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How Improv & Play can boost your Team’s Creativity and have a SOCIAL IMPACT? 🤩💥 I’m soo excited about how play and improv activities can free creativity and make a real SOCIAL IMPACT on teams! 🎉💖 My workshops always have a message, an objective beyond just having fun and laughing... which is already greeaaat! 😂🤸🏽♂️ But I love aiming even higher! 🌟 When we step into the world of improv, we’re learning to think on our feet, embrace the unexpected, and collaborate in ways we wouldn’t have imagined! 🌈🤯✨ It creates this magical, safe space where everyone feels free to share their ideas without holding back. We can take more risks. How amazing is that?! 😍🎈 There’s something so freeing about letting go of the need to be perfect and just going with the flow! 🎭💫 It’s all about embracing mistakes as part of the process, which opens the door to innovation! 🚪💡 The "Yes! And...." is one of the 1st principle in improv that does that. Think about it: when you’re constantly met with “No.” your enthusiasm wanes. But with “Yes! And...” you’re saying, “I hear you, and let’s keep innovating!” 🙌🏽💡✨ This simple shift opens up conversations, boosts morale, and creates a culture of support where everyone feels empowered to contribute. Aaaannnnnd... next time, I'll share how I helped a client build the confidence of one of their team members to say "NO!" 😆🙌🏽 Do you have any examples where saying “Yes” helped a conversation move forward? 😄👇🏾 👧🏿👨🦳👩🏽👩🏽🦰👵🏽👩🏿🦱👩🏿🦳👩🏻👦🏿👱♀️👦🏾👧🏻

Are you ready to show your appreciation to your team? The holiday season is just around the corner, and what better way to spread some cheer than with our Team Bonding Workshops? 🙌✨ They are all about creating deeeeep trust and real connections among your team, boosting your team's morale. Boosting morale is crucial for a thriving workplace, it leads to increased productivity, creativity, and overall job satisfaction. When your team feels supported and connected, they’re more motivated to collaborate and go the extra mile! 💪💖 With fun, interactive activities, we’ll help your team bond like never before, transforming the workplace into a space where everyone thrives. 🌈 Imagine your crew working together like a well-oiled machine, celebrating successes and tackling challenges with confidence! Let’s wrap up the year on a high note and set the stage for an awesome 2025! Are you in? Let’s make it happen! 🎊🤗 ------------------------------------------ At Griottes Polyglottes, we bring the power of improv and play to the corporate world, enhancing team confidence, fostering cultural inclusion, and creating more empathetic, dynamic workplaces one game at a time. 👧🏿👩🏾👩🏽👩🏽🦰👵🏽👩🏿🦱👩🏿🦳👩🏻👦🏿👦🏾👧🏻 #Confidence #TeamBuilding #CorporateWorkshops #Improvisation #GriottesPolyglottes

Me making fun of myself!!!😅😅😅 Yesterday, I was having fun editing this short video. But you'll understand why we use improvisation and role playing in all of our workshops 🙃🙂 Happy Monday you all! 😍 =========== At Griottes Polyglottes our team-buildings are built to have fun and connect but also empower your team for social change! Let's play with purpose, try out our team-buildings for social impact! #improv #teambuilding #selfconfidence #DEI

🤔🤪 What is silly Ingrid doing there !?? 🤪🤔 Ohhhhh!!! ME? I'm having fuuun! This month I tried something neeeeew!... 🎤✨ As I shared before I went to New Brunswick (Moncton).... that by itself was already something new and amaziiiing.... but that not all! Ahahahah... It looks like I'm public speaking (is that a verb? 😜😆) in the picture... but NOooOo... not just public speaking! I tried Spoken Word / Slam! 😱🎶 Trying something new is always exciting and scary at the same time... 😅 But I loooooooved it! 💞🤸🏾♀️ I never felt so free while speaking in public! It was MA.GI.CCCCC 🦅 To be soooo free using words, playing with them, creating new ones... 💥 To be soooo free creating so many new sounds for the ears and beautiful (or scary) images in our minds! Images you'd never think a combination of words could create!!! It was truly MA.GIIIII.CCCCC!!! 😍 I learned so much... so many tips for my storytelling shows that I can't wait to try out! 🎭✨ Thanks to all the team! 🙏🏽💖 Marie-Thérèse Landry Morgane Savary Can't wait for my next performance as a Public Speaker or Storyteller, so many tools to try out! Yeahhhhhh!!!! 🎉🔥

