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Welcome To The Quick Laugh
Team Building Reimagined to Fit the Virtual World
It’s no secret that the office looks very different these days. Without sharing a physical space there is a lost opportunity for connection, for varied experiences, and for laughs. Laughing together is an essential way for human beings to build strong bonds and shape deeper connections, and having positive shared experiences fosters an environment of creativity and reinvigorates a team. The Quick Laugh aims to create a new experience for the virtual world, giving your team a burst of joy to share and remember for years to come. Because everyone could use a laugh today.
Services
Meet Ian
Ian Keeling is an author, actor, speaker coach and creative communications expert, who is a passionate believer that we can laugh and learn at the same time.
In 2016, he fulfilled a life-long dream with the publication of his first novel, The Skids, which won the Copper Cylinder Award and was nominated for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. A member of the Toronto Improv community for over thirty years, he’s on the faculty at The Second City for improv, acting, sketch-writing and public-speaking and was a founding member of the Bad Dog Theatre and Bizprov Canada. He’s taught improv in Spain, won a poetry slam at Lee’s Palace, and once got a room of executives at Rolls-Royce to play penguin tag.
In over ten thousand hours of coaching and workshop facilitation he’s worked in a wide variety of settings, both large and small, from art camps to corporate retreats, from conflict resolution to RFP consultation. Organizations Ian has worked with include: Deloitte, Ernst and Young, Subaru, TD Canada Trust, Moneris, Interac, Siemens, Bell Canada, Capital One, Alliance Atlantis, Singularity U, ARM, Women in Cleantech, Medicine by Design and Youth Employment Services, along with dozens of universities and all three levels of government.
Package 1:
The Quick Laugh
30 Minutes of Laughs
Want a quick laugh to energize your team? If you’re looking for a burst of fun, Ian will virtually lead 3 super-fun improv games with your group in under 30 minutes, then stick around to answer any questions about the history of improv, how improv can make you more agile, or why roaring like Vikings can improve productivity. This interactive mini-event will get your team laughing and supporting each other, giving everyone something to talk about around the virtual water cooler.
Package 2:
The Quick Laugh and Lesson
59 Minutes of Laughs & Learning
Want to laugh and learn in under an hour? If you’re looking for a quick, interactive team-building event that will get everyone smiling, Ian will virtually lead a 59 minute improv workshop, touching on basic improv concepts that will help improve communication, presentation skills, and having an agile mindset in an ever changing world. By the end, the group will be playing improv games they may have seen on TV. After, Ian will stick around to answer any questions and pose for selfies.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Improv?
In the artistic sense, it’s the creation of scenes without a script, usually played for laughs. Because of this, improv is the closest artform there is to life itself. After all, if life doesn’t have a script then we’re all improvisors, even if we never hit the stage.
So is this half an hour of jokes?
There will be joking around, to be sure, but laughter in improv doesn’t require being clever or creating a finely crafted joke like a standup comedian. It’s the laughter of a shared experience, the kind of humour we all carry inside us.
Why Improv?
Learning improv skills, mindsets, and techniques can improve your team by enhancing their creative side, their ability to be present and mindful in any type of encounter, and their capacity to embrace change in an increasingly changing world. It can make you a better leader, improve your presentations, increase your problem solving skills, reduce stress, and provide the agile mindset to better prepare you and your team to adapt and excel.
What platforms do you support?
We can support any platform of your choosing. The most common platforms currently being used are Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
How many people can participate in a Quick Laugh event?
Quick Laughs events can host groups as small as 5 and as large as 1000 on Zoom or 300 on Microsoft Teams. Ask about our rates for over 100 participants.
We are so grateful for your participation. Really and truly the weekend was a great opportunity for connection and confidence boosting for folks amidst such a difficult year. Your session was a highlight and really appreciated by our scholars. Thank you!
Carolyn Bailey, Director of Programs, Loran Scholars Foundation
We participated in a Quick Laugh session after a long and stressful week and it was just what we needed. Ian showed us that it’s still possible to have fun together during online meetings and we learned how to use the tools of improv to support each other and work as a team.
Jill Dwyer, Program Coordinator, Ocean Leaders, University of British Columbia
My favourite part was the AMAZING energy that Ian spread in the room. Perfect way to start off the scholars forum!
Loran Scholars Forum Participant Feedback
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