Todd Sedano

Fun at Sea Lecturer and Facilitator

Bio

Todd enjoys teaching creativity techniques for the everyday person. Each of us can learn to be more creative, more accepting of the present moment, and more adaptable to change.

For 11 years, Todd was the Director of the Software Engineering master program at Carnegie Mellon University. He taught engineers how to “improv”, by examining how they could be more spontaneous in their personal lives and on their professional projects. Todd hears from alumni that his improv courses were the best course of their masters program. Teaching creativity workshops at start-ups and established companies in Silicon Valley, Todd helps software developers to let go of preconceived ideas, perform divergent thinking, learn to experiment, and have fun in the process.

“There are people who prefer to say ‘yes’ and there are people who prefer to say ‘no’. Those who say ‘yes’ are rewarded by the adventures they have. Those who say ‘no’ are rewarded by the safety they attain” — Keith Johnstone (creator of improv for actors). Todd helps people who say ‘no’ to practice saying ‘yes.’

As a traveler, Todd likes creating plans, knowing where he is going, and having fun. But, a plan will only get you so far. Fixation on plans prevents the acceptance of the moment.

As Todd Sedano continues to manage software teams, he continues to refine his improv skills with his daughters.

Comments from latest Cruise passengers

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Totally fun and freeing! Positive outlook. Made me think about situations differently.

Opened my mind to new ideas. I want to make some changes in my life. It was fun!

I’d recommend these workshops to other cruisers. I loved thinking about how blessed we are to be with others and to enjoy our differences.

Helped me to free my thoughts and way of thinking: giving up control. I loved it. So much fun!

I would recommend these workshops to _any_ group since the material covered offers practical and effective methods for dealing with real-life situations. In sum, there’s no preaching, only practicing!

Most Recent Cruise

Celebrity Equinox Caribbean April 2022

Recent Talks

ESEM 2016 – Cuidad Real, Spain – https://alarcos.esi.uclm.es/eseiw2016/esem/

EASE 2016 – Limerick, Ireland – http://ease2016.lero.ie/

ICSE 2017 – Beunos Aires, Argentina – https://icse2017.gatech.edu/

Agile 2017 – Orlando FL, https://www.agilealliance.org/agile2017

Agile Camp 2018 – https://agilecamp.org/2018/northwest/

Agile 2018 – San Diego, CA – https://www.agilealliance.org/agile2018

Agile 2019 – Washington DC – https://www.agilealliance.org/agile2019/

ICSE 2019 – Montréal, Canda – https://2019.icse-conferences.org/

Presentations

1. Creativity Workshop Series

Finding Adventure on the Ship – Turning a sea day into a fun day. Discover fun techniques you can do to be more present while on the ship.

Finding Adventure at the Next Port – Already been there and staying on the boat? Change up your next port day by getting off the ship. Content works for new travelers too.

Finding Adventure Back at Home – Bring creativity techniques back home and incorporate them into your daily routines.

Letting Go of Control – Let’s face it, we aren’t in control of the universe. Let’s discover fun ways of accepting our limitations.

2. Improv for Cruisers Workshop Series

Improv: Spontaneity and Giving Gifts – Introduces the participant to simple improv exercises for building creativity skills

Improv: Saying YES! No Blocking – This workshop examines how we deny the offers presented to us, how blocking an offer restricts our creativity, and how to convert rejection into an offer.

Improv: Your Imagination – Space Objects – This workshop introduces our ability to visualize imaginary objects and treat them as if they were real.

Improv: Sharing Control – This workshop examines the sharing of control. Sharing is different from give and take. We’re accustomed to people leading and people following. While improvising we are sharing control and no one is in charge at any point in time.

Improv: Playing with Language – This workshop plays with gibberish, and how we can communicate with one another even when we don’t speak the same language.

Improv: Playing with Status – This workshop examines the expression of status, how status can change, and how we can use status to help others

Improv: Endowments – This workshop examines how improvisers start a scene by looking at the Characters, Relationships, Objectives, and Location of a scene.

Improv: Playing Characters – In this workshop, participants play with movement, create characters in groups, and ends with pretending to be different characters.

Improv: Telling Stories Together via a Narrative – This workshop teaches the fundamentals of storytelling and illustrates how we can generate stories spontaneously.

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