
This article features Hilary Blair and was published in Law Week Colorado on August 1, 2011.
“You’re playing,” Hilary Blair said to me as I walked into her acting class for business professionals… An observer by trade, I wasn’t prepared to yell out how I was feeling, or to act out a marriage proposal in front of 30 other classmates I barely knew.
But there’s no better way to understand improvisation, or improv, an acting technique used by attorneys and other business professionals to improve public speaking skills, collaborate better with colleagues, and refine the art of persuasion.