2019 AIN World Conference at Stony Brook

Come reaffirm—and celebrate!—what it means to act boldly without being a bully, so we can better confront today’s challenges and create the world we want to live in. In this workshop, you will playfully explore the differences between acting Aggressively, Passively, Passive-Aggressively, and Assertively and ultimately practice what we call Grounded Assertiveness.  

We all have assumptions, often hidden, about how we must behave in the world. Applied Improvisation is perfectly suited to bring those assumptions to light, explore and create with them, understand how context impacts our ability and willingness to be assertive, and consciously decide which of our behaviors we want to reinforce and which to reshape.
Esther and Caitlin will mix theories like Eric Berne’s Transactional Analysis/Parent-Adult-Child model with some Johnstone activities, among others. By the end of this workshop you will have tools to help others better understand assertiveness, be able to articulate the difference between aggressiveness and assertiveness, and have developed more self-awareness around ways to be in the world (and the conference!) with a sense of Grounded Assertiveness.