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 Portland
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 Portland.
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 the best part of a creativity workshop I ran for a boutique advertising agency in Portland was the warm up. The whole thing was great, but oh boy, the warm up had everyone laughing!
The name of the warm up I'm referring to is Seven Things.
Standing in a circle, each participant takes a turn assigning a broad topic to another participant (Common Foods, Favorite Sports Teams, Old TV Shows, etc). That person must then list seven examples that would fit in that category.
Now, they don’t have to be real things but they must be offered super fast. As each participant lists their items, the rest of the group keeps pace by rapidly patting their hands on their thighs and also loudly counting out the items up to Seven as they are listed.
So running the exercise might produce a transcript similar to the below:
Player 1: Hey Abbey, What are the names of seven rock bands that never reached their potential?
Player 2: The Velvet Underground (This is a good answer)
Everyone: ONE!
Player 2: The Beatles (This is a bad answer but it is still accepted)
Everyone: TWO!
Player 2: Pete's Garage Band (This one is made up, perfect!)
Everyone: THREE!
Player 2: Godzilla (Not even close to right but still accepted because it was said fast)
Everyone: FOUR!
Player 2: The Spatulas (Wo could forget them)
Everyone: FIVE!
Player 2: Uhm, my Mom? (This one took too long but the group powers forward)
Everyone SIX!
Player 2: Madonna (Definitely wrong)
Everyone: SEVEN! THESE ARE SEVEN THINGS! YAY!
This is a warm up exercise to loosen up participants and acquaint them with the silliness of improv. But it also unlocks creativity by illustrating tat sharing incorrect answers can be cause for celebration when working wit a supportive team.
In improv you never judge ideas. Improvisers use the saying Don’t Think to encourage the making of decisions and the bold addition of information in scenes. While not every idea generated this way is useful, some can be. This exercise is a good way to brainstorm new ideas which can be evaluated later.
Recommended Portland Venues
The Nines, a Luxury Collection Hotel
525 SW Morrison St,
Portland, OR 97204
(877) 229-9995
A sustainable building with stylish decor, The Nines invites you to hold your next event within its art covered halls. This cutting edge building offer its services to events of any size free of any carbon guilt due to its green friendly design.
The Porter Portland
1355 SW 2nd Ave,
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 306-4800
This modern hotel will have everything you need for your next event, including fantastic support staff, up to date audiovisual equipment, a variety of different spaces and a rooftop terrace that can accomodate as many as 200 guests.
The Royal Sonesta Portland Downtown
506 SW Washington St,
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 222-0001
Historic charm and modern amenities meet at this downtown hotel ready for your next small to mid sized event.
Other Portland Improv Spots!
Portland has long been a city teeming with improv options, here are a few of the best!
Portland's resident longform improv theater, complete with a core curriculum for their improv classes, weekly shows and lots of converse wearing comedy nerds!
This plush and well funded has been delighting Portland audiences with Whose Line Is It Anyway? style short form improv for over 20 years!
A regional theater powerhouse that offers beginner improv classes to the public.