Corporate Improv Training and Team Building in Santa Barbara and Ventura
A 60-minute business improv workshop for Central Coast teams, hosted live on Zoom by Scott Topper, the afternoon voice of K-LITE 101.7 FM. Your team practices communication and quick thinking through games everyone can play.
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.
A host your team may already know
If your team listens to K-LITE 101.7 FM in the afternoon, they already know Scott's voice. He is on air every weekday, and he has hosted live events on the Central Coast, including a sold-out show at UCSB. Hosting a team session is the same job at a smaller scale: keep it moving, read the room, and make sure everyone gets a turn.
Teams in Santa Barbara and Ventura County often have colleagues far from the coast. A Goleta software company may have engineers across the country, and a Camarillo or Thousand Oaks office may work closely with teams in other states. A live Zoom session puts all of them in the same room for an hour, with weekday start times from 7am to 7pm Pacific.
- A local, familiar voiceScott hosts afternoons on K-LITE 101.7 FM and has hosted live on the Central Coast for years.
- Brings distant teammates inYour Santa Barbara office and your remote colleagues play the same games on the same call.
- Short and focusedSixty minutes, no prep, no downloads. Book it for a team meeting, an offsite add-on, or a holiday party.
Teams we host across Santa Barbara and Ventura
- Santa Barbara
- Goleta
- Carpinteria
- Montecito
- Ventura
- Oxnard
- Camarillo
- Thousand Oaks
- Westlake Village
- Simi Valley
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 Santa Barbara and Ventura teams
- Communication
Communication Skills Training in Santa Barbara: Five Meeting Problems and the Exercise That Fixes Each
Communication skills training in Santa Barbara, built around five common meeting problems, a 10-minute exercise for each, and a four-week practice plan.
- Improv Training
Corporate Improv Workshop in Ventura County: A Three-Part Plan for Your Team
Plan a corporate improv workshop in Ventura County: a three-part curriculum with timings, how each skill applies to local industries, and mistakes to avoid.
- Event Planning
Team Building in Santa Barbara: How to Plan a Session for a Spread-Out Team
A planning guide for team building in Santa Barbara: a timed agenda you can run yourself, how to schedule across time zones, and the questions to answer first.
Questions from Santa Barbara and Ventura teams
Is this an in-person workshop in Santa Barbara or Ventura?
Sessions run live on Zoom, so your whole team can join from the office, from home, or from another state, and play together on camera.
Is Scott really on K-LITE?
Yes. Scott hosts afternoon drive on K-LITE 101.7 FM. He hosts team sessions on weekdays around his time on air.
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 Orange County and Los Angeles.
Book a session for your Santa Barbara & Ventura team
Choose a date and time and we handle the rest: sixty minutes of live-hosted fun for your remote or hybrid team.