drama@aimass.com
We have over fifteen years' experience of delivering high quality drama-based services to business. Past clients include banks, insurance companies, government departments and industry. We work in partnership with other consultancies and direct to the client, in-house and through our own open programmes, involving leadership, communication skills, awareness-raising and creativity & participation. We design our own programmes, write scenarios and role play briefs and produce our own dvds.
Drama-based learning and development services include:
Most of our work is bespoke to the client but we do have some open programmes which have universal applications.
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS Getting the message across isn't always easy for a manager especially if she or he is new to the job or if the message is a tough one. Our DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS courses are designed to give people the confidence to be effective communicators.
CULTURE AND THE NEW IDEA a one-day workshop using stories and scenarios drawn from history as the springboard to exploring culture and attidudes to change, decision-making and evidence gathering, active participation and supporting innovation.
LEADERSHIP, RELATIONSHIPS AND DECISIONS based on events leading up to the Charge of the LIght Brigade, this is a detailed study of how flawed relationships can influence decisions and how failing to take into account differences in perspective can affect outcomes.
INTRODUCING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE using as its source a series of events that took place just before the Charge of the LIght Brigade, this workshop introduces the principles of emotional intelligence in a clear and dramatic way.
CREATIVITY IN ACTION how can organisations make more effective use of the creativity, knowledge and skills of the people who work for them? Go to the Open Arena and learn about these inspiring workshops.
ROLE PLAY our role play specialists are expert in using their skills to help people achieve their development goals. Our role players provide consistency and reliability. We understand the working world and what people are trying to achieve. We understand also that sometimes there is a gap for people between their intellectual understanding of what should be done and their actually being able to make it happen in the real world. That's where our role play skills' practice makes an effective, long-lasting difference, enabling participants, through practical trial and error, to increase their confidence in their ability to communicate effectively with colleagues.
SCENARIOS the use of written scenarios can be highly effective for awareness-raising, putting theory into context and consistency in message delivery, and for providing clear and consistent framework situations for assessment and development programmes. We research, write and produce scenarios for live delivery and for DVDs, to be used as part of our clients’ L&D and assessment programmes.
DVDs we offer our clients a complete production service of recorded scenarios from start to finish. Always in partnership with our client at every stage, we research the organisational issue, we write the scenario script, rehearse the actors, shoot and produce the film, and hand our clients the master copy of the recording. What distinguishes our approach? We concentrate on what you want to see, i.e. organisational understanding and the best script and best acting to present the issues.
PRESENTATION SKILLS our Putting it Across presentation skills training is based on giving people a set of tools and techniques that they can use throughout their careers to improve the way they get their message across. We look at language and the way people use it to tell a clear and unambiguous story. We don't impose a performance 'style' on people, rather we encourage individuals to discover and develop their personal strengths.
TALKING HEADS capturing corporate memory. Leaders talking to the camera about their work and experience for the benefit of others. These talking heads dvds are an invaluable asset for the development of senior leaders at functional and business level, capturing, as they do, the wisdom and experience of individuals who already hold these senor positions. Due to the confidential nature of these dvds we can't show examples. Previous Talking Heads clients have included Lloyds TSB, Lloyds TSB Insurance Services and Pizza Hut
"The Talking Heads video really helped to bring alive the role of the Functional Director and created so much helpful debate. It was exceptionally well edited."
Nigel Benwell, Head of Executive
Development, Lloyds TSB
"The drama exceeded our expectations in all these areas: its ability to captivate the audience was staggering; the ease with which the audience could identify with the characters - 'there but for the grace of God go I!'; the effectiveness with which it generated and exposed issues beyond which we intended: there was more in the script than even the experts expected.
John Constable, Partner,
JLT Risk Solutions Ltd.
"These workshops were extremely well received by all the staff who attended who found the day to be thoughtful, engaging and extremely relevant.... Phrases such as 'excellent' and 'the best training I have ever been on' were used."
Fiona Daffern, Assistant Director
HR & OD, HFEA
"This was an outstanding session, and actually rather powerfully affecting, both to watch and participate in." Participant
Difficult Conversations, University of Southampton 2011
"I admire the way you understand the issues we are trying to project
so quickly and turn them into life so meaningfully. It is a real pleasure to work with you."
Nigel Benwell, Head of Executive Development, Lloyds TSB
"The actors were excellent and both candidates and examiners were very happy. They all gave useful feedback to the candidates."
Dr Obuaya, CASC examinations for trainee psychiatrists.
0044 (0)20 8123 6263
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