Improv and social media, and…
Before working in marketing, I spent a lot of time in theater, particularly improv theater.
One of the first thing you learn in improv is an exercise called “yes and.”
This simple exercise has profound implications on social media.
It provides an instructional lesson for how to contribute to a conversation online and how to ad value.
Here’s an example:
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Yes, and studying improv has helped me in business as much as on the stage!
Playing “yes, and” also works well via email… and helps get the brain going! Everybody should take improv…
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Comment by Mike Maddaloni - The Hot Iron — November 21, 2008 @ 10:07 am
Our oldest daughter is a College Freshman on a performing arts scholarship. I shall forward this to her.
Thanks.
Matthew
Comment by Matthew Scott — November 24, 2008 @ 1:03 pm