An extemporaneous education experiment! We're putting several carefree and foolish ASAE content leaders to the challenge of designing learning exercises on the spot, based on suggestions from the audience and other random elements. Come learn new ways of thinking, sharing, and presenting information—or just to think about professional development in a new way. As presented at the ASAE Great Ideas Conference on Monday, March 10, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando.

1. Whose Session is it Anyway?
Monday, March 10, 2014
Time: 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Hashtag: #ideas14 LM6
Sheri Jacobs, CAE Tracy King,CAE
DJ Johnson,CAE Greg Melia, CAE
Tom Morrison
Jeff Hurt

2. Please Welcome …
Mr. DJ Johnson IOM, CAE
Senior Manager, Membership
Drug Information Association
Ms. Tracy King MA, CAE
Associate Director, Education
American Academy of Neurology
Mr. Tom Morrison
Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Sheri Jacobs CAE
President and CEO, Avenue M Group

3. And …
FEATURING …
Mr. Jeff Hurt
EVP of Education and Engagement, Velvet Chainsaw Consulting
Mr. Greg Melia, CAE
ASAE
Chief Member & Volunteer Relations Officer

4. Welcome!
• The Rules!
• The Process!
• The Points!

5. Extreme Makeover –
Session Room Edition!
• Players: DJ, Sheri, Tom, and Tracy
• Judges: Jeff and Greg
• The Process:
– Using any tools and materials you may find, and
your creativity, brawn and power of persuasion
– Improve upon the learning environment here in
this session room.
– You have 360 seconds!

6. Extreme Makeover –
Session Room Edition!
• Judges: Jeff and Greg
• Points:
– DJ
– Sheri
– Tom
– Tracy
• Take-aways:
– Engaging all the senses
– Clear lines of sight
– Involve the participants

7. Curley’s Game
• Players: An audience member and Tracy
• Judges: Sheri and Jeff
• The Process:
– The audience member will select a chart
– As I am going over the introduction, Tracy will be
preparing
– At the signal, Tracy will have the stage
– She will have up to 180 seconds starting NOW!

8. Curley’s Game
Original uploader was
Triddle at en.wikipedia

9. Curley’s Game
• Judges: Sheri and Jeff
• Points: Tracy
• Take-aways:
– Slide Design – Must see it to learn!
– Concept communication – Focus on ONE or TWO
points.

10. Working the Audience
• Players: An audience member; DJ, Greg, Tom and
YOU!
• Judges: Tracy and Jeff
• The Process:
– The audience member will provide a phrase
– At the signal, Greg and DJ will have the stage
– The objective is to elicit the phrase
– This game will last 300 seconds starting NOW!

11. Working the Audience

12. Working the Audience
• Judges: Tracy and Jeff
• Points: DJ, Greg, Tom, and the Audience
• Take-aways:
– Thank and acknowledge
– Create visualization
– The power of Silence and What else

13. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
• Players:
– Sheri
– Tracy
• Judges:
– Tom and
Jeff
• Use a picture
to make a
point
• 300 Seconds

14. Photo credit: hebedesign on flickr

15. Whitney Museum Memberships
Insider Membership
• Invitation for 2 to a
Behind-the Scenes tour of
the Museum
• Exclusive presentation by
curatorial staff with Q&A
• Quarterly
recommendations from
curators and art insiders
on NYC events
Family Membership
• Whitney Kids Passport
• Free admission to family
programs
• 50% off all Stroller Tours
• Family guides for major exhibits

16. Family Membership
• Whitney Kids Passport
• Free admission to family programs
• 50% off all Stroller Tours
• Family guides for major exhibits

17. Insider Membership
• Invitation for 2 to a Behind-the
Scenes tour of the Museum
• Exclusive presentation by
curatorial staff with Q&A
• Quarterly recommendations
from curators and art insiders on
NYC events

18. The Whitney Museum

20. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
• Judges: Tom and Jeff
• Points: Sheri and Tracy
• Take-aways:
– Pique interest, humor
– The learning impact of words, words and pictures,
and just pictures

21. Stretch it out
• Players: Tom, DJ,
Audience members
• Judges: Sheri and Jeff
• The Process:
– Just listen to Tom!
– This game has
unlimited seconds.
Image credit: Toffehoff on Flickr

22. Stretch it out
• Judges: Sheri and Jeff
• The Points: Tom, DJ, Audience members
• Take-Aways:
– There is power in movement
– Analogies are not just word and pictures
– Have fun!

23. Pop Culture
• Players: All of you!
• Judges: All of us!
• The Process:
– Using the items on your table (and/or DJ’s table of
Fun), work with your table mates to develop a 60
second teaching exercise of an association
management concept!
– You have 480 seconds to design your exercise.

24. Pop Culture
• Judges: All of us!
• Points: All of you!
• The Points:
– Give participants a chance to try out what they
learned
– There is power in peer learning
– Helping people connect is important

25. Beat the Clock
• Players: the Audience and Greg
• Judges: Tom, Jeff, Tracy, DJ, and Sheri
• The Process:
– Greg is the presenter.
– All other players are timers.
– Once the last timer has sat down, Greg has 60
seconds to wrap up.
– Audience Selection: Russian Problem-Solving or
Membership Models

26. TRIZ – Nine Box
Current
Problem
Statement
Time
Level

27. TRIZ – Nine Box
Time
Level

28. •Family meals •More meals on
own
•Even kids can
make it
•No cookware
needed!
•Mostly fresh
ingredients
•1 hour
•Some fresh
ingredients
•15 minutes
•Shelf stable
•3.5 minutes
TRIZ – Nine Box
Time
Level

29. Beat the Clock
• Judges: Tom, Jeff, Tracy, DJ, and Sheri
• Points: The Audience, Greg
• Take-Aways:
– Think ahead on how you will adjust your
presentation if needed.
– Don’t read the entire list.

30. THANK YOU!

31. Contact Us
Mr. DJ Johnson IOM, CAE - Senior Manager, Membership
Drug Information Association, DJ.Johnson@diahome.org
Ms. Tracy King MA, CAE -- Associate Director, Education
American Academy of Neurology, tking@aan.com
Mr. Tom Morrison -- Chief Executive Officer
Metal Treating Institute, tom@heattreat.net
Ms. Sheri Jacobs CAE -- President and CEO
Avenue M Group, acobs@avenuemgroup.com
Mr. Jeff Hurt -- EVP of Education and Engagement
Velvet Chainsaw Consulting, jhurt@velvetchainsaw.com
Mr. Greg Melia, CAE – ASAE
Chief Member & Volunteer Relations Officer, gmelia@asaecenter.org