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Who am I?

_ Emerita faculty, Stanford University, Department of Drama

_ Winner of Stanford’s Dinkelspiel Award for Innovation inUndergraduate Education

_ Founded “The Creativity Initiative.” Stanford

_ Founder of the Stanford Improvisers

_ Consultant to business and education on improvisation andcreativity

_ Author of Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show UpWEBSITE: WWW.STANFORD.EDU/~PATRYAN

Instant Improv forEntrepreneurs

• 1. Say “YES!”

• 2. Say “Ooopps. . . (TA-DA!)”

• 3. Say “Thank You”

Say YES!

Say Oooops!

Make Mistakes, Please“Failure is okay. Which is the most famous ocean liner?”

(Keith Johnstone)

Say “Thank You”

Who else is helping?• Make a list of those “thanks to whom”

we are here today. Who are the otherswho are supporting our work here?

The Three “G’s”

•Generosity•Grit (Hard work)

•Gratitude

The book, Improv Wisdom offers tips to help us cultivate ourcapacity for creating excellence in the workplace and in ourpersonal lives. There are 13 maxims that guide the way.

Improv Maxims

• The First Maxim: Say Yes

• The Second Maxim: Don’t Prepare

• The Third Maxim: Just Show Up

• The Fourth Maxim: Start Anywhere

• The Fifth Maxim: Be Average

• The Sixth Maxim: Pay Attention

• The Seventh Maxim: Face the Facts

• The Eighth Maxim: Stay on Course

• The Ninth Maxim: Wake Up to the Gifts

• The Tenth Maxim: Make Mistakes, Please

• The Eleventh Maxim: Act Now

• The Twelfth Maxim: Take Care of Each Other

• The Thirteenth Maxim: Enjoy the Ride

ENJOY THE RIDE

Thanks for your attention.If you’d like to contact me:

[email protected]– www.improvwisdom.com– www.stanford.edu/~patryan– P. O. Box 909– El Granada, CA 94018-0909