Mission and Values
Here's our current statement of mission
and values.
We quite like it as a first draft... but
also think it may sound a bit stuffy (or "high status"
as we like to say). So we've put a little feedback form at
the foot of the page for your suggestions!
Our members are business professionals and academics
who use improv tools, experience, and theory for human development
and training in communities and organizations.
These applications may include—but are
not limited to—facilitating creativity, innovation,
effective strategy, organizational vitality and alignment,
better relationships, conflict resolution, and storytelling.
Purpose
These expressions of shared
values and promises are intended to be a living document,
providing meaningful and relevant service to community members
as a:
- Touchstone to help working groups make good
quality decisions about community projects such as the annual
conference, research projects, training programs, knowledge
sharing efforts, etc.
- Starting place for designing communications,
PR messages, recruiting new members, recruiting corporate
sponsors for research, and promoting the legitimacy of our
practice.
Our Shared Values
(What do we care about in the world? Who are
we as a community?)
We believe…
- In the power of improv practice to improve
the quality of human lives, communities, and organizational
relationships;
- The experiential value of play, spontaneity,
and intuition promotes personal and professional growth,
and nurtures innovation;
- Co-creativity is a life-skill that helps
individuals live more meaningfully, and drives organizational
performance;
- Improv’s emphasis on generosity, cooperation,
trust, and experimentation counterbalances fear, and releases
creativity;
- These benefits are open to all people —
at any age, any walk of life, and especially to those who
have never done it before!
Our Community Service Promises
The AIN aims to offer its members:
- Support, community, and encouragement as
we develop the field;
- A practical resource for best practices,
learning, ideas, new applications, and the education of
newcomers;
- Inspiration that contributes to the vitality
and momentum of this body of practice, and attracts new
practitioners and clients;
- Assistance in advancing the legitimacy
and effectiveness of improv in business via education, networking,
research, etc.
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