The document outlines techniques and games to enhance public speaking skills through improvisation, emphasizing adaptability and creativity. Key strategies include fostering a playful mindset, embracing failure, and maintaining an authentic connection with the audience. Various interactive games, such as 'Yes, and!' and 'Grandma, said!' are detailed to help participants practice thinking quickly and engaging dynamically.

1. ImProv
for
Public Speaking
Thinking on your toes &
Shooting from your hip!
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by Raju Mandhyan
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2. Definitions…2
• to compose and perform or deliver
without previous preparation;
• to make, provide, or arrange from
whatever materials are available:
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3. Impacts….3
• the output is organic and tailor-fitted
to the “here and now”
• because it is being built together there
a sense of co-ownership
• because it is fun, it engages the whole
brain
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4. Essentials … 7
1. adopt an appreciative, sense of play
2. let yourself fail and recover fast
3. listen intently---to change
4. accept (yes,) (and! ) build more
5. relax, flow and let the “funny” find you
6. increase authenticity and dynamism
7. connect mind- body & release VOICE
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5. Game 0: Pay the “Yes, and!”
• Pair up:
1. Player A suggests “Let’s go fishing!”
2. Player B “ No!”
1. Player A suggests “Let’s fly kite!”
2. Player B “ Yes, but…we have no string”
1. Player A suggests “Let’s dance!”
2. Player B “ Yes, yes and let’s also sing!”
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6. Game 1: Zip, Zap, Zooop!
• stand around in a circle…
– “Zip!” to your left is “Auditory”
– “Zap!” to your right is “Kinesthetic”
– “Zooop!” at anyone far away in the
circle is “Visual”
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7. Game 2: Last Word, Listen!
Pair up
1. let the “prettier” one state any sentence.
2. The “prettier-to-be” uses the last word
from the sentence to make new sentence
3. Continue until you warm up!
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8. Game 3: That’s All!
• Pair up
1. “prettier-to-be” makes a statement
and adds “that’s all!” after the
sentence
2. “prettier” one responds and also adds
“that’s all!” after she/he ends.
3. Continue till you warm up or freeze
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9. Game 4: Power, Point!
• pair goes up stage
1. “prettier” one makes a speech with
ZERO gestures
2. “prettier-to-be” stands a step behind
and makes all the gestures and
expressions
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10. Game 5: Grandma, Said!
1. person goes picks up random topic and
extemporizes a speech (Thinking On Your
Feet)
2. people from audience yell in a random
phrases, say “Wash your hands, Granda
said!”
3. speaker has to weave in the yell-outis
spiel. ( Thinking On Your Toes)
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11. Yours Truly!
Communication Skills
Creativity & Innovation
Enterprise Leadership
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