Using What You Know To Make Up What You Don’t IMPROVISATION Using What You Know To Make Up What You Don’t

Goals Define Improvisation and importance in Destination ImagiNation® program components Highlight effective Improv Tools Encourage Team Managers and team members to use Improv tools to enhance Team Challenge and Instant Challenge Identify Improv Games, techniques and resources (Appraisers) Become aware of Improv techniques team members might be using Goals: The learner will be able to: ·         To define Improvisation and explain why it is important in the creative problem solving process ·         To highlight the tools used in effective Improv performances ·         To encourage teams (Team Managers) to address improvisational techniques to enhance their characters in both the Team Challenge and in Instant Challenge ·         To identify and use some Improv games and training techniques ·         To identify additional Improv, mime and acting resources ·         (Appraisers) To become aware of the improvisational techniques that team members are using to enhance their characters and performance.

Methods Presentation Discussion Activities Debrief

Definitions Mime Improv (Improvisation, Improvise) to act a part with mimic gesture and action usually without words Improv (Improvisation, Improvise) 1 : to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously 2 : to make, invent, or arrange offhand 3 : to fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand

Guidelines Pantomime Improvisation Improv No-No’s: Avoid the Pitfalls

Improv Activity Just leave blank for whatever activity the trainer decides to do!

How Improvisation is used in Destination ImagiNation® Improvisational Team Challenge Team Challenge Improv Element Instant Challenge Performance Based Task Based Combination Might call out the current years Improvisational Challenge

Assessment Think of 3 things you want to take back to your team(s) Pair up in Groups of 2 Share your 3 items with your partner

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