About the Applied Improvisation Network

The Applied Improvisation Network (AIN) was created in 2002 to bring together professionals with a keen interest in the study, practice, and teaching of applied improvisation. Initially, a group of 30 or so pioneering improvisers gathered for the first conference in San Diego.

Today, AIN is a global community, including nearly hundreds of members across numerous regional and local groups.

Our Vision:

The premier professional association for applied improvisation.

Our Purpose:

The Applied Improvisation Network (AIN) cultivates community and professional excellence within an international membership that applies the principles and skills of improvisation across individual, organizational, and global contexts.

Our Objectives:

AIN is organized to serve as a global network for all those who practice, study, and teach multiple facets of applied improvisation.

To promote the practice of applied improvisation
To support members and practitioners of applied improvisation
To develop methods of best practice
To connect our members to each other to foster collaborative working opportunities
To partner with organizations to promote and teach applied improvisation to their members

Our Beliefs

Improvisational practice has the power to improve the quality of human lives, communities, and organizational relationships
Play and spontaneity promote personal and professional growth and support innovation
Real collaboration is a valuable skill that helps organizational and group performance
Improvisation teaches generosity, cooperation, trust, and experimentation. This reduces anxiety, and releases creativity
These benefits are open to all people at any age, any walk of life, and especially to those who have never done it before!

OUR VOLUNTEERS

The AIN is a volunteer organization created by its members for its members. There are many people involved in our community. If you would like to contribute, send us an email to get in touch!

THE AIN BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The AIN Board exists to support the development of a strong network of practitioners of Applied Improvisation across a breadth of disciplines.

The Board meets monthly to discuss AIN issues. Past Board Meeting minutes.

Board members serve 2-year terms, and are nominated annually, by a proposer and seconder, both of whom must be AIN members. In the event that there are more nominees than open board spaces, elections are held across the AIN members present at the annual conference.

We have a maximum of 16 board members, with half the posts becoming vacant each year.

Current Board Members: