JAY OLSON

I've moved!

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:36:09 -0600

My blog, she has moved.

Click here and come on over.

Thanks! - Jay

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Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:17:46 -0500

Tap into an unending stream of creativity...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:17:32 -0500

My guest post for lauraroeder.com, “Improv Tips for Entrepreneurs”, dropped today. Use improv comedy skills to boost your creative output - even on your own!

Give it a read & let me know what you think.

- Jay

Dismantling Status...

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:31:06 -0500

My leadership essay, “Dismantling Status”, is on Seven Sentences: A Creative Blog for Creative People.

Feedback is not only welcome, it’s encouraged! Please read, comment & share.

Thanks!

Please join me on Facebook.

"The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a..."

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:47:17 -0500

“The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person.”

- Frank Barron

Holler at me on Facebook!

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:20:02 -0500

Holler at me on Facebook!:

Click “Like”, enjoy my welcome video & introduce yourself. See you there!

- Jay

Get Physical! Second Session Added

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:12:44 -0500

Session 1 of GET PHYSICAL! for the iO Theater Summer Intensive is sold out. A second session has been added on Saturday, July 30th.

Contact the iO Training Center to reserve a spot: classes@ioimprov.com or (773) 880-0199.

GET PHYSICAL! for regular iO students happens on Saturday, August 20th. Hope to see you there!

I plan to lose 30 pounds just from teaching this workshop 3 times in a row. Realistic?

- Jay

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Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:36:22 -0500

GET PHYSICAL!

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:53:20 -0500

I am teaching my GET PHYSICAL! improv workshop especially for iO Theater Summer Intensive students.

Friday, 7/22, 12pm-2:30pm. $20.

Contact the iO Training Center to sign up: classes@ioimprov.com or (773) 880-0199. Not a summer intensive student? You’ll get your chance in August! Stay tuned…

When plugged into the Improv Matrix we can do anything we want. So why are we standing in a line talking – again? From blocking a simple 2-person scene to creating full-cast spectacle, emotion will be our guide to creating scene work – that moves. Talk less, do more, go further. GET PHYSICAL!

“I LOVED your workshop!! It was awesome, and I still have the carpet burn to prove it! :-)” – Amanda Chapel Hill, NC

“Jay’s energy is infectious and his ability to read and critique scenes is one of the best I’ve worked with…his coaching is like injecting improv adrenaline straight into your mind veins.” – Bethany Chicago, IL

“Thanks a bunch for a GREAT class! I learned and re-learned a lot thanks to your brave, profanity-laden insights.” – Steve Chicago, IL

“I loved the positive energy and positive approach…Longer longer longer. More more.” – Hannah Oxford, England

Join me on Facebook! jayolsonimprov.com

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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:29:38 -0500

"Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything..."

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:18:12 -0500

“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.”

- Ray Bradbury

Another one from the Way Back Machine. Toronto Improv...

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:08:05 -0500

Another one from the Way Back Machine. Toronto Improv Festival 2006.

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tamaratumbls: (via David Brooks: The social animal | Video on...

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:22:30 -0500

tamaratumbls:

(via David Brooks: The social animal | Video on TED.com)

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"Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships..."

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:33:53 -0500

““Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.””

- Michelle Obama (via soul-surfer)

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"There’s no point in saying, ‘I don’t have an idea today, so I’ll just smoke some drugs.’ You should..."

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:27:23 -0500

“There’s no point in saying, ‘I don’t have an idea today, so I’ll just smoke some drugs.’ You should stay alert for the moment when a number of things are just ready to collide with one another… The reason to keep working is almost to build a certain mental tone, like people talk about body tone. You have to move quickly when the time comes, and the time might come very infrequently – once or twice a year, or even less.”

- —Brian Eno on the creative process (via flavorpill)

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ibmsocialbiz: Across diverse industries, such as health,...

Tue, 31 May 2011 15:43:40 -0500

ibmsocialbiz:

Across diverse industries, such as health, finance, retail and marketing, a movement is taking shape to bring game mechanics and fun to everyday work.(via Work While You Whistle | Gamification Blog)

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Sat, 28 May 2011 09:09:27 -0500

Holler at me. Shiny new Facebook page:

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:19:50 -0500

Holler at me. Shiny new Facebook page::

I originally typed “Faceboof” and then “Faceboog.” I am a total Faceboof.

Excellent piece on late night TV indie-rock

Wed, 25 May 2011 15:17:26 -0500

Excellent piece on late night TV indie-rock:

” Being on these shows doesn’t necessarily catapult you into fame, but your family and people you went to high school with think you’ve become a rock star.”

- AC Newman

miw:

lotsa words, lotsa links…just the way I like my internet journalism.

also raises some interesting question about the value of music on late night talk shows. If it doesn’t really help the show…or the artist…then…who exactly is it for?

Decades late, but we’ll take it! infoneer-pulse: “The...

Wed, 25 May 2011 11:16:58 -0500

Decades late, but we’ll take it!

infoneer-pulse:

“The Modern Educator Is Not a Teacher”: Updating Learning for the 21st Century

Why do classrooms and schools operate almost the same way they did 100 years ago? A group of middle schoolers from the Dallas-Fort Worth area began asking themselves this question during a class discussion of Orson Scott Card’s science fiction novel Ender’s Game. More importantly, they began to wonder, “Could children, using the internet, have a dramatic impact on the world around them? Could they influence public opinion, and make a mark on their world?” Thus began “Education Evolution,” a class video project that brings a student perspective to what’s going wrong in the modern classroom, and offers up ideas of how it can be fixed.

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