What is the Best Way to Predict the Future? Invent It: Activity Design Pathways, 2024 And Beyond!
In this capacity-building workshop, you will explore a variety of pathways through experiential activity design, including available materials, intended outcomes, clientbase, rules/constraints, and even timeframe. To succeed in this challenge, teams will leverage their shared lived experience, including knowledge, strengths, and new-found skills, to engage in the process of ideation, prototyping, playtesting/iteration, and the presentation of a final deliverable activity. The outcome of this workshop is a learned process by which you can embrace the future of experiential activity design to meet your as-yet unseen and unknown problems that will define our industry in the next decade.
As a result of their participation, the workshop attendees will be able to:
- Perfect their personal activity design practice through active engagement and real-time application of newfound processes and skills.
- Learn from and apply diverse perspectives and capacities to a real-time project while working as a newly formed team.
- Deliver a bespoke experiential activity that will include an original tool, facilitation curricula, and a debriefing process.
This session will be led by our pre-conference leaders, Trevor Dunlap & Matthew Broda.
Matthew Broda is an Associate Professor of adolescent and young adult education and chair of the Department of Education at The College of Wooster. His areas of expertise include instructional technology, curriculum design, and instructional methodologies, teacher leadership, experiential and adventure education, and professional development. He received his B.S. from Kent State University (1999), M.Ed. (2004) from Ashland University, and a Ph.D. (2007) from Kent State University. Prior to his work at the College, Matthew served as a K-12 curriculum and instruction specialist, and middle school science, social studies, and language arts teacher. Matthew has published and presented in numerous local, state, national and international venues on the use of experiential methodologies in teaching, learning, and student development. If you can't find him, chances are he and his wife Kristin, are out searching for the perfect stretch of gravel to ride.
Trevor Dunlap is a 1997 graduate of Wittenberg University with degrees in Elementary and Special Education. Trevor has published and presented in numerous local, state, and national venues on the use of experiential methodologies in building personal and organizational capacity. As Executive Director of Nuhop, Trevor is an innovative facilitator of experiential methodology who loves fostering creative environments where people can succeed through self-discovery and teamwork. His high energy and zeal creates a contagious atmosphere of transforming fun where people can develop a new appreciation of themselves and their peers. When not "working" Trevor can be found adventuring with his wife, Sarah, and their three amazing children - Ashton, Mattie, and Lydia.
Session Location: International Room