Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION -- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION ONE: PRINCIPLES -- 1. THE PRINCIPLES -- 2. TRUST -- 3. SPONTANEITY -- 4. ACCEPTING OFFERS -- 5. LISTENING AND AWARENESS -- 6. STORYTELLING -- 7. PERFORMING WITH PRESENCE -- SECTION TWO: ACTIVITIES -- INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTIVITIES -- ACTIVITIES: -- Accept This! -- Ask a Silly Question -- Awareness Quiz -- Ball Ball -- Ball Toss -- Blindfold Walk -- But Versus And -- Character Creation -- Circle Mirror -- Classic Mirror -- Color/Advance -- Conducted Narrative -- Conversation Weave -- Declare Yourself -- Elimination Lists -- Emotional Meeting -- Expert Interviews -- Gibberish Press Conference -- Giving Gifts -- Group Counting -- Hum Circle -- I Failed! -- Idea Circle -- Invisible Balls -- Neutral Status Scene -- One-Sided Scene -- One-Word-at-a-Time Exercises -- Paired Drawing -- Picture Math -- Picture Poetry -- Safety Zone -- Slap Pass -- Speaking in Unison -- Speech Tag -- Spontaneous Marketing -- Stats -- Status Cards -- Status Demo -- Status Pass -- Story Exchange -- Story of Your Name -- Story Seeds -- The Story Spine Story -- Story Visioning -- True or False -- Vision Weaving -- Warm-Up: Physical and Vocal -- Word Drill -- Word Patterns -- You're Out -- ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES -- Three Things in Common -- The 300-Year-Gap Conversation -- Billy, Billy, Bop -- Gesture Pass -- Metaphor Builder -- The Observation Game -- Read My Mind -- Rope! -- String of Pearls Storytelling -- Superheroes -- APPENDIX -- ACTIVITIES/IMPROV TOPICS -- ACTIVITIES/TRAINING USES -- ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES -- ENDNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.