#lookingbackandsayingyes (while casually promoting yourself)

The end of the year is a great moment for looking back. To help you do so, I have made 5 fun questions for you that you can use to reflect.

How to use these questions?

For every question find a photo / gif / screenshot that you can use to illustrate your answer. Then share it on social media. One every day is probably smartest, but you can create them in 1 burst and then post them daily. Use #lookingbackandsayingyes to post yours (and find others).

Not your thing?

Wait! There is a bonus effect.

Help your teaching colleague better

Have a question about teaching improv? A great place to get answers to your questions are Facebook groups. Full of people with experience and with answers.

But I think some of us, especially experienced teachers can be of better help in there. Let me explain how...

If your niece asks you with a shaking voice whether there is a monster under her bed, do you say: “No there is not. Goodnight”?

Repeat, repeat, repeat when teaching non-improvisers

I hate to break the news but eh…. Not everyone is an improviser. What is normal to us, is pretty wild to most non-improvisers. And we need to not forget that when we teach ‘muggles’.

Take 1 exercise that fits well with your purpose. Let them practice that exercise, let them get used to the rules (and silliness) and then add on top of that exercise.

Here is how it looked like when my coachee and I did this for the language class.

What if almost nobody shows up...

Imagine…

Tonight is your friend’s birthday party. You got all dressed up, wrapped a nice gift, you showed up at their doorstep and while you walk into their living room your friend starts complaining: “Look how few people showed up. So disappointing! My birthday is ruined.”

And there you are… Gift in hand, feeling awkward, apologising for all the friends who did not show up tonight.

Sounds pretty unpleasant, right?

And yet… Aren’t we a little bit that friend sometimes?