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Stand-up comedian Shang Forbes just gave me some great advice: “Sumtimez U have 2 let people know U are out there doing it.” This informal message was the invaluable insight I needed to hear because: 👉🏾 If no one sees your work, you get no feedback. 👉🏾 If you don’t get feedback, it reduces your ability to improve. 👉🏾 If you don’t publicize your work, it’s less likely to be discovered. 👉🏾 and even if your work is discovered, you may not receive proper attribution. These jokes can’t laugh at themselves These strategies can’t operationalize themselves These ideas can’t build themselves and These products can't sell themselves You have to do it. Push them into the hands, minds, and hearts of people who can help you and your work reach the next level. This is the only way to grow and create opportunity 🗣️📈🚀 Are you “out there doing it”? Check out Shang's tour schedule and 1-hour comedy special - links in his bio. Tell us something you want people to know about you or your work in the comments ⤵️

🍻 A Comedy Club Transformation: The Monkey Barrel Success Story! 🚀 Dive into how GonnaOrder's QR table ordering system revolutionized Monkey Barrel Comedy Club, making every visit a laughter-filled, streamlined experience. 👉 Read how innovation is reshaping the comedy club experience: https://lnkd.in/dzH88b-P #successstory #comedyclub #qrcode #tableordering #foodordering #gonnaorderblog #gonnaorder

Is it just me? Hallmark movies aren't the only ones that give us a chance to enjoy community vicariously. There are sit coms, many, that do and other movies, like a favourite of mine, Little Miss Sunshine. Once you see it in one show, you can recognize it in others! #Community #CommunityConsciousness #CommunityBuilding #teambuilding #groupdynamics #communitydevelopment #HallmarkMovies https://lnkd.in/gGgHHZ2x

My Top Date Night Picks in Gilbert, AZ 🎟️Hale Theatre ⛳Top Golf 🌃Walk Downtown Gilbert 🎭JP’s Comedy Club Have you tried any of my top date night picks in Gilbert, AZ? Do you have a different favorite date night location? Comment below⬇️ & be sure to save 📂this post for future reference! #datenight #recommendation #realtor #gilbertaz #gilbert #tips

LinkedIn is extremely underutilized in the the Barbershop Quartet space My barbershop quartet, Mostly Joking, has quickly become a Unicorn in the barbershop quartet business networking space by becoming the #1 barbershop quartet on LinkedIn! With the success of becoming the #1 barbershop quartet on LinkedIn, we are excited to announce the #MoJoMemeTagChallenge, a disruption of the tag challenge paradigm originated by #hottickettagchallenge. Agree?

🎤 testing, testing… is this thing on? 😅 • • • • • #Teesside #teesbusiness #teesvalley #teesvalleybusiness #middlesbrough #stocktonontees #darlington #hartlepool #redcarandcleveland #utb #digitalmarketing #digitalsupport #businesssupport #funding #sme #business

If you are not sure if improv based team building is for your business, here is an article in Forbes, one of many, that gives an overview of what we do as improv based team building facilitators at Charlotte Comedy Theater and Team Building Hawaii! https://lnkd.in/gtTUayYu

Unless one has buried their head in the sand, it seems that everyone agrees regional theaters must adapt and evolve, just like any other organization in a rapidly changing climate. Assuming one is not in the “burn it to the ground” camp, if we want institutions to survive and thrive, they must have adequate time and change capital to adjust. By implementing substantial changes in a short-time period, many organizations exhaust their reserves, alienate current audiences and severely dilute necessary contributed revenue sources. Milwaukee Rep had a similar crisis nearly a decade after its founding. In its earliest years, it built a large audience based on the star system bringing big stars to Milwaukee to perform. In 1961, the star system was abruptly ended and a resident acting company was founded. In less than a year, the theater lost 60,000 patrons, or two-thirds of its audience. It took seven years for the theater to rebuild its audience and it nearly went bankrupt on multiple occasions. The decision was a correct one as the theater would eventually grow to more than 150,000 patrons, but it almost collapsed along the way. Such significant change must be accompanied by strategic planning that identifies the necessary amount and sources of change capital. Too many have failed on the “build it and they will come” prayer. Secondarily, as part of planning, build teams that have a diversity of perspective and that will challenge all assumptions. Staffing with only acolytes may make the initial planning process easier, but something important is bound to get lost. #theatermanagement #artsmanagement #theater #theatercrisis

I am proud to champion art that carries a message and a mission. Our partnership with "Ya Ashta" dark comedy exemplifies how powerful storytelling can drive social change. When art is responsible for transformation, it becomes a catalyst for awareness and action. Let's continue to empower creativity with purpose. #ArtForChange #Empowerment #SocialImpact #BTL https://lnkd.in/dvAP-P2e

My reasons for co-creating an improvised stand up show. One of the hardest parts of doing stand-up, is believing that you're funny. At least for me. I'm not a performer, I shy from attention. But I always liked making people laugh, cutting through tension or finding an interesting relationship between two disparate concepts. It's the best. But was I funny? A way of truly testing that, for me, was to see if I could make people laugh, with no prepared material. No clever phrasing or preplanned misdirection. Just straight thoughts from the dome. And then we threw some dice in the mix and audience suggestions for the added chaos. The fact is, and the LinkedIn style learning moment which I think is worth relaying is: sharing true vulnerability with an exploration of your POV is always at least kind of funny. My best set was 5 minutes exploring why I hated Pandas for their self defeatist attitudes, and the WWF picked a terrible spokesperson. The truths that we hold to be self evident rarely are, and it is the stories that we tell ourselves that are the most entertaining, relatable and humorous. So, be vulnerable, share your world view, and connect. And go to the Dice Show in this year's Comedy Fest. Tickets available now! #comedy #vulnerability #advertorial