The Radical Agreement Project (RA) is a recognized leader in corporate team building and soft skill development.
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Our Services In Boston
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 Boston.
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
Maybe it is just luck of the draw, but many of the corporate improv classes I have arranged in Boston have featured very large groups separating into breakout rooms. There is something particularly majestic that permeates all of Boston, a sense of size powered by history (I think), so it makes a degree of sense that the events that being me in to lead improv for business classes there have a tendency to feel sweeping. Perhaps organizers sense the city's vibe and bend to it?
In any case, I tend to suggest breakout rooms for groups larger than 20. Ideally a professional improv workshop for a corporation will cap at 16, but I have a hard time justifying the extra expense of a second instructor over just a few extra participants. Once you hit 21 though, the quality of the event will suffer if extra instructors are not provided, so typically that is where I draw the line.
Breakout rooms work great at hotels and conference centers, typically equipped with a wealth of space options. Ideally the workshops will begin in one large conference room with all participants present. There, a lead instructor can introduce improv to participants and set expectations. Five minutes is all you need.
Depending on the schedule, concurrent 90 to 120 minute workshops will ensue, building to a final exercise that combines the workshop's takeaways with a playful sense of performative comedy. This will then be brought back to the main conference room where all the groups can enjoy a final performance by each breakout group over the next 30 minutes.
An insulin based technology company hired me to arrange just such an event in Boston not long ago. I served as the lead instructor and brought 4 veteran improvisers with me so that we could run 5 workshops simultaneously. In this instance we also added an intro session for the entire company the day before, just 60 minutes long and presented in an interactive lecture format.
By having three separate environments in which all breakout participants are together, a sense of communal experience is built. As one of the the events key goals was team building (developing team camaraderie) this is especially important. For my Boston based client this formatted structure worked like a charm.
Recommended Boston Venues
The Liberty Hotel
215 Charles Street,
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 224-4000
When was the last time you held an important meeting in a refurbished jail cell? If the answer is never or once before and you loved it, then this is your spot! An effortless blend of history and luxury, suitable for groups as large as 800. Your corporate retreat will fit right in and those jail cells make for nifty breakout rooms for your soft skill development improv classes!
Revere Hotel
200 Stuart Street,
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 482-1800
Named after a famous Beastie Boys track, this top notch destination proves you can be fancy while still having fun. 18,000 square feet of meeting space, a sense of history and a private rooftop. Fun in a professional setting is what you get here, just like improv for business classes mix professional development with laughter.
Fairmont Copley Plaza
138 St James Ave,
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 267-5300
A hotel that's a landmark? Now I've heard everything! I suppose the hotel can time travel too? Ha! What? The design will make you feel as though you are living in the Renaissance? Better reserve space now for your next set of improv team building workshops or it'll be at place that feels like Motel 6 compared to this venue superstar.
Other Boston, MA, Improv Spots!
Boston is a legit improv epicenter with multiple theaters that are worth your time and attention!
This innovative improv theater is a true powerhouse when it comes to short form improv classes, sketch, corporate events and overall improv theater management.
The big improv dog on the block in Boston for over 40 years, dominating the improv scene with ease and wit. Sadly the pandemic and management shakeups led to its recent closure.
The rare instance of a musical improv theater! A fantastic feat of specialization awaits you at Catalyst, offering shows and musical improv classes.