- Apply improv strategies to enhance communication skills
- Participate in activities connected to various LIS settings, including reference work, presentations, and job interviews
- Practice responding confidently in an uncertain environment
- Identify ways to become a better listener and address barriers to listening when feeling put on the spot
- Develop comfort in unexpected situations and awkward moments
This event is facilitated by Jake Livengood, who works at MIT Career Services and trained at Improv Asylum in Boston.
Participants should expect to participate in improv comedy exercises with attendees.
BIO
Jake partners with graduate students at MIT for career and professional development and has worked in higher education since 2002 as an instructor, career advisor and administrator. He received the MIT Infinite Mile Award for Innovation and Creativity for developing and facilitating improv workshops to help with training and professional development. He is a graduate of the Improv Asylum Training Center in the North End of Boston. With the last name “Livengood,” this career path is quite fitting. He has a PhD in Higher Education Leadership, thereby making him Dr. Livengood. (But please call him “Jake”). For more info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakelivengood.
Still want to know more? Check out these article about Jake’s workshops:
- Carpe Careers blog with Inside Higher Ed
- National Association of Colleges and Employers Spotlight article covering the improv workshops
- MIT Newsletter article and Infinite Mile Award article