Colby Moss, Sacramento State

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• Colby Moss, Sacramento State

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Please Dont Take Notes

• http//www.csus.edu/housing/oncampus/rha/index.stm
  

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So What is Survivor?

• Survivor is a true all night event based around
  the competitive spirit of your residents.
• Recommended start time is 6pm with registration
  and it has concluded anywhere from 1am to 4am.
• The participation allowance is from 30-80 people
• You will average 6 teams but that is variable on
  your attendance
• You then will run your six teams through a
  variety of challenges in order to determine a
  final team winner

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What is Survivor Cont.

• From there you will split your final team into
  individuals and they will battle it out for a
  final grand prize
• Your prize is usually extravagant, example 200
  dollar gift certificate to the mall or tickets to
  go skydiving
• Your planning time is on average 6 weeks with
  once a week meetings
• Budget for all events including prize is 400
  dollars
• The easiest way to pull this off is if you have
  6-8 RAs

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What are the Strengths of the Program?

• It is amazingly fun to put together
• Its super easy to advertise for
• You get to see your residents do amazing things
• You will create a tradition in your area that
  your residents will beg to be repeated

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How to get started

• Develop a theme ex Legends of the Hidden Temple
• Think up your programs
• Assign leaders for each program
• Pick a date

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How to do Promotion and Sign-ups

• Use already known information to help your cause
• Direct them to sign up at your front desks way
  ahead of time in order to estimate your
  participation
• A large butcher paper sign, and mail box stuffers
  as reminders work great
• Talk it Up!

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How to do Registration

• Reference your binder of people already
  registered
• Do a round to help gather people
• Split people into teams randomly, use pieces of
  fabric
• Encourage people to grab their friends, the
  higher the participation the better
• Have them sign waivers (This is a must)
• Have them sign photo releases

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Examples of Programs inside Survivor

• How MacGyver are you?
• Scavenger Hunt
• Eating Challenge
• Ice Block Melting
• Red Light Green Light
• Pool Relay
• Reward Challenge (this is really fun at the end)
• Snakes in the Water
• Knowledge Run

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The Torture Room

• The torture gives you time between events
• It keeps them busy
• Its a chance for you to be as creative as
  possible
• Examples
• When someone sneezes everyone has to do the YMCA
• At all times a boom box plays Its Raining Men
  on repeat
• Have them play the human knot game
• Random coloring

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How to throw them through a loop

• Switch up the teams
• Ways to do it
• Eye Game
• Rock Paper Scissors
• Randomly put scarves in a box

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What are the difficulties

• Highly Complex
• Organization Needed
• Needs High participation
• A large amount of work
• Stable Budget

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Things to Remember

• There is no voting, we only want people to be
  eliminated on merit not because of popularity.
• This is a fun event, allow them to have fun
• Enter and Exit with a positive attitude
• Have as much fun as the residents do
• Dont be afraid to change things on the fly
• Use your other RAs for support

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Example Calendar
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Example Schedule
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Example Schedule Cont.