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Visualizations to Improve Storytelling in Business: SAP Scenes & Creative Clues

Visualizations to Improve Storytelling in Business: SAP Scenes & Creative Clues

by Frank McDade | Storytelling and Innovation

It sounds great to have visuals for your brainstorming or design thinking workshops. But what if you can’t draw too well? Or even worse, what if you don’t have the confidence even if you can? Well, no worries, there are options to help you look like the visualization...

Cool Ways to Use EverBlock® Life-Size Building Block in Offices

by Frank McDade | Storytelling and Innovation

Take a look at https://www.everblocksystems.com for more information on their building system. They're a cool way to spice things up around the office!

How Applied Improvisation Helps You Communicate

How Applied Improvisation Helps You Communicate

by Frank McDade | Applied Improvisation

Applied improvisation is a good time but it’s also good at reinforcing the skills you haven’t worked on in years or skills that you’re not too comfortable with brushing up on.  Let’s talk about communication. We live our lives relying on it at work, at home, in...

6 Patterns of Play and their Relevancy to Applied Improv for Adults

6 Patterns of Play and their Relevancy to Applied Improv for Adults

by Frank McDade | Science of Play

Somehow over the years, the emphasis on play for adults has fallen to the wayside and I don't know about you, I don’t want to be a dull boy. It’s not just about being dull though, it’s about losing the stimulants from play that you grew up with. Here are six patterns...

3 Improv Exercises That Will Take Your Content Brainstorms to the Next Level

3 Improv Exercises That Will Take Your Content Brainstorms to the Next Level

by Frank McDade | Applied Improvisation, Storytelling and Innovation

Some years ago, I wrote this blog post for the Content Marketing Institute. I find it still relevant so I'm sharing it here, enjoy!. -- With a culture so caught up on structure and editing, there is a pressing need to let loose; to let the mind speak and to take...

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“Trust…trust your fellow actors to support you; trust them to come through if you lay something heavy on them; trust yourself.” Del Close

by Frank McDade | Applied Improvisation

"Trust...trust your fellow actors to support you; trust them to come through if you lay something heavy on them; trust yourself." Del Close

Design Thinking Exercises for Marketing Personas

Design Thinking Exercises for Marketing Personas

by Frank McDade | Design Thinking, Storytelling and Innovation

In today’s blog we take a look into the book Gamestorming and deep inside our brains for some design thinking exercises that are great for marketing teams in their next design thinking workshop. Focusing on attributes of a persona This first exercise was created by...

Toying Around with LEGO®: Serious Play, Toys for Adults

Toying Around with LEGO®: Serious Play, Toys for Adults

by Frank McDade | LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

“Ugh, i’m an adult, i’m not playing.” your inner dialogue may be saying. Or perhaps, your inner dialogue is elated at the thought of having fun.  I know mine is. Play for children is their way of learning whether they’re aware of it or not. For adults, our play is...

Improvising Helps Your Organization When Going Through Leadership Changes

Improvising Helps Your Organization When Going Through Leadership Changes

by Frank McDade | Applied Improvisation

Change happens and most of the time you can’t control the repercussions that it has on your team. Leadership changes can be both good and ugly so you need the right mindset to make your work life go on without a hitch. With improv comedy, change can happen at the drop...

5 Improv Comedy Quotes that Also Apply to Business

5 Improv Comedy Quotes that Also Apply to Business

by Frank McDade | Applied Improvisation

Depending on where people studied improv and who they've studied with, there are a number of phrases and quotes that are continuously reinforced. Lucky for you, the reader, we compiled 5 phrases that transcend all improv institutions. Even more lucky for you, the...

Cool Open Space Workplaces Good for Collaboration

by Frank McDade | Team Building and Collaboration

Great collaboration doesn't just require your team and a solid program, the space that it's held in makes all of the difference! Here are some photos of really effective collaboration...

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