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Keynote Speaker
National Louis University Graduation 2008
Schedule A Workshop Today!
Sessions are custom designed to meet your education/business needs.
Humor is a Funny Thing (1 hour)
Include some fun in your day! This session will affirm participants
in the practice of humor, not only as a personal tool to optimize a healthy life style, but to maximize the benefits of humor
in learning. Research indicates that the positive emotions nurture creativity, increase memory retention and support
an optimal learning environment. If you love laughter, this session is for you
Using Humor to Maximize Learning
(3-4 hours)
The purpose of this session is to affirm, sustain
and encourage individuals in the practice of humor not only as a personal tool to optimize a healthy life style, but
to maximize the benefits of humor in education. These benefits include current research-based data
on the use of humor to nurture creativity, to increase the capacity for memory retention, to support an optimal learning environment
and to build safe communities that reflect the relational trust necessary for collaborative learning. This session uses Mary
Kay's book, Using Humor to Maximize Learning as the text for this workshop.
Research Causes Cancer in Rats;
Infusing Humor into Learning
(2 hours)
What is humor exactly? How do you get a sense of humor? Once you find yours, how
do you use it to maximize learning? If it is so important, why is it rarely mentioned
in teacher preparation without some clues for finding and using it? Cognitive research on
positive emotionality reveals the benefits that humor provides in maximizing a healthy lifestyle and increasing productivity. Participants will complete a humor styles inventory and practice increasing
their individual sense of humor.
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