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>> HAVE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO A
COMEDY SHOW AT THE IMPROV OR
ANOTHER VENUE, YOU KNOW IT
REQUIRES SKILL AND GUTS.
BUT THE ABILITY TO REACT ON
YOUR FEET IN ANY SITUATION CAN
BE BENEFICIAL AND FUNNY.
IT IS SOMETHING WE ALL SHOULD
TRY TO DO, ESPECIALLY IN THE
BUSINESS WORLD.
JOINING ME NOW IS DAVID SUAREZ.
HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF
INTERACTIVE TRAINING SOLUTIONS.
WELCOME.
>> WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE HAD YOU ON WITH JUST
THE FUNNYS SO YOU ARE LITERALLY
A PERSON WHO THINKS ON THEIR
FEET WITH AN IMPROVISATIONAL
THEATER COMPANY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I DO THAT ALL THE TIME WITH
JUST THE FUNNY AND NOW I'VE
STARTED A COMPANY THAT DOES
THAT AND HELPS BUSINESS PEOPLE
USE THE TOOLS THAT WEIOUS IN
IMPROVISATION TO GET AHEAD IN
BUSINESS.
>> NOW, DO YOU TEACH THEM HOW
TO BE FUNNY OR DO YOU THINK ━━
TELL THEM HOW TO THINK ON THEIR
FEET IN A WAY THAT THEY GIVE
THE PROPER ANSWERS OR IS IT A
LITTLE BIT OF BOTH?
>> WELL, THE FUNNY PART ISN'T
REALLY NECESSARY.
THE FUN PART IS, THOUGH.
AND THE BIG THING, TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION, IS WE DEFINITELY
WANTS TO GIVE THEM THOSE SKILLS
THAT IMPROVISEERS USE TO
BRIBING DOWN SITUATIONS TO GO
AHEAD AND BREAK DOWN SITUATIONS
IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.
SO BY DOING THAT, IF THEY CAN
GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOMETHING
THAT'S REALLY CHALLENGING FOR
THEM AND SORT OF HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THAT AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON
HERE, THEN THEY CAN GO AHEAD
AND FIND A STRATEGY OR SOLUTION
TO GO AHEAD AND OVERCOME THAT
CHALLENGE.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE,
FOR INSTANCE?
>> SURE.
THERE IS ONE TIME WHERE WE DID
ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS AND I HAD
A STUDENT AND THE STUDENT WAS
INTERVIEWING FOR A NEW JOB.
AND SHE WAS REALLY NERVOUS.
SHE HAD NEVER REALLY
INTERVIEWED FOR A JOB BEFORE.
SHE HAD ALWAYS GOTTEN JOBS
THROUGH PEOPLE THAT SHE KNEW.
SO SHE NEVER REALLY HAD TO GO
INTO THAT HIGH PRESSURE
ENVIRONMENT.
WELL, WE DID A WORKSHOP AND IT
WAS AN OPEN━TO━THE━PUBLIC
WORKSHOP AND IT SO HAPPENS ONE
OF THE PEOPLE THERE WAS A VP OF
MARKETING WHO USED TO BE IN H.R.
WE PAIRED THEM UP TOGETHER AND
WE ACTUALLY ROLE PLAYED THE
INTERVIEW.
DURING THAT PROCESS, IT TURNED
OUT THAT THE INTERVIEW WAS
BOMBING, IT WAS GOING NOWHERE.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE
EVERYTHING AND SAY HEY, WHY
DON'T YOU TRY THIS?
WHY DON'T YOU TRY THAT?
WE INCORPORATED THE RULES OF
IMPROVISATION, WHICH IS JUST TO
LISTEN.
OUR MOTTO IS IF YOU LISTEN,
THAT EQUALS TRUST AND IF YOU
TRUST, THAT EQUALS RESULTS.
AND SO WE APPLIED THAT WITHIN
THIS WHOLE MOCK INTERVIEW AND
SHE NAILED IT THE SECOND TIME
AND LATER ON SHEEN DS UP
ACTUALLY GETTING THE JOB SO IT
DOES HAVE RESULTS.
