The Radical Agreement Project (RA) is a recognized leader in corporate team building and soft skill development.
PROMO VIDEO
Get a sense for the fun and feel of an improv based workshop by watching our corporate training promo video!
Our Services In Albany,
Improv can be used to advance the development of any soft skill, common workshop focuses include:
Team Building / Communication / Creativity / Presentation Skills / Sales / Storytelling / Agility (In The Face Of The Unexpected) / Working with Difficult People / Collaboration / Listening / Staying In The Moment & Much More
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IN PERSON WORKSHOPS
Our 90-120 minute interactive workshops are perfect for teams of 6-20. For larger groups, multiple instructors can be provided to run concurrent workshops.
Engagements can include pre & post workshop exercises and materials. All workshops include extensive consultation with the workshop instructor.
Available anywhere in the continental US and Canada.
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INTERACTIVE LECTURES
Looking for a learning event that can address groups as large as 100 to 300 professionals? Our 60-90 minute interactive improv lectures engage large groups while sharing valuable workplace strategies.
Available anywhere in the continental US and Canada.
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LIVE COMEDY
ENTERTAINMENT
Looking to make the next quarterly meeting just a bit more bearable?
Whether you are in the market for an emcee, a stand up, sketch comedy or a live improv comedy show, we can get you the absolute best up and coming comedians for your event!
Available anywhere in the continental US and Canada.
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VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS
Our 60 minute online workshops work well for smaller groups of 6-12 participants and can be run on any video conferencing software.
Virtual workshops can include pre-workshop exercises, post workshop materials, and consultation with the workshop instructor.
Available anywhere a good internet connection is accessible.
Led by the best improv instructors
Improv is fun.
We take it seriously.
Thanks to RA's extensive contacts within the improv industry, only the best improv instructors will help facilitate your event in Albany
Rebecca Turcotte,
HR Director
"The Radical Agreement Project provides activities that allow a group to learn collaboration skills, by supporting their team members in a positive and uplifting way. It is also, therefore, a useful way of building team communication and cohesion, by helping people communicate in an open, honest and constructive way."
Dennis DiMaggio,
Chief Learning Officer
"Terry brings great insights to applying Improv principles to leadership, communication, and teamwork challenges."
Eran Arbel,
Asst Director Talent Management & Development
"Terry is absolutely fantastic! He gets people to participate, has great feedback, and fun exercises to move things along."
Michelle Fischer,
Director of Strategic Communications & HR
"Terry is great! He takes a very creative approach to solving common work place challenges. He has the ability to engage and bring a team together in a positive fashion with the objective of helping them to realize their full potential. He is fun to work with!"
Improv@Work
A nonprofit organization hosting a conference in Albany, New York once presented The Radical Agreement Project with an interesting challenge. They were interested in providing an improv based workshops at their conference but they wanted this workshops to last at least 4 hours. The idea was that the workshop would fit into their schedule which divided each day of the conference into half day workshops. So, something less than 4 hours would be unacceptable for the conference due to the way it was being arranged.
For a first improviser, 4 hours is an exceptionally long time to engage in improv comedy exercises. Even though improv is really fun and also energizing, if you overdo it it can become a taxing and exhausting experience. I explained this to the organization's point of contact but they were resolute. if I wanted to work with this particular organization at this particular conference, I was going to need to make my improv-based workshop last 4 hours.
The easy solution to this is to build out the improv based workshop with pre and post sections. Since improv puts you up on your feet to learn kinetically, when I need to add additional sections to a workshop I look to pair it with more heady exercises. I ended up a 60-minute session at the start of the 4-Hour block and another at the end.
The beginning session would introduce basic improv concepts and generate prompts, ideas and inspiration for the Improv portion that was to come afterwards. The ending session would review what we had learned on our feet and look to reinforce those teachings.
So the way the flow of the entire Workshop work was:
60 minutes sitting down with pen and paper
5 to 10 minute break to use the restroom, grab a drink and decompress
110 minutes up on our feet
5 to 10 minute break came back
60 minutes seated in smaller groups
If you are looking for a workshop that lasts longer than 2 hours I would probably start thinking it's time to ask ourselves is there any pen and paper work that we can add to the up on your feet experience. I've Done 3 hours long up on your feet workshops and they've been okay but not as good as a 2-hour one.
Recommended Albany Venues
Crowne Plaza Albany - The Desmond Hotel
660 Albany Shaker Rd,
Albany, NY 12211
(518) 869-8100
A unique hotel with unique meeting spaces. When was the last time your work meeting was held in an ampitheater? Or an indoor courtyard? Are you even certain what an indoor courtyard is? Be sure to book Crowne Plaza if looking to make a lasting impression!
Albany Marriott
189 Wolf Rd,
Albany, NY 12205
(518) 458-8444
www.marriott.com
If meeting in Albany wit a desire to be near the airport, then this is the place. One onsite venue can contain as many as 1,400 guests simultaneously! 16,000 square feet of meeting space all told.
Renaissance Albany Hotel
144 State St,
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 992-2500
www.renaissance-hotels.marriott.com
Advertised as a venue for small to medium sized events, the style of the Ren-Ay-Sonce punches above it's weight class. It has to in order to support it's historical namesake.
Other Albany, NY Improv Spots!
A plethore of institutions offer improv classes to the general public in the Albany area!
The Mopco Improv Theater
Residing in an old firehouse, this Schenectady based improv theater is te big name in long form improv in the larger Albany area.
Albany Improv
Self described as promoting "All things improv" Albany Improv brings passion for comedy to the Albany area. No word on whether they promote live jazz.