FISH!FISH!Tracy GegleinTracy Geglein

Kathy WatkinsKathy Watkins

Ivy Tech Community CollegeIvy Tech Community College

Madison/LawrenceburgMadison/Lawrenceburg

FISH!FISH!Tracy GegleinTracy Geglein

Kathy WatkinsKathy Watkins

Ivy Tech Community CollegeIvy Tech Community College

Madison/LawrenceburgMadison/Lawrenceburg

What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?

What Is Your Favorite Chocolate? What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?

1.1. Mr. GoodbarMr. Goodbar

2.2. KrackelKrackel

3.3. Hershey’s Milk Hershey’s Milk ChocolateChocolate

4.4. Hershey’s Extra Hershey’s Extra DarkDark

5.5. SnickersSnickers

Mr. GoodbarMr. GoodbarMr. GoodbarMr. Goodbar

LogicalLogicalAnalyticalAnalyticalPlay devil’s advocatePlay devil’s advocateSee all possibilitiesSee all possibilitiesWhat if?What if?Hate deadlinesHate deadlinesRule orientedRule orientedStructure and orderStructure and orderHate surprisesHate surprisesProcrastinatorProcrastinator

LogicalLogicalAnalyticalAnalyticalPlay devil’s advocatePlay devil’s advocateSee all possibilitiesSee all possibilitiesWhat if?What if?Hate deadlinesHate deadlinesRule orientedRule orientedStructure and orderStructure and orderHate surprisesHate surprisesProcrastinatorProcrastinator

KrackelKrackelKrackelKrackel

CreativeCreative

OptimisticOptimistic

Messy, but organizedMessy, but organized

Off-beatOff-beat

Friendly and outgoingFriendly and outgoing

Willling to helpWillling to help

Like surprisesLike surprises

Like flexibility and Like flexibility and changechange

CreativeCreative

OptimisticOptimistic

Messy, but organizedMessy, but organized

Off-beatOff-beat

Friendly and outgoingFriendly and outgoing

Willling to helpWillling to help

Like surprisesLike surprises

Like flexibility and Like flexibility and changechange

Hersheys Milk ChocolateHersheys Milk ChocolateHersheys Milk ChocolateHersheys Milk Chocolate

All AmericanAll AmericanLove baseball, Mom Love baseball, Mom and apple pieand apple pieCheerleaderCheerleaderGood PR personGood PR personKind and thoughtfulKind and thoughtfulRemember birthdaysRemember birthdaysOthers turn to you for Others turn to you for help help playfulplayful

All AmericanAll AmericanLove baseball, Mom Love baseball, Mom and apple pieand apple pieCheerleaderCheerleaderGood PR personGood PR personKind and thoughtfulKind and thoughtfulRemember birthdaysRemember birthdaysOthers turn to you for Others turn to you for help help playfulplayful

Hershey’s Extra DarkHershey’s Extra DarkHershey’s Extra DarkHershey’s Extra Dark

PatientPatientThoughtfulThoughtfulIndividualistIndividualistProblem solverProblem solverFinisherFinisherWorks well with difficult Works well with difficult peoplepeopleDependableDependableLoyalLoyalResourcefulResourcefulGood grant writerGood grant writer

PatientPatientThoughtfulThoughtfulIndividualistIndividualistProblem solverProblem solverFinisherFinisherWorks well with difficult Works well with difficult peoplepeopleDependableDependableLoyalLoyalResourcefulResourcefulGood grant writerGood grant writer

SnickersSnickersSnickersSnickers

HumorousHumorous

Fun-lovingFun-loving

Practical jokerPractical joker

Everyone loves you!Everyone loves you!

SassySassy

OutgoingOutgoing

You love party You love party gamesgames

HumorousHumorous

Fun-lovingFun-loving

Practical jokerPractical joker

Everyone loves you!Everyone loves you!

SassySassy

OutgoingOutgoing

You love party You love party gamesgames

The Name GameThe Name Game

What barriers have you faced in the What barriers have you faced in the classroom?classroom?

Choose your attitudeThere is always a choice about the way you do

your work, even if there not a choice about the work itself

Need courage to chooseAct “World Famous”When you are doing what you are doing, who

are you being?

“Choose your attitude” means:

Decid

e you hate

your c

la..

My w

ay or t

he highway!

I am in

contro

l of m

y att...

Can I go home now?

25% 25%25%25%1. Decide you hate your class from day 1.

2. My way or the highway!

3. I am in control of my attitude.

4. Can I go home now?

PlayHave a good time in a respectful mannerCreate shared experiences.

“PLAY” Means:

Your turn

to deal!

RECESS

!

Mess

with th

eir minds.

Have

a good time.

25% 25%25%25%

1. Your turn to deal!

2. RECESS!

3. Mess with their minds.

4. Have a good time.

Make Their DayEngage your customers/studentsWelcome them to join in the funCreate a constant flow of positive

feelingsCreate an atmosphere of inclusion

“Make their day” means:

Everyo

ne in th

e pool!

Engag

e students!

We are going h

ome ear..

Just

by you sh

owing up.

25% 25%25%25%1. Everyone in the pool!

2. Engage students!

3. We are going home early tonight.

4. Just by you showing up.

Be PresentAct as if you are long lost friendsPeople must find their own way to

discover the Fish! PhilosophyThrough the learning process-they have

time to internalize the experience

“Be Present” means:

Dress

in ribbons a

nd bows.

I’m here

…we can st

art now.

Are w

e getting o

ut early

...

I’m engage

d and attentive.

25% 25%25%25%1. Dress in ribbons and bows.

2. I’m here…we can start now.

3. Are we getting out early tonight?

4. I’m engaged and attentive.

Fish ThoughtsOur responsibility to build a better

workplace-a place we love to be inThings won’t get better-until we choose

to make them betterWe have power over the kind of place we

create

Personal ApplicationEvaluate you own Toxic Energy Dump-

physical, emotional, social, professionalCreate Personal Confidence Audit-What

have you chosen in past 6 months ?

How To Change Your AttitudeTowards students? Co workers?Stay? Leave? Don’t let them bother you?

Change your style to match theirs?Assess your own work/play ratioAre you part of the problem or solution?

QUESTIONS

Let’s Fish!Let’s Fish!

This presentation was:

1. Awesome

2. Fun

3. Smelled like FISH !

4. Exciting