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Not another awkward trust-fall day. Improv is a workout for listening, presence, and quick thinking under pressure - the exact muscles good teams run on. My workshops are hands-on, warm, and actually fun, with takeaways people actually use on Monday.
You work directly with Matt - a specialist facilitator, not a big training vendor. Based in Melbourne and available interstate (travel billed at cost). Every session is tailored, with a clear quote before anything's booked.
No one's forced to be funny. Three things improv builds - and they reinforce each other. The exercises do the work; the debrief connects them straight back to how your team operates on Monday.
People learn to actually hear each other and build on it, instead of waiting to talk - in meetings, with clients, everywhere.
Thinking on their feet, staying calm when the plan changes, and saying "yes, and" to a colleague's idea instead of shutting it down.
A room where risk feels safe. Teams leave more willing to contribute, try things, and back each other - the basis of every good team.
Along the way people also get sharper presence for presenting and pitching, real connection across the team, and - reliably - an energy lift they still talk about weeks later.
Every session is tailored to the group in the room and what you want out of it. Common fits:
Each one runs as 90 minutes, a half day or a full day, for up to 60 people. On our call I'll shape the exercises around your team.
Confidence and presenting
For teams who present, pitch or run client meetings.
Your people practise speaking without a script, recovering from a stumble without spiralling, and holding the room when a question comes out of nowhere.
Communication and collaboration
For teams who talk past each other, or whose clients need to feel heard.
Your people practise hearing the whole idea, building on a colleague's suggestion instead of competing with it, and getting a stalled conversation moving again.
Connection and creativity
For offsites, step-away days and new teams.
Your people get to know each other fast, try ideas out loud, and see what each person brings to the team. Built to be gentle on introverts.
A free 30-minute call about your team and your day.
A suggested shape and a fixed quote within two working days.
The workshop, then a one-page recap your team can keep using.
I had the pleasure of working with Matt for an improv workshop he designed for our company offsite. I cannot recommend him highly enough - he was engaging, entertaining, and made everyone feel comfortable, even in a typically uncomfortable situation (at least for us introverts). His exercises showed how our individual strengths contribute to the bigger picture, and how improv principles apply in real work contexts - client meetings, brainstorming sessions, customer service. If you're looking for a facilitator who can bring out the best in your team and make learning fun, Matt is the person you need.
Rian Newman · Senior Account Director + Head of Brand Experience, ImpactInstitute
A decade of studies across psychology and organisational behaviour has looked at what improv actually does for adults at work. The short version:
In controlled studies, even short improv sessions raised divergent thinking and comfort with uncertainty. A field study across nine companies lifted both individual and team creativity - and the gains compound with practice.
A 2024 randomised trial found a handful of improv sessions significantly improved empathy and perspective-taking. In one leadership workshop, every executive reported sharper listening.
Team studies link improv to more trust and "participative safety" - people's willingness to speak up. It builds with repetition, which is exactly why the debrief and follow-through matter.
The catch the research is clear on: the results come from skilled facilitation and a proper debrief that ties the play back to real work. That's the part I obsess over.
On the face of it improv looks like light-hearted fun - which it totally is - but I found it an incredibly valuable teacher of social dynamics, empathy, and shared vulnerability. It teaches you a lot about yourself, in a way that applies across many relationships.
Hamid · 2023
My social confidence has increased and I now listen to people when I converse with them. It's given me more belief in myself and I'm less concerned about embarrassing myself.
Russell · 2022
Get me out of my own head, stop overthinking, be in the moment - tick. Be a better listener in work, life and relationships - tick.
Emma · 2022
Thank you for making a daunting thing feel so easy. I came to improve on public speaking and being comfortable in my space, and I feel like I achieved that.
Caitlin · 2022
Fair question - it's the first thing most people worry about. No one is forced to perform or "be funny". The exercises are gentle, opt-in, and actually fun, and I read the room constantly. Even self-described introverts tend to leave glad they came.
Up to 60 people in one session, and I keep everyone involved. For bigger groups, ask me for a quote.
Both. Most workshops run in person, and I also run virtual and hybrid sessions for distributed teams.
90 minutes, a half day (3 hours) or a full day. We'll pick the right one on a free 30-minute call, and you'll have a fixed quote within two working days.
Workshops are a flat rate, not billed by the hour. For groups of up to 25, it's $1,400 for 90 minutes, $2,200 for a half day (3 hours) and $3,500 for a full day. For 26 to 60 people, it's $2,000, $3,200 and $4,800. Melbourne travel is included, and interstate travel is billed at cost. Book three or more sessions within 12 months and take 15% off each. Over 60 people, ask for a quote. The full details are in the workshop pack (PDF).
No pressure and no cost - just a chance to talk through your team, your goals, and what a workshop could look like. Within two working days I'll send a suggested shape and a fixed quote.
Prefer to write instead? Send an enquiry and I'll come back to you.
Tell me about your group, your goals, and roughly when - I'll come back with a suggested shape and a quote.
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