Improvisation skills for trainers and coaches

Use simple techniques to add fun and flexibility to your training

 In a fast-paced information-saturated environment, where time and focus are constantly under threat, adaptability and effective communication are crucial. And nowhere more so than in training. To stand out, you need effective, stimulating techniques to deliver your message and, just as importantly, make it stick. 

In this session, our lead trainers draw on decades of training to offer a dynamic and applicable session on integrating improv techniques to make your training more adaptable, fun and engaging. A toolkit for the modern trainer. 

Over a full day, we will explore how core practices of improvisation—such as active listening, spontaneity, and collaborative problem-solving can transform traditional corporate training. By embracing these techniques, participants will learn to think on their feet and foster a culture of creativity and openness in their classes.

Expect interactive exercises, real-world applications, and insights into how improv can break down barriers and enhance teamwork. Whether you’re looking to boost innovation, improve communication, or simply inject energy into your training programmes, this session will provide practical tools to elevate your corporate training initiatives.

 

Book this programme if:

  • You or your team is new to training 
  • Your content is dry and you need to increase engagement
  • You would like to be more flexible in your training practice

Programme content

1) Good and bad training: a short introduction
Good pedagogy is not rocket science. In this introduction, participants will discuss being students themselves, how they learned best, and how to learn from those times when it didn’t work at all!
2) Keep people engaged
In a hyper-stimulated world, presenting people with information doesn’t mean they will absorb it. In this section, we look at some simple tricks to keep people listening and participating, from how to address a room, to guided discovery and the TTT model.
3) The plan is just the plan
Sometimes your lesson plan just isn’t right; the quicker you discard it, the quicker things can improve. Persisting is just a waste of energy. In this section, we learn to acknowledge when something is not working and look at ways to adapt your teaching without losing sight of your learning goal.
4) Support materials that work
How do we create support materials that prepare our learners before the session or embed the learning after? How can we make sure the content of the session is used as effectively as possible?

By the end of this programme:

#1

Participants will have a clear understanding of what the next steps are for them as a trainer

#2

Participants will have a better understanding of how information can be packaged and presented in different ways

#3

Participants will be more comfortable adapting their sessions to student needs
  • "It was a truly joyous event. You gauged the mood of the occasion and the responses of us all perfectly, in order to create a brilliant session, encouraging everyone to stretch themselves and join in more than they might have imagined. The result was a very bonding and memorable morning and a great deal of fun!"
    Jennifer Stephens, Client Director
  • "Definitely do it! It far exceeded all our expectations and the perfect team event, we learnt about collaboration, letting go, supporting and working together whilst laughing all the way through. You don't get that on other training events."
    Sarah Watson, Head of Innovation, NLCF
  • "Do it, Do it! It sounds terrifying but it's so fun and not scary at all!"
    Talent and Resourcing Manager
  • "It's a great way to work a muscle that you use in a business context by doing exercises that have nothing to do with the business context!"
    Sophie Biney, Director, Digital Accelerator
  • "Just do it! It was great for teambuilding, innovation and communication. Full of laughs and learning."
    Serena, Office Manager, The Foundation

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Practical details

Timings

Full-day session + preparation & follow up

Team size

Up to 10 participants per group

Where

Online/Offline