I’ve been following the snow buzz very closely this week, as this “wintry intrigue” may interfere with the Improv for Teaching and Learning workshop we have been planning for almost a year.
The Zoom workshop is currently scheduled for 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, and it’s open to all faculty and staff.
I’m tempted to further emphasize the fun factor with extra !!!!!, but it’s starting to feel like I’m selling enforced fun, which is …. never fun.
So I will just say this workshop is nothing to be scared of … and it could change your life. No bigs.
I have even created a link to automagically add it to your Outlook calendar, because we should all be formally scheduling our joyful, life-changing moments.
And if we are snowed out, welp, we’ll just have to roll with it and reschedule, which is exactly what improv helps us do: Roll with the inevitable hiccups of life with more creativity and grace and less cussing.
In the meantime — while I’m obsessively refreshing the WDBJ weather maps — please enjoy this 10-minute TEDx talk, which is highly recommended by Ami Trowell, who will be facilitating our workshop.
I explain more about the workshop backstory here:
- Want to be more creative? Join our Improv session during in-service
- Falling in love in a time of fear
Hope to see you Friday!
— Stephanie Ogilvie Seagle
Shelley Lyons is glad to be back on campus as she is a Virginia Western alum, and has served as the Administrative Officer for Grants Administration at Virginia Western since early 2022. Prior to VWCC, her career focus was within the Human Services and Arts fields. She wrote her first grant in 1996 on a whim and has continued to plan and learn since that time. She most enjoys seeing a well-planned project come to fruition, where funder, project manager and beneficiaries can all feel success and see impact.