“Elin and her collaborator carried out a very inspiring and thought provoking workshop, based on relatively simple exercises and a minimum of props. They managed to engage not only those of us who had a positive bias beforehand, but also the sceptics. Everybody who participated enjoyed the workshop very much. In a follow-up discussion it was particularly emphasized how well the importance of keeping an open mind when communicating and reciprocating new ideas was demonstrated with relatively simple means. We all felt that this was a bit of a revelation with obvious implications for our everyday scientific work. The workshop also had a very clear team building effect.”

“I am the project manager of a development team at a high-tech company in Lund. We asked Elin to introduce the team to the ideas of improv at a kickoff for the team as a way for the team to learn and hopefully be able to use its wisdom in our work. We had the session a few months ago and I can see that it has had the following impact on the team:

· The experience was positive for some members and challenging for others, and the team learned more about each other through the experience. Now they know where the limit of the comfort zone is for everyone!

· The sessions were very different from anything that the team had experienced before and novelty added energy for this team. The impro session is often referred to as an energizer.

· Impro is playful and the session strengthened the fact that through playfulness one can learn important things. The team quite often makes references to some of the playful exercises and it’s become more acceptable to be playful at work.

· In the session the team experienced a safe zone where it was ok to ‘make a fool’ out of themselves and ok to fail, and this safe zone has been extended back at the office, it is clear that the team has an increased sense of saftey and trust.

In the coming months we will be focusing more on work requiring innovation and I expect the team will be able to draw even more from the learnings of improv.”

“Fun, energizing and balanced in terms of challenge. Really amazing, I was expecting boring power point. Not totally outside of comfort zone, but on the edge which feels like a good spot, it actually makes you feel good about it. A cerebral challenge in training your brain to create new pathways to better handle unknown and unforeseen situations. Intense, fun and practical rather than theory. It opens up your mind to new thoughts and new ways of seeing things. Teamwork and helping each other out. Training how to use body as a tool. Energizing, becoming aware of how much body language have impact on others and oneself. Useful for team activities. A series of exercises and activities designed to expand your social toolkit. Fantastic, fun and rewarding training. Very funny!”

“The yes and...principle

Being more present and an active listener

More exercises to use in workshops

How to listen better

Self-awareness in conversation

Listening more to other people before making up my mind

To not be afraid of failing

Tools to make myself less nervos

Be more present

To pay more attention to other people, listen to them more carefully

How to heighten my own status by empowering others

Tools to get more power in meetings

Tools to listen more carefully and therefor being able to reply better

Listen to others before I speak

Understanding status and how to use it

How body language changes how people view you”

“Elin has led us through the many proceses with professionalism and confidence. She always appreard well prepared, and at the same time always ready to improvise, without loosing touch of the goal. Elin masters methods and tools, which with apropriate messures helped develop us. A proces involving many people, can sometimes seem uncertain and without direction. Elin contributed with calm and safety in a complicated proeces of change. The result is great and is definitely within the objectives of the project, to create new ideas and learn new skills. The precondition for big projects of innovation, is that the person running the proces (here: Elin Fredrikson) has the professional competence and maybe even more so, the personal intergrity and kindness which is so important for the proces. Everybody was in on it, this is to a great extent because of Elins’ knowledge and personality, and that itself was of major importance for the result and later the implementation. Elin Fredrikson gets my highest recommendations...”

“Excellent - I belive in effect and posibility to carry on the results now! One great side-effect is that everyone can participate equally. It’s also a great team-building project, where we worked together in a different way  
Something is happening. It’s because you’ve been her to stir things up! It’s hard to be concrete, because as I see it we have created a whole new reality...there is another kind of life present.”

“Elin was very good at creating a prospering climate for cooperation, and she used her creative ideas to make results. Her competence as an actor was very clear by her creative way to communicate and mediate the plans and content of the project. In a competent manner she took initiative and led the project, organizing and de-briefing in the different parts of the project.”

“Elin is amazing! Using her personality and knowledge she managed to get all of us to be creative. The expercises she used made all of us feel part of the proces and inspried. She made us associate and write and think freely. Elin has an unusual capacity to make people feel confortable and challenge their comfort zone. She is present throughout the whole proces. She makes the beginners feel safe and at the same time she challenges the experienced.”