>> YOU MADE A VERY GOOD POINT
BECAUSE ONE OF MY ━━ WHEN
PEOPLE ASK ME HOW DO YOU DO
YOUR JOB?
WHAT'S THE KEY TO IT?
I SAY 90% OF IT IS LISTENING.
BECAUSE IF I'M DOING AN
INTERVIEW WITH YOU AND I HAVE
IN MY HEAD ALL THE QUESTIONS
I'M GOING TO ASK, HOW I'M GOING
TO BE VERY WITTILY RESPONDING,
IT DOESN'T WORK.
YOU DO HAVE TO TRUST YOURSELF
ENOUGH TO LISTEN.
I AM SO GLAD YOU COVERED THAT.
>> WELL, THE OTHER KEY PIECE OF
LISTENING IS THAT IF I LISTEN
TO YOU, YOU NOW HAVE A TRUST
THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE
TELLING TO ME IS BEING VALUED.
AND IF IT'S BEING VALUED,
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO GIVE ME
MORE INFORMATION AND THOSE
PIECES OF INFORMATION AND
IMPROVISATION ARE GIFTS.
IT REALLY IS A GIFT.
IF I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, KELLY,
I REALLY LOVE THIS JACKET.
>> I WOULD SAY TO YOU GOOD
TASTE.
>> AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'D GO
OUT TO DINNER.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
>> YOU'RE NOT MARRIED.
>> NO.
>> I AM.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY LITTLE EGO APPRECIATED THAT.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> GETTING BACK TO THE BUSINESS
WORLD ━━
>> IN MIAMI THAT COULD BE PART
OF THE BUSINESS WORLD AND WE DO
*** HARASSMENT TRAINING AS
WELL SO ━━
>> THIS IS IN THE CATEGORY
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS A DON'T.
>> IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD
BE REALLY INTERESTING, NOT ONLY
JUST TO GO THERE AND GET THE
BASIC BUT A LOT OF FUN, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, IMPROVISATION IS ABOUT
LETTING LOOSE AND HAVING FUN.
WE DO A LOT OF TEAM BUILDING.
AND THE TEAM BUILDING IS ALL
BASED AROUND DOING IMPROV GAMES
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN
ACTOR AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
FUNNY.
AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS,
WHEN YOU START HAVING FUN AND
YOU START TO LOOSEN UP, YOU
REALLY START TO UNLOCK THINGS
WITHIN YOURSELF THAT YOU DON'T
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN FIND OUT
THAT YOU MIGHT BE A BETTER
PUBLIC SPEAKER JUST BY RELAXING
A LITTLE BIT AND THAT'S WHAT WE
TRY TO DO.
WE MAKE A FUN ENVIRONMENT
HAPPEN.
>> THERE YOU GO.
HOW MUCH FOR THE WORKSHOPS,
REAL QUICK?
>> THE ALL━DAY WORKSHOP IS $150.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING
PLACE THIS FRIDAY AT THE CONRAD
HOTEL ON BRICKELL IN MIAMI.
^ THAT'S A 9 TO 5 WORKSHOP.
IT IS AN ALL━DAY WORKSHOP.
IT'S A BARGAIN.
AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT, WHAT'S
REALLY IMPRESSIVE IS WE HAVE A
FULL ARRAY OF OFFERINGS.
WE DO CORPORATE TRAINING, TEAM
BUILDING AND EXECUTIVE COACHING.
>> SOUNDS GREAT.
THE IMPROV FOR BUSINESS
WORKSHOP TAKES PLACE, AS DAVE
SAID, IS IT FRIDAY FROM 9 TO 5
OR SATURDAY?
>> FRIDAY.
>> AT THE CONRAD IN MIAMI.
IT IS THE GREAT BUILDING THAT
LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A CONCAVE
GLASS SURFACE.
CALL 888━770━7550.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.