List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Theresa Robbins Dudeck and Caitlin McClure PART ONE: Developing the Leaders We Need 1.Improv is the Gym: Presentation Skills and Beyond at H4B’s Catapult College -Kat Koppett (arts practitioner, USA) 2.The Business School Collaboration Lab: Turning Leader Development Into a Rigorous Experiment in Creative Collaboration - Pamela Burke (Stevens Institute of Technology and Columbia University Teachers College, USA) 3.Developing Strategic, Action Oriented, and Mindful Leaders - Petro Janse van Vuuren (University of the Witwatersrand School of Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa) PART TWO: Developing the Youth We Need 4.The Improv Project’s Detroit Yes, And - Peter Felsman (Stony Brook University, USA) and Tiger Veenstra (arts practitioner, USA) 5.Spontaneity in Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: Valuing the “In-between” and “After” of Applied Improvisation - Moriah Flagler (The Ohio State University, USA) 6.Of Course We Improvise! What the Best Teachers Do (and how they do it) - Nick Sorensen (founder of The Improvising School, UK) PART THREE: Developing the Communities We Need 7.Trips to No-Mistakes-Land: Improvisation as a Meta-Skill for Doctoral Students - Gunter Lösel (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland) 8.Transforming the Culture of Communication in Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School - Raquell Holmes (arts practitioner, USA) and Mia Anderson (arts practitioner, USA) 9.Playing Around with Changing the World - Carrie Lobman (Rutgers University, USA) and Marian Rich (arts practitioner, USA) 10.The Joy of Dementia - Mary Fridley (East Side Institute, NYC, USA) and Susan Massad (East Side Institute, USA) 11.A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Disaster: Reimagining Learning for the Humanitarian Sector Barbara Tint (Portland State University, USA) and Bettina Koelle (arts practitioner, South Africa) Appendices A. Key Improvisation Tenets and Terms B. About the Workbook and List of Exercises Bibliography Index

Status roles and improv are at the heart of what makes our culture tick. In this detailed and insightful book, Dudeck and McClure share so much of what we need to understand to do the work and make an impact.

A second volume filled with examples of Applied Improvisation strategies used in areas as diverse as education and training, business leadership, medical care, therapy and community development. The case studies and workbook component will assist facilitators, managers, leadership development specialists, educators, and others to achieve similarly powerful results in their own field.