How the skills of improvisation can free us to be ourselves | Tom Lovegrove | TEDxImperialCollege

Comedy improv has been enjoying a renaissance lately. In
his talk, Tom explains what improvisation is and how the skills it teaches can add value to people’s lives. Improvisation has helped people overcome anxiety issues and helped people with autism communicate. At its heart improv teaches us that failure can be fun, taking risks needn’t feel dangerous and a generosity of spirit helps us become more successful. Tom is a Planning Director at one of the UK’s leading marketing events agencies where he develops and leads training and development programmes. Additionally, Tom is also a member of LiveWired Comedy Improvisation with whom he has performed for several years.
In his talk, Tom will explain what improvisation is and how the skills it teaches can add value to people’s lives. Improvisation has helped people overcome anxiety issues and helped people with autism communicate. He will reveal how improvisation teaches us that failure can be fun and how generosity can make us more successful. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@dadimunteanu]

I am an improviser, and I’ve started by learning “the rules”, but what I got after improv experiences is that as long as you speak through a character that you are playing, the rules will be just dissolved. If you follow kids playing, they actually follow these rules, but not because they’ve learned them, but because they allow themselves to play.

[@sandratabiszewska8769]

Be patient. The most interesting part in my opinion starts at 10:15 :)

[@saketjawaji1557]

thank you. i hate the bs tedx fluff

[@nattaphonj956]

Salute. 🎉

[@ericapalominos5744]

Am I the only one who had to pause when he called play-dough one of the greatest discoveries in human history?💀😂 14:00

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I'm all ears

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Nothing else, just ears?

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[@user-xz1wy4to4o]

for someone who’s into public speaking, he’s very boring to listen to… and i’m watching at 2X speed…he’s still got a lot to learn.

[@marcosperez6024]

😂

[@AD-wg8ik]

It’s his volume. He doesn’t alternate his range

[@domzbu]

I think he communicates the info well. Could be much worse. Easy to criticise.