Getting to the Ah Ha Moment

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Getting to the Ah Ha! Moment Presented by
Tracy A. Wilson, BS, LBSW MidMichigan Health
Services Houghton Lake, MI
Using Creative Applications to Help Audiences
Process Information
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What is an Ah-ha! moment?
Intellectual mind emotional mind physical
body all agree! GET IT Results in good
emotions, physical sense of relief, happiness,
joy or resolution.
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Do we pursue Ah-ha moments?

• Sometimes we seek them as-
• part of a resolution
• while making a decision, or
• they can catch us by surprise

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