Every year, companies waste millions of dollars and countless employee hours because of an inability to communicate. In this workshop, a longtime improv trainer and tech CTO will teach the basics of applied improv for better communication, idea generation and decision making. You’ll come away with techniques and exercises you can take back to your own company, your distributed team, or your next business event.

This is not a lecture, but an on-your-feet workshop. Participants will move, laugh and get to know each other while learning the basics of applied improvisation. The “Yes And” philosophy of improv is valuable for managers, team members or anyone needing to simply get their group on the same page. No need to take notes -- all participants will receive a link to the entire curriculum, as well as additional exercises and information they can take back to their own companies.

Improv works for any kind of team -- development, marketing or business -- as well as both native and non-native English speakers. No fire-walking, drum circles or touchy-feely stuff. Just real improv exercises for improving communication and decision making.

Bio:

H. Wade Minter is currently Product Principal at Dualboot Partners. Previously, he was part of the founding team and CTO at sports-tech company TeamSnap, head of engineering at Adwerx, WeaveUp, and Custom Communications, and a product manager at NBC SportsEngine.

He has been involved in the improv community for 23 years, and is a regular performer at ComedyWorx in Raleigh. He is also the arena public address voice for the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, ring announcer for GOUGE Professional Wrestling, and a rec-league ice hockey player and goalie. He leads a weird life.