applied improv conference portland 09 - feedback

Applied Improvisation Network Annual ConferencePortland, OR 13 - 15 November 2009

Feedback

“Brilliant energy, lovely, smart people. Wonderful, magical few days!”

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THANKS for your feedback!

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This was my first 2 - 4 5 or more

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“Missed the kinds of mixers that give a sense of who is there (first conference, where people are from, etc.)

Did a rough count and came up with 14 different countries represented.

That is amazing!!!! Worth celebrating.”

How DO people find out about AIN Conferences?

From friends, word-of-mouth, personal recommendations, and the web site

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“Overall, I thought the conference was fabulous and I’m so glad I attended. I felt genuinely connected to the group and look forward to being a part of this community of authentic, playful people.”

“As a first timer I was not welcomed or greeted. Group seems very cliquey and exclusive.”

Highlights whee...

Overwhelmingly...

one-to-one meeting like-minded people, and connections

Other highlights

The hot tubOpen Space

The Brain

on Improv

Improv shows in Portland

Playback

Theatre

Turkish Improv

More ...lots more please!

Participatory and experiential

workshops

Diversity of improvisational forms

Open

Space

Sharing info on successful business practice

Less Just less please

Less...

Official Announcements

Great sessions @ the same

time!!!

Lectures - sitting and listening

Insider clique

What did you think of Nick Owen’s keynote?

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Touching the Heart: Exploring Core Values through Personal Storytelling by Nick Owen

Story + leadership + relationships + Ken Wilbur + bio-poem + Theory U + spiral dynamics + more stories

= split audience!

“A little too academic for me, or at least for a

two-hour talk. Got a little restless.”

“Nick’s keynote was a real highlight!”

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“The hot tub & all the little cafes were amazing - a perfect opportunity to hang out with each other in a very relaxing way”

“There’s nothing worse than finding yourself face down on a sticky, beery carpet with shards of

glass in your chin!”

What difference? Professionally? Personally?

What difference has the conference made?

Boost in confidence,

courage, energy,

inspiration & curiosity

Contacts

New stuff activities, games,

frameworks

Part of a

connected community that has

shared passion

Connection

Collaboration

Your suggestions? Thanks!

Suggestions... More thought to the overall conference

design

Longer sessions

Role of improv in social change

Look after 1st timers better

Connect to host

city/location

Go deeper

Facilitation of opening & closing

Appreciation To the organisers...

Thanks!“I am grateful for the

hard work you all put in to making this happen,

keep the website going...people who

come are the vanguard of change the world

needs - hopeful, positive, creative, alive!”

“Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you!”

“This conference was

amazing!!!”

“Terrific conference! Thank you

committees & volunteers for all

your work, thoughtfulness &

efforts.”

And a challenge...

“I found the overall group a little exclusive. No-one really welcomed me, or said hello, or made eye contact. It was so weird. I felt like I’d snuck into

some kind of cult meeting. Everyone else seemed to know each other...I really expected people to

be warm and welcoming...it was rather off putting and quite a surprise. Please make newcomers

feel comfortable and welcome.”

And the last word...

“Overall, I thought the conference was fabulous and I’m so glad I attended. I felt genuinely connected to the group and look forward to being a part of this community of authentic, playful people.”

“I felt like I found my tribe. Out wandering in the wilderness on my own creating my own stuff (which has been fun, but lonely) and it was a total joy to find other people who do something similar to what I do.”

Visit http://appliedimprov.ning.com/ for information on the 2010 Conference in...

AMSTERDAM

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