Advantage Improv co-founders Lee Godden and Bob Doll
first met on stage during
a Southern California charity event featuring two
well-known improvisational comedy troupes. Chatting
backstage during a break, Lee and Bob discovered
they shared similar backgrounds. In addition to a passion
for improvisation, they both had
successful careers as business leaders (Lee in high
technology sales management, and Bob in publishing finance
management)
and years of experience as organizational trainers and
conference speakers.
Lee and Bob performed together
at a TEDx event. The following year they co-delivered their
improvisation-based message again at TEDx.
In 2014 Lee and Bob launched Advantage Improv. Their goal:
to help organizations and individuals boost communication
effectiveness by experiencing applied improvisation in fun,
interactive and educational events. Shortly after launching
their start-up, Lee and Bob were joined by Dan
Jablons and Robin McNatt, and most recently Viki Johnston...
all of whom are well-respected organizational trainers
with strong improvisation skills.
Now in 2024 Advantage Improv celebrates 10 years as
Southern California's highest-rated team building company.
We continue
to grow by earning the
trust of organizational customers (many of whom hire us
again and again) including
Microsoft, Cisco, Deloitte, Coca-Cola, Ernst & Young,
LinkedIn, Sony, CVS, Johnson & Johnson, Zillow, Beckman Coulter,
Siemens, Pacific Life, Medtronic, Verizon, Adobe, Capital Group, Taco Bell,
Ingram Micro, Niagara Bottling, MobilityWare, SYSPRO
and
Edwards Lifesciences.
Conference and event planners rely on Advantage Improv,
including
the Mountain Travel Symposium, the National
Human Resources Association, Destination Irvine, Meeting
Professionals International and
the
Restaurant Facility Management Association.
Nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations (for whom we
offer a 20% discount) love Advantage Improv, including
Providence,
CalOptima,
Irvine Unified School District
and
Five Acres. Advantage Improv also has
higher education programs (for either faculty/staff or
students) that have been utilized by
Chapman University,
the University of
California, California State University and the
University of San Diego.
Enjoy watching this 2-minute video of Advantage Improv in action! The customer hired
Advantage Improv to develop and deliver a fun and
educational team building
event for
300 employees at their annual meeting, following the CEO's annual keynote address. Toward the end of this short video you'll hear comments from audience participants
about how they intend to apply the improvisation-based communication skills
they had just learned.