I'm getting divorced from my unconscious biases! 🎉💥 Here is the story... 😁 Our relationship started as a kid and came to an end at the beginning of my improv journey. 😎 I had noticed that before a class, I would have preconceived judgments about some participants. Just by how they looked or spoke, my brain made automatic assumptions (and yes, I’m ashamed to admit it 😳, but the good thing is I recognized it 😅, my biases were at work!). 🙈 For example, I’d think, “This person seems soooo arrogant and controlling, I don't want to be anywhere near them.” 🤯😤 But then, after playing some improv games with them, I found myself seeing them from a completely different perspective. 🤔💡 Why? 🤔 Because improv requires listening to each other, supporting each other, and building on each other's ideas. These interactions often challenge the initial assumptions I had. 🙌🏾🎭 That’s why I truly believe improv has the potential to change the world! 🌍✨ We all know the harm unconscious biases can cause, but still we believe that we don't have biases (and yes, that’s what makes them so insidious, they’re unconscious 😅). That is why I really love using improv and play in all of my workshops. I can really see the difference when I use them or not! 🎉🥳 So, have you ever judged someone negatively, only to see them in a completely different light after laughing and playing together? 😊🎉 ============== Would you like to bring your team together and have a real conversation about unconscious biases? Let's make it a fun team building activity! We are one (or two) clicks away! 😜👉🏾 👧🏿👨🦳👩🏽👩🏽🦰👵🏽👩🏿🦱👩🏿🦳👩🏻👦🏿👱♀️👦🏾👧🏻

First board meeting with the Vancouver Fringe ! What surprised me is: We just finished the 2024 Vancouver Fringe Festival (Sept 15th) that we were already planning for 2025 Festival! Looove it! Happy to be part of this amazing team! Thanks Hassan Pardawalla, Duncan Watts-Grant , Meg Comiskey, Robb Beggs and all other team members 😊😊😊

I'm meditating... 🧘🏾♀️ Huuuummmm..... Is there really a benefit to having a diverse team in your workplace? 🤔 Huuuuummmmm..... 🧘🏾♀️ And by diverse I mean : cultures, races, ethnicities, origins, religions, ages, genders, disabilities, economic backgrounds... Seriously? Are you still hesitating? That was a trap question!!! OF COURSE!! 🤩🎉 OF COURSE!! OFEEE COURSEEEEEUU! Let me give you just 3 reasons why diversity ROCKS your workplace: Enhanced creativity & innovation: 💡✨ When you bring together people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, you’re brewing a recipe for more creative ideas and out-of-the-box solutions! 🎨💥 Better problem solving: 🔍💪 Diverse viewpoints = more angles to tackle any problem! A diverse team makes sure that solutions are well-evaluated and EFFECTIVE! 🚀 Each will try to see the problem and find a solution from their perspectives which will be the perspective of you diverse clientele! 👨👧👧👨👩👦👨👦👨👩👧👦👩👩👦👦 Increased employee engagement: 🧑🏽🤝🧑🏿🤗 When people feel valued and represented, they're more engaged and motivated, boosting morale and productivity across the board! 💥📈 And as a bonus: they will bring their best friends who are just as talented as well! (Same for clients) So YES, a diverse team isn't just a nice-to-have, it's a must-have! ✅️ Any other reasons that we should have diversity in the workplace? Any story to share 😇🤗 ------------------------------------------ At Griottes Polyglottes, we bring the power of improv and play to the corporate world, enhancing team confidence, fostering cultural inclusion, and creating more empathetic, dynamic workplaces one game at a time. 👧🏿👨🦳👩🏽👩🏽🦰👵🏽👩🏿🦱👩🏿🦳👩🏻👦🏿👱♀️👦🏾👧🏻 #Confidence #TeamBuilding #CorporateWorkshops #Improvisation #GriottesPolyglottes

😍😱 I’M SOOOOOO HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO WIN THIS AWARD! 🎉🏆 Me, Ingrid, the little girl from a small island in the Caribbean, growing up in the sugar cane fields, helping my parents raise us. 🌱 I know this journey isn’t over yet. I haven’t made the impact I dream of or helped as many people as I hope to. Racism, discrimination, bullying, unconscious bias, and cultural misunderstandings are still present. 😔😑 I’m confident that by bringing more fun into our workshops and creating a safe space where people can openly share their experiences, we can take meaningful steps toward ending them. 🙏🏽💕 We cannot rely on laws and politicians to end this. WE as individuals - each of us - must be willing to do the work! (From one of my favorite actors and producers, Denzel Washington) This award motivates me to keep going, to spread more JOY, ENERGY and EMPATHY into the world through my workshops. 🌍✨ I also want to say, to other entrepreneurs to be: If you have a business idea and you’re afraid or doubting if you’ll make it... trust me, if I'm still be there trying to make a difference, so can you! 🌟 Just start, believe in yourself, stay open to change and evolve and keep pushing forward. Huge thanks to France Executive Circle, and Société de développement économique de la Colombie-Britannique (SDECB) for this award! ✨ Thanks Louise Turgeon for passing my message on the award night ! 🙏🏽💕 Thanks Giane MARIE, and Julien Mainguy for all the work you are doing! 💪🏾🙏🏽☺️ Bravooooooo to other participants Ben Liegey, MBA, from BetterTable™ / Alice Couderc & Lucas Navilloz from Atome Bakery who also won in their category 👏🏾🫂🏆 And other nominees @aulonanoka from @minimalk / Patricia Ropert from wholistic osteopathy and Wellness / Yousra BOUHALI from @sentelbeauty keep going you rock! The world needs you! 👏🏾💪🏾 #griottespolyglottes #franceexecutivecircle #award #entrepreneurs

What is your facilitation style in your meetings, or conferences? 🤔 Mine is crazy fun and energetic! 🎊💥 Why? 2 simple reasons: 1- If I want my participants to be at least 70%, I have to be 270%! 😜 2- I love to have fun myself and do silly things 😝, telling my participants, "You are allowed to be silly as well!" 🤪🎈 Let me know yours! 😊 merciiiiiii Femi Adewuyi (MD) for the video! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎉 Have you planned your end-of-year team-building activity yet? 👀 At @griottespolyglottes, we’re all about creating a fun, interactive, and bonding experience for your team! Get ready for laughter, sharing, and a whole lot of connection. It’s the perfect way to say thank you for the amazing work they’ve done this year! 🙌🏽💼 Let’s make it a celebration to remember! 🎊✨

😱 Griottes Polyglottes is going to New Brunswick!!! ✈️ Ahhhhhh Soooo soooo excited!!!! 😍💃🏾🎉 Ohhhh my!!! Who am I seeing here!??? 😲😆 Is that me? Trying too hard to hide my joy 🤭 for having been selected to be part of the Oratory Arts of Francophone Slam and Poetry in Moncton, New Brunswick! First time ever I will be there!!! 😱🙌🏾🤩 🌍✨ We have been selected among other amazing artists from several African countries, France, and several provinces in Canada! 🌏💥 Oooohhh myyy sooo excited!!!! 🥳 And I'm even more excited as I'll be facilitating some interactive storytelling workshops for linguistic security in schools!!!! Oooohhh myyy soooooooooo excited!!!! 🤗🎤🗣️ Yeahhhhh can't wait!!! 🎊🔥🤗 🌞Merci Julia Alimasi de m'avoir présentée à Marie-Thérèse Landry et merci à Marie Thérèse d'avoir pris le temps de discuter avec moi et d'avoir sélectionné Griottes Polyglottes! Vive le FISPA organisé par le Conseil provincial des sociétés culturelles! 😎 Ca va slaaaaamer! 🌊 ------------------------------------------- Besides facilitating workshops using playful activities: - to end racism, discrimination, and unconscious biases 🙅🏾♀️✊🏾🚫 - for team-building (better collaboration, communication) 🤝👥🗣️ - for Cultural inclusion (avoid silos in the workplace) 🫱🏾🫲🏽🌍💼 .... I am a storyteller! 🎭✨ And I'm having fun performing interactive storytelling whenever and wherever I can! 😄🎉 Yeah! Let's use our passion to spread joy and make the world a better place! 🌟🥰🌍💫