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Hub You - Using Improvisational Comedy as a Business Training Tool
Here’s a tip for cover letters to get more interviews. Use a bulleted format cover letter rather than a standard letter in paragraphs. The bulleted format is more eye catching, and is more likely to be glanced at by the hiring manager or other person assigned to sort through resumes. This format will help you get your resume seen by more people and as a result get more interviews and more job offers.If you follow this advice and decide to use the bulleted format, make sure that each bullet point specifies a reason for the hiring manager to talk with you. This reason can be your number of years experience, your education, a personality trait that you have, or an accomplishment.Examples of bulleted points would be:• Over 20 years experience in Human Resource Management. O
Gibberish Expert
How it Works One player is an expert on a subject, often provided by the audience. Furthermore, he's from a foreign country (perhaps also supplied by the audience). The expert gives a lecture in Gibberish and a second player translates.
Variations Have the expert tell a story, instead of giving a lecture.
--PREPARATION: The purpose of the therapeutic approach is to spark an employee toward improved performance through counseling. The manager’s goal is to help the employee recognize the existence of a problem, accept the need for change, and formulate his or her own program for improvement. The manager should critically assess his or her own attitudes and opinions. It is important to try to eliminate all personal bias and prejudice or at least be aware of any such emotions no matter how little effect they seem to be having. For the most positive results, the manager should be noncritical or at least noncommittal toward the marginal performer. In addition, the interview should be conducted in private, without interruptions, and with adequate time.--SETTING A COMFORTABLE ATMOSPHERE: The employee
- Uncertainty
- Negativity
- Fear of losing one’s job
- Lack of cooperation and collaboration
- Reluctance
- Zero creativity
Gibberish is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as: gib‧ber‧ish /ˈ-/ Pronunciation Key [jib-er-ish, gib-] –noun
1) Meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
2) Talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, or technical words.
—Synonyms 1. nonsense, foolishness, babble, gabble, drivel, gobbledegook.
Gibberish Improv Exercises
Gibberish Commands
How it Works Players start in pairs. Have each play issue a command to her partner, in Gibberish. Players can't move on until the command is understood and executed. Simple things will do, like 'pass me the salt, please' . The idea is not to mime the command, but to try and make it obvious for the way the command is issued, and the environment that has been set.
Translate Gibberish
How it Works This is best played with an odd number of players. Everyone in a circle. The first player gives a gibberish word to her right neighbor, who translates the word. The next player provides the next gibberish word, and so on.
Variations The receiver can provide both the translation, and a new gibberish word. You may want to add the origin of the language along with the translation.
Notes Any gibberish word might be translated as 'banana' of course, but that is not the idea of the exercise. For your translation, use the first thing that comes to mind. You may be inspired by the whole sound of the word (it might sound like something 'known'), or parts of the word (only the vowels, or only the consonants), or by the intonation of the 'giver', or even by her expression or body language.
Gibberish Expert
How it Works One player is an expert on a subject, often provided by the audience. Furthermore, he's from a foreign country (perhaps also supplied by the audience). The expert gives a lecture in Gibberish and a second player translates.
Variations Have the expert tell a story, instead of giving a lecture.
Nobody likes to be criticized. When the complaint is coming from a client or customer, however, criticisms can actually be your best friend. Whether they're about you, your company or your product, constructive criticism can be a powerful opportunity for you to improve your sales technique, close more deals - and increase your revenues.The key is to not respond defensively or angrily. Most sales people – like most people period – get their dander up the moment anyone says anything even remotely negative. They get defensive, angry or, in the worst-case scenario, they look for ways to retaliate either overtly or coercively.The following four-step process can help you learn how to take criticism well, and even begin to use it to enhance your client relationships.Step 1: Thank the ccertainty
Gibberish is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as: gib‧ber‧ish /ˈ-/ Pronunciation Key [jib-er-ish, gib-] –noun
1) Meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
2) Talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, or technical words.
—Synonyms 1. nonsense, foolishness, babble, gabble, drivel, gobbledegook.
Gibberish Improv Exercises
Gibberish Commands
How it Works Players start in pairs. Have each play issue a command to her partner, in Gibberish. Players can't move on until the command is understood and executed. Simple things will do, like 'pass me the salt, please' . The idea is not to mime the command, but to try and make it obvious for the way the command is issued, and the environment that has been set.
Translate Gibberish
How it Works This is best played with an odd number of players. Everyone in a circle. The first player gives a gibberish word to her right neighbor, who translates the word. The next player provides the next gibberish word, and so on.
Variations The receiver can provide both the translation, and a new gibberish word. You may want to add the origin of the language along with the translation.
Notes Any gibberish word might be translated as 'banana' of course, but that is not the idea of the exercise. For your translation, use the first thing that comes to mind. You may be inspired by the whole sound of the word (it might sound like something 'known'), or parts of the word (only the vowels, or only the consonants), or by the intonation of the 'giver', or even by her expression or body language.
Gibberish Expert
How it Works One player is an expert on a subject, often provided by the audience. Furthermore, he's from a foreign country (perhaps also supplied by the audience). The expert gives a lecture in Gibberish and a second player translates.
Variations Have the expert tell a story, instead of giving a lecture.
With the rising level of automobile production and its corresponding worldwide stocks based on the rapid industrialisation in Asia, Africa and Latin America plus the rising demand in Eastern Europe, the proportion of textiles in a motor car is increasing in response to more stringent comfort and safety needs in industrialised countries like the USA, Japan and Western Europe.Automobile textiles, which are non apparel textiles, are widely used in vehicles like cars, trains, buses, aircrafts and marine vehicles. Hence, the term automobile textile means all type of textile components e.g. fibers, filaments, yarns and the fabric used in automobiles.Nearly two third of the automobile textiles are for interior trim, i.e. seat cover, carpets and roof and door liners. The rest is utilized to re/ˈ-/ Pronunciation Key [jib-er-ish, gib-] –noun
1) Meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
2) Talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, or technical words.
—Synonyms 1. nonsense, foolishness, babble, gabble, drivel, gobbledegook.
Gibberish Improv Exercises
Gibberish Commands
How it Works Players start in pairs. Have each play issue a command to her partner, in Gibberish. Players can't move on until the command is understood and executed. Simple things will do, like 'pass me the salt, please' . The idea is not to mime the command, but to try and make it obvious for the way the command is issued, and the environment that has been set.
Translate Gibberish
How it Works This is best played with an odd number of players. Everyone in a circle. The first player gives a gibberish word to her right neighbor, who translates the word. The next player provides the next gibberish word, and so on.
Variations The receiver can provide both the translation, and a new gibberish word. You may want to add the origin of the language along with the translation.
Notes Any gibberish word might be translated as 'banana' of course, but that is not the idea of the exercise. For your translation, use the first thing that comes to mind. You may be inspired by the whole sound of the word (it might sound like something 'known'), or parts of the word (only the vowels, or only the consonants), or by the intonation of the 'giver', or even by her expression or body language.
Gibberish Expert
How it Works One player is an expert on a subject, often provided by the audience. Furthermore, he's from a foreign country (perhaps also supplied by the audience). The expert gives a lecture in Gibberish and a second player translates.
Variations Have the expert tell a story, instead of giving a lecture.
I'm sure you've heard that the best way to achieve something is to have a clear understanding of your goal. The more detailed your picture or statement, the more likely you are to reach your desired milestone.Most people want to succeed in a career that is more fulfilling and meaningful than what they have now. In addition they want to be happy and live a good life. Of course each person has their own take on how they envision this goal.What is it that you want in your life? How do you picture your success? Can you describe your personal definition of success?As you think about your vision of success do you find any worries and concerns bubbling to the surface? It’s possible you have conflicting definitions of success simultaneously running around in your mind. Your internal con.
Translate Gibberish
How it Works This is best played with an odd number of players. Everyone in a circle. The first player gives a gibberish word to her right neighbor, who translates the word. The next player provides the next gibberish word, and so on.
Variations The receiver can provide both the translation, and a new gibberish word. You may want to add the origin of the language along with the translation.
Notes Any gibberish word might be translated as 'banana' of course, but that is not the idea of the exercise. For your translation, use the first thing that comes to mind. You may be inspired by the whole sound of the word (it might sound like something 'known'), or parts of the word (only the vowels, or only the consonants), or by the intonation of the 'giver', or even by her expression or body language.
Gibberish Expert
How it Works One player is an expert on a subject, often provided by the audience. Furthermore, he's from a foreign country (perhaps also supplied by the audience). The expert gives a lecture in Gibberish and a second player translates.
Variations Have the expert tell a story, instead of giving a lecture.
Forming methods of ceramics are sometimes classified as wet or dry. Dry forming refers to pressing operations from dry or perhaps damp powders. Wet forming includes slip casting and plastic forming methods. For a review of industrial forming methods see Ceramics: Industrial Processing and Testing by John T. Jones and M. F. Berard, Iowa State University Press.Dry pressing requires that a shape be dimensionally stable after firing. That will occur if the pressing operations are in control and the firing is specified. If a pressed part is oversize after firing, it can be ground to size, but that is an extra operation usually not included in the costing of the part. If the part is undersize after firing, the part is scrap.Important factors in pressing are the die size, the particle vowels, or only the consonants), or by the intonation of the 'giver', or even by her expression or body language.
Gibberish Expert
How it Works One player is an expert on a subject, often provided by the audience. Furthermore, he's from a foreign country (perhaps also supplied by the audience). The expert gives a lecture in Gibberish and a second player translates.
Variations Have the expert tell a story, instead of giving a lecture.
Just Gibberish
How it Works Play a scene, completely in gibberish, no translations provided. The scene should be perfectly clear to the audience - we should be perfectly able to translate every gibberish sentence, and the story should make sense.
Notes
- This will only work if the stories are extremely simple, and if the platform is made clear right from the start.
- Some players tend to do this as a scene without words, but that is not the idea of the exercise.
Improvisation Strengthens Trust in the Workplace
When you hear the word “improvisation”, many people think about the funny antics of comedy improv that they have seen on a television show like “Whose Line is it Anyway” or at a nightclub. Most people are unaware of the power of improvisation and its ability to bring positive results to even the most negative of people. The guiding principles of improvisation are all based in Trust and Cooperation. By trying these gibberish exercises in the work environment, you can have fun and increase the level of Trust and Teamwork.
(Improv Games Compiled from Improv Eneyclopedia)
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