make it up as we go along.
And those who can improvise well can excel in their lives and careers.
I am using improvisational acting as an educational tool in a new workforce training workshop I'm developing because I found acting so enlivening for me; I feel as though I'm doing something with my life not watching it go by on TV.
In fact, it sometimes makes me feel fearless.
I remember early in my acting career, I was performing in a young playwrights festival in Wilmington, DE; it was a lead role and it was the largest audience I had ever appeared before, about 500- 600.
During my opening monolgue, I said a line talking about how snowing in Wilmington was like hell freezing over. The theatre suddenly erupted in laughter, as though it was the funniest thing they had ever heard.
The waves of laughter washed over me; it was quite a rush to have the power to move people with just a few words.
Being able to take control of a situation or meeting, expecially an unexpected one, and turn it to your advantage is equally as powerful a feeling.
It's true that we have daily routines we follow, but unless you are,
say, the President of the United States and have your day full written out for you, then everything that occurs in between is unknown.
And so we just have to improvise; make it up as we go along.
And those who can improvise well can excel in their lives and careers.
I am using improvisational acting as an educational tool in a new workforce training workshop I'm developing because I found acting so enlivening for me; I feel as though I'm doing something with my life not watching it go by on TV.
In fact, it sometimes makes me feel fearless.
I remember early in my acting career, I was performing in a young playwrights festival in Wilmington, DE; it was a lead role and it was the largest audience I had ever appeared before, about 500- 600.
During my opening monolgue, I said a line talking about how snowing in Wilmington was like hell freezing over. The theatre suddenly erupted in laughter, as though it was the funniest thing they had ever heard.
The waves of laughter washed over me; it was quite a rush to have the power to move people with just a few words.
Being able to take control of a situation or meeting, expecially an unexpected one, and turn it to your advantage is equally as powerful a feeling.
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