Virtual Improv Storytelling Training
Laugh, Play, Connect: Virtual Improv Storytelling for Thriving Teams
The highly interactive, fun team-building activity brings improv storytelling to a virtual environment and incorporates activities that incorporate your company’s core values. This includes a virtual storytelling activity that is, realistic, and includes sharing company solutions to organizational challenges while having so much fun!
Agenda
Session Length Options: 60 minutes
- Twenty minutes of warm-up Improv exercises… permitting all to bring their diverse creativity to each team story
- Assignment to teams and client situations (roughly 4 teams per situation
- Rehearse and record the story in breakouts
- Submit the recording to the Judging Station
- Strong stories from each client situation will be shared at the close of the virtual day
- Prizes (optional)
The story will be based on a proven Improv technique called the Story Spine. The Story Spine is an idea/tool about the spine of any story. The whole point of the tool is to provide a framework for a well-constructed story with a beginning that establishes a routine, an event that breaks the routine, a middle that shows the consequences of having broken the routine, a climax that sets the resolution to the story in motion, and the resolution. It goes like this:
- Once upon a time….
- Everyday….
- But one day….
- Because of that…
- Because of that…
- Because of that….
- Until finally…
- And ever since then….
- The moral of this story is…
Participants will build a story about a client crisis and use the company’s core values to resolve the issue.
Why Improv Storytelling?
Improv, more than most potential team-building activities, embodies the spirit of core values. It can only be successful if there is collaboration and trust. The storytellers have to make decisions with conviction to move the story forward. Each of the Improv participants has to relentlessly read the cues of their teammates, and demonstrate flexibility by being willing to shift their perspective to come to a successful conclusion.
Virtual Improv Storytelling Training FAQs
What is virtual improv storytelling training?
Virtual improv storytelling training is an interactive team-building experience that uses improv techniques to strengthen communication, creativity, and collaboration. Participants work together to build stories in real time using structured frameworks, helping teams think quickly, adapt ideas, and connect more effectively in a fun and engaging virtual environment.
Who should attend virtual improv storytelling training?
This training is ideal for teams, managers, and employees at all levels who want to improve collaboration, communication, and creativity. It is especially valuable for organizations looking to strengthen team dynamics, reinforce core values, and create a more engaging and connected virtual work environment.
How does improv storytelling improve team collaboration?
Improv storytelling improves collaboration by requiring participants to listen actively, build on each other’s ideas, and adapt quickly. Team members must trust one another, communicate clearly, and stay flexible as the story evolves, which helps strengthen teamwork, alignment, and mutual understanding.
What is the Story Spine framework used in this training?
The Story Spine is a structured storytelling framework that guides participants through building a complete story from beginning to end. It includes elements such as setting up a routine, introducing a challenge, building consequences, and resolving the story, helping teams create clear and compelling narratives together.
What activities are included in the virtual improv workshop?
The workshop includes warm-up improv exercises, team-based storytelling assignments, breakout room rehearsals, and recorded story presentations. Teams collaborate to create stories based on real-world scenarios, often incorporating company values, and then share their work with the larger group in an engaging format.
How long is the Virtual Improv Storytelling session?
TrainSMART’s Virtual Improv Storytelling Training is typically delivered as a 60-minute session. This format includes warm-up activities, team collaboration, storytelling development, and group sharing, providing a high-energy, impactful experience in a short timeframe.
How does this training reinforce the company’s core values?
This training incorporates the company’s core values directly into the storytelling process. Participants use these values to guide how they resolve challenges within their stories, helping reinforce desired behaviors and making core values more tangible, memorable, and actionable in everyday work situations.
What outcomes can organizations expect from this training?
Organizations can expect improved team engagement, stronger collaboration, enhanced creativity, and better communication. The experience also helps build trust among team members and reinforces company culture, resulting in more connected and effective teams in a virtual environment.