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It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Needs $3000…
JS and I had the ideas, the skills, and the excitement to help this idea of a course come to life. What we didn’t have was the $3000.00 to purchase the games and materials. JS and I put off this step of our course development as late as we possibly could while still being able…
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What is NASAGA?
We will be talking a bit about NASAGA over the course of this blog. NASAGA has had a tremendous impact on us (and our ideas and methods for creating the class as well as other aspects of our work.) So, I feel we should introduce what NASAGA is. NASAGA is the North American Simulation and…
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Wait, there’s a name for this?
As much as I would like to claim that JS and I are super famous researchers (NOT!), it is important to situate our philosophical foundation for the course and giving credit where credit is due. We used 4 main philosophical views to build our course. (Although, JS would say we just made it and named…
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Curriculum Wizarding
“Here is a map for your journey. This map will guide you to scenarios where you will gain experience points by conquering a newer field of gamifying leadership concepts. At the end of your journey, you will find a treasure beyond any physical reward– an inspired group of undergraduate students that go forth into the world to…
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Why We Chose What We Chose
So-we had a concept for a class. As Bethany discussed we used the spider web concept shown in her post to come up with the original concept and the grid to come up with the layout. Part of all of that was what leadership concepts do we want to cover and what games work to get…
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Step 0: Going From Concept to Creation
Once upon a time, a man had an idea. The man pondered the idea over and over again for many years until a Fairy Grad Student *poofed* into the man’s office. The Fairy Grad Student waved her magic wand and the Tabletop Games & Leadership Course was completed. Okay, so maybe the creation of this…
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Tabletop Games & Leadership FAQ
There are several questions that I’ve received about the idea of this class from the earliest conception to now. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions I’ve received. Tabletop games? Like ping pong? Or what? Not like ping pong or billiards or air hockey or whatever. (I’m not joining the ongoing debate on…
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Tabletop Games & Leadership
When you study leadership and work on leadership related activities, soon many things in your life become about leadership. I remember walking into the store to buy Marvel’s The Avengers on Blu-Ray and thinking “I could use this in my Emerging Leaders class to discuss Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development.” I started picturing all the scenes I could…
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