Ep. 84 - Antonio Ocampo-Guzman: Designing Improv Classes for Business&Computer Science Students - a podcast by Peter Margaritis, CPA & C-Suite Radio

I’m really excited to introduce you all to Antonio Ocampo-Guzman, an actor, director, author, and theater teacher originally from Bogotá, Colombia. He is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University, where he teaches all levels of acting, voice, and improvisation – but not just to theater students. 
Antonio has developed a number of courses for non-theater students to help people develop their “soft skills,” or interpersonal communication skills – but, as listeners to this podcast know, those skills can be very hard to comprehend and practice. 
“When you bring people back to playfulness in theater, they rediscover a childlike sense of innocence, playfulness, winningest, and generosity – which makes life much easier.” 
Antonio designed the first one of these courses about five years ago, for the business school. Shortly thereafter, Dean Carla Brodley asked him to design a similar course for the computer science program. 
After a short pilot period, it became a required class for every single undergraduate student majoring in Computer and Information Science at Northeastern. 
“You’re only alive and compelling when there’s a disruption. The status quo only perpetuates injustices and inequalities… and Improv is all a disruption.” 
 Resources:
Learn more about Antonio: camd.northeastern.edu/theatre/people/antonio-ocampo-guzmanConnect with Antonio on LinkedIn
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