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Watch This if You Want to Feel More Creative

by Melissa Dinwiddie | Oct 7, 2022 | Virtual Facilitation

Creativity is NOT drawing a realistic portrait! I used to be a professional creativity instigator. Hell, I “wrote the book” on creativity — LITERALLY! — and I still feel like a fraud when my business bestie tells me “Melissa, you’re so creative!” 🙄Weird, right? Not...
Connect Better with Audiences with the Story Spine

Connect Better with Audiences with the Story Spine

by Melissa Dinwiddie | Oct 4, 2022 | Articles, Team Development, Virtual Facilitation

Once upon a time there was a research manager named Cindy, who worked at a global social media company. Cindy’s team was super-smart, but they weren’t having the kind of impact and influence she thought they deserved. Every day Cindy’s team of...

Using Improv for Climate Conversations and The Climate Museum with Lisa Yeager

by Melissa Dinwiddie | Sep 30, 2022 | Virtual Facilitation

Meet today’s guest: Lisa Yeager Lisa believes that no one size fits all. She investigates, listens, and draws from over 15 years of experience to select the right tools, processes, and players to address the needs of a given situation. A lifelong learner, she is...

3 Words to Uplevel Any Presentation or Meeting

by Melissa Dinwiddie | Sep 29, 2022 | Virtual Facilitation

Virtual, in-person, or hybrid, it doesn’t matter! As Peter Block says, without relatedness, no work can occur. Without rapport, you’re not going to make that sale. You might think you’re meeting to communicate data, but in fact, the real purpose of a meeting is...

The Winning Presenter Process: Phase 1

by Melissa Dinwiddie | Sep 16, 2022 | Virtual Facilitation

The CONNECT Phase comes first. Everyone wants to jump straight to creativity, and I get it, but if you don’t FIRST understand your audience (your client, if it’s a sales presentation), understand their context, and BUILD RAPPORT, you are dead in the water! YES, we...

Three Embodied Improv Games for Work with Wiebke Wimmer

by Melissa Dinwiddie | Sep 14, 2022 | Virtual Facilitation

Today’s guest is Wiebke Wimmer who comes all the way from Germany. She uses simple and effective methods from applied improvisation, which is one of my tools that’s very near and dear to my heart. Wiebke helps trainers, lecturers, coaches, and executives...
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