Corporate Improv Training and Team Building in Orange County
A 60-minute business improv workshop for Orange County teams, hosted live on Zoom by Groundlings-trained, Emmy-nominated host Scott Topper. Your team practices listening, speaking up, and thinking on their feet, and has a great time doing it.
Business improv training that feels like a game
Improv is a set of communication skills that happens to be fun to practice. Each game in the session works one of them, and nobody has to be funny or perform alone.
- Listening
Whoosh, Bang, Pow only works when everyone watches who is passing to them, instead of waiting for their own turn.
- Yes, and
Accepting what a teammate hands you and building on it, the core rule of improv and of a good meeting.
- Speaking up
The Vocal Warm-Up gets every person talking in the first few minutes, including the people who never unmute.
- Thinking on your feet
Fast rounds with no right answers train people to commit to an idea instead of overthinking it.
Built for how Orange County teams work now
Plenty of Orange County companies run on a hybrid schedule. Part of the team is in an Irvine or Costa Mesa office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, part of it works from home in Huntington Beach or Mission Viejo, and a few people report in from another state entirely. Getting everyone into one room for a workshop means a lost afternoon on the 405 for some and a plane ticket for others.
A live Zoom session removes that problem. Everyone joins from wherever they are, the session starts and ends on time, and nobody spends more time commuting to the workshop than attending it. Sessions run on weekdays with start times from 7am to 7pm Pacific, so they fit inside an Orange County workday without anyone staying late.
- No commute, no venueOne Zoom link for the whole team, whether they are in the office, at home, or on the road.
- Pacific Time schedulingWeekday start times from 7am to 7pm Pacific, so a lunch-hour or end-of-day slot is easy to find.
- Works for mixed teamsIn-office and remote people play the same games on the same screen, so nobody feels like a guest.
Teams we host across Orange County
- Irvine
- Newport Beach
- Costa Mesa
- Anaheim
- Santa Ana
- Huntington Beach
- Tustin
- Lake Forest
- Mission Viejo
- Fullerton
What teams say they took back to work
My company is in the tech industry so we tend to be very “left-brained,” however these improvisational exercises allowed us to utilize our right brain and be creative while listening and reacting to situations on the fly.
This was a great experience for a small corporate team event. We learned skills for adapting and collaboration that will carry into our daily work while still sharing some laughs.
This was so much fun! It was my first time attending an improv session and I had little knowledge of what to expect. But I learnt so much about my communication.
Improv training guides for Orange County teams
- Event Planning
Team Building Activities in Orange County for Hybrid and Remote Teams
Team building activities for Orange County hybrid and remote teams, sorted by how much time you have, plus a planning timeline and the mistakes to avoid.
- Improv Training
Team Building Activities in Irvine That Double as Improv Training
Team building activities in Irvine that double as improv training: three drills you can run in 20 minutes, the meeting problem each fixes, and how to pick a host.
- Communication
Communication & Team Building Workshops in Orange County
Communication workshops for Orange County teams: a 45-minute session you can run yourself, how to choose a team building workshop, and what a live host adds.
Questions from Orange County teams
Is this an in-person workshop in Orange County?
Sessions run live on Zoom, which is how most of our Orange County clients book them. Everyone joins from their own laptop, in the office or at home, and plays together on camera.
Can people in our Irvine office join from one conference room?
It works best when everyone joins from their own laptop with the camera on, even if they are sitting in the same building. That way every person is on screen and can take a turn.
What does a session cost?
$300 for up to 10 people, plus $25 per additional person, up to 50 people. That covers the full 60-minute live session with Scott.
Also hosting teams in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara and Ventura.
Book a session for your Orange County team
Choose a date and time and we handle the rest: sixty minutes of live-hosted fun for your remote or hybrid team.