OAUG Connection Point 2005 - Grapevine, TX [6/14]
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: www.oaug.org
Topic: Improv
I received the surprise of a lifetime while at this Texas conference...
One of the keynote speakers is a fellow named Joel Zeff (www.joelzeff.com) - I knew he was associated with Ad-libs down here so I was interested inwhat he'd do for a bunch of techies. Long story short, I got to perform in front of a crowd of some 3,000 people because... He started doing our impro exercises as the "act!" To me it was all familiar territory work because we went through picking up hitchhikers, marionettes, place/occupation/thing, one-word stories - all the stuff that the wonderful people at Impro Theatre (www.theatersports.com) have put me through for the past 2 months.

Besides that, both technical session presentations went well, were well attended, and I hope lots of people find value in my white paper contents because in the end, that's what really counts.