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 Colorado Springs
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 Colorado Springs.
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!"
A Client Story
Sales is often approached as an adversarial profession. Sales people "Overcome" objections and "Educate" clients. It's natural to think then that there isn't much crossover between the very granola, hippy-dippy art taught in improv classes and sales training.
I happen to know that there is a great deal an improv class can teach you about sales because I had been working in sales for over a decade before I discovered my love of improv comedy. Six months into my improv comedy training I noticed that my approach to sales had changed. I was a better listener, I was more present, I was better in a pinch and I noticed my clients and I had less disagreements.
Prior to this I would sometimes fall into heavy disagreements with clients that I called "Overcoming Objections". I was good at it but it was unpleasant for me and the client. So six months into improv I had stopped "Overcoming Objections" but my sales numbers hadn't dropped off. I wanted to know why
Instead of overcoming objections, I was now agreeing with them, probably because of my training in YES AND. Someone would say, "I can't buy that shirt, purple is an awful color for me."
(I wasn't a shirt sales person, this is hypothetical!)
And I'd say "Yeah purple can make a lot of people look bad and you are one of them!" This sort of response ran counter to my previous approach, but I noticed it built trust and a feeling of collaboration. An objection would come, I would agree with it and simultaneously build a deeper relationship with my client.
Then I'd take the objection and build on it. I'd YES AND the objection.
"Purple looks terrible on you because you have a warm complexion. Let's look at shirts that are olive greens, warm reds and/or oranges. That should fix the problem."
By responding in this fashion I drove my pitch straight through the objection and used the objection to make my pitch more compelling. The client believes purple looks bad on them, and beliefs are hard to overcome. Why dispute it?
Instead agree with it and build on it. This is how an improviser overcomes an objection and there are tons of exercises I can lead for your team that will allow them to practice doing just that!
Recommended Colorado Springs Venues
The Broadmoor
1 Lake Avenue,
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(855) 634-7711
It's no surprise that this 3,000 acre resort provides one of the largest venues for professional gathers anywhere in the country, weighing in at an amazing 315,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, including ballrooms, 18 breakout rooms and many intimate meeting spots. Perfect spaces for an improv for business class or workshop.
Cheyenne Mountain Resort
3225 Broadmoor Valley Rd,
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 538-4000
Can you have an oasis inside of a city? The Cheyenne Mountain Resort claims to be just that, offering event planners robust options for events in over 38 conference rooms, all with stunning views of Cheyenne Mountain. No venue has better views for an improv corporate training class in Colorado Springs!
The Antlers, A Wyndham Hotel
4 S. Cascade Avenue,
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 955-5600
Situated in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs The Antlers, a historic hotel that offers more than adequate meeting space for any professional gathering. It also offers 50 beers on tap, not that your group would be interested in something like that. Beer never fits into an improv team building session. (wink)
Other Colorado Springs Improv Spots!
The Colorado Springs improv scene is no slouch. When it comes to improv theaters, schools, collectives and so on...
A clever double entendre promising quality improv at this high altitude comedy hotspot. Peak is a standard regional improv theater in that it offers lots shows and classes. It is dangerously outside the norm however, in its decision to spell theater with an er at the end.
Improv Colorado sets its hungry eyes not just on Colorado Springs, but the entire state! Check out their fun classes for both adults and school age children.
A more formal actor's approach to improv is offered here, among many other classes designed to prepare aspiring actors for a life of peanut butter sandwiches and shoes with holes in them.