Culture
January 22nd, 2018
1. Emerging Adulthood There are five major rites of passage into adulthood in American culture. In other words, “when someone is an adult” is defined by these five events. These are debatable, however, for the majority of Americans these have remained consistent for the last 100 years or so. These five have crossed generations. They…
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February 4th, 2014
I keep getting the same question on Twitter. As a matter of fact, it isn’t just specific to social media, I get asked this all of the time in real life too. People constantly ask me what #LiveYourList means. Like seriously dude, why do you use that hashtag all of the time? When did you…
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March 13th, 2013
Leadership Man/Woman is a perfect way to implement a Full Value Contract with your group while discussing leadership characteristics, group social norms, and engaging activity. Number of Participants: 7-15 per piece of butcher paper Time: 20-30 minutes Activity Level: Low Props: 7-8 feet of butcher paper per group, and colorful markers Objective: To discuss and…
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February 8th, 2013
Ever wondered what your participants thought was the most important reason for picking a college? College Admission’s Rank ‘Em will start the conversation amongst students about the different reasons for deciding on a future college. Number of Participants: You can use this activity with any size group, but to help with ease of communication, try…
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September 13th, 2012
This last Saturday I traveled to beautiful Stillwater, OK to interact with Student Support Services Students at Oklahoma State University. Early in the day we worked on leadership, camaraderie, and communication. After a great lunch and Dreamers of Dreams.” Check out our prezi below: [gigya src=”http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” allowFullScreenInteractive=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” width=”550″ height=”400″ bgcolor=”#ffffff” flashvars=”prezi_id=3a247639a85e3ad8a62f70af46b88c3cf6a6080b&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0″] I…
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May 18th, 2012
Pinterest. It is as awesome as Russell Westbrook’s glasses. The online scrap-booking site has created waves since it was created in 2010, and has since elbowed its way into the social media elite, becoming one of the top 3 social media sites on the interweb. Just this year, Pinterest had 2 million more unique visitor…
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April 22nd, 2012
My wonderful wife Kristin is celebrating her birthday today! If you know her, you know you lucky I am to have her in my life. She keeps me grounded, supports me, loves me, and is considerably out of my league. Below is a picture of Kristin feeding a kangaroo some Cheetos. Happy birthday sweetheart, I…
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April 20th, 2012
Twitter. It is huge. If you aren’t on Twitter you should be, it just may be taking over the world. The social media site is used as a marketing tool, to spread news, to entertain, and even has even changed the world. Of all the things I like about Twitter (including all the live tweets…
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January 14th, 2012
I love YouTube. It is an excellent mix of powerful informative videos and clips of hilarious cats. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8] I love watching cats and instructions to facilitate the activities. Here is one of my favorite icebreaker videos, Human Javelin, by the fine folks at Ultimate Camp Resource. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwpKzm8Ksqk] Take some time, check…
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January 1st, 2012
Welcome to 2012! How was your 2011? My 2011 was awesome, and of course started Experiential Adventure. Cuba 2011 With the sun setting on 2011, I have caught myself dreaming and dreams will I aspire to achieve in the next 366 days? (You have an extra day to accomplish your goals this year.) 2012 Resolutions:…
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