{"id":1242,"date":"2021-01-06T11:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/notes\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2021-04-12T15:43:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:43:45","slug":"friday-will-be-fun-even-if-it-doesnt-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/2021\/01\/friday-will-be-fun-even-if-it-doesnt-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday will be fun! (Even if it doesn’t snow)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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<\/strong> we have been planning for almost a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zoom workshop is currently scheduled for 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, <\/strong>and it’s open to all faculty and staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m tempted to further emphasize the fun factor with extra !!!!!<\/em>, but it’s starting to feel like I’m selling enforced fun, which is …. never fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I will just say this workshop is nothing to be scared of … and it could change your life. No bigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime — while I’m obsessively refreshing the WDBJ weather maps<\/em> — please enjoy this 10-minute TEDx talk<\/a>, which is highly recommended by Ami Trowell, who will be facilitating our workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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