May 18, 2004

Improv Freebie

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

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Here’s a good free offer. My friends Alain Rostain and Terrill Fisher are giving a free one-hour teleclass this Friday.

Using improv principles and tools over the telephone to help make teleconferences more effective
Alain Rostain and Terrill Fisher will lead a free teleconference
Friday May 21st, 12:00 – 1:00 PM eastern time
(9 – 10 am Pacific 5 – 6 in the UK…)
No registration required.
Dial 1-866-239-0711 (If you are calling from outside North America dial 1-937-530-1205).
At the prompt, enter 1 Enter Meeting ID 7350

I warmly recommend this, even if you’re new to Improv it’ll be worth joining.

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