{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6659e11b025d64001230d31f/67d72cf234deae95a5f7e062?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Joe Bill--Legendary Chicago Improviser, Teacher and Sage!!","description":"<p>Joe Bill is widely regarded as one of the best teachers of&nbsp;Improvisation in America today.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>He is one of the founding members of Annoyance Theater Chicago, was the Director of Corporate Training at iO Chicago for 15 years, and a Teacher &amp; Guest Artist in Residence at The Second City Conservatory &amp; Training Center for another 15 years. Joe first practiced improvisation in 1977 and studied and worked with Del Close from 1985 through the mid 90’s.</p><p><br></p><p>Joe is also a Senior Facilitator for The Ariel Group, specializing in Leadership &amp; Personal Presence and Storytelling for Business People.&nbsp;He was the Master Facilitator of the Western U.S. for Ferrazzi Greenlight in their Trusted Advisor Initiative with General Motors from 2015-2016.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>His clients range from C Level to new hires, in a number of vastly different industries.&nbsp;He is just as comfortable coaching Creative Teams, Corporate Leaders, and Television Stars as he is coaching Engineers, Analysts, and Actuaries.</p><p><br></p><p>Joe has also been touring internationally as an improvisational performer, teacher, and director for more than 20 years.&nbsp;You can reach him at integratedimprovisation.com. He also has a book coming out soon, called, \"Maybe It's Your Fault.\" Our conversation ranged from basketball theory to CageMatch victories! Don't miss this one!</p>","author_name":"Chris Hall"}