improve it! LLC Launches Improvised Entertainment Company to Generate Applause for a Cause
Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) June 24, 2014 -- Customized based on an organization's story, style and collective goals, improve it! will design an event unique to a company’s needs, whether they're planning a corporate event, team building activity, corporate training, or want to improve their team’s presentation skills.
“Improv is not just about inducing laughter; it’s a developmental tool that helps people grow more confident, think quicker on their feet and build relationships with one another,” said Erin Diehl, Founder and CEO of improve it!. “It’s about learning how to trust, how to be present and how to truly support the people around you.”
improve it! employs improvisers who have been trained at well-respected theaters in Chicago, including The Second City and iO Theater. The roster currently includes three independent groups that frequently perform around the laughter capital, including Knuckleball, Stranger and The Spotty Truth.
Beyond their corporate impact, improve it! donates 20% of the proceeds to Funny Bones Improv. “We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with a like-minded organization that’s using laughter to positively impact the world around us,” said Jolene Fehler, Executive Director of Funny Bones Improv. “With the support of improve it!, we will be able to increase our reach and bring laughter to even more children and their families in hospitals.”
For more information or to book improve it! for an event or corporate training, visit http://www.improveitchicago.com. Keep tabs on all of the latest news and performances by following improve it! on Facebook @improve it and on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest @improveitchi.
About improve it! LLC
improve it! is a Chicago, Illinois privately held limited liability company that improves corporate events, team building events, and corporate trainings by providing high-energy, laughter-filled, improvised entertainment while donating a portion of all proceeds to charity. For more information on improve it! LLC, please visit http://www.improveitchicago.com.
About Funny Bones Improv
Funny Bones Improv’s mission is to share the gifts and benefits of laughter with sick children, their families, and their caregivers, in multiple hospitals across New Orleans and Chicago through volunteer comedy improvisation performances. Each show is interactive and improvised, and performed in partnership with the Child Life departments at local hospitals to help create a stronger healing space. Funny Bones Improv has served up smiles and laughter to more than 3,000 children in hospitals since April 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.funnybonesimprov.com.
Erin Diehl, improve it!, http://www.improveitchicago.com, +1 872-216-8377, [email protected]
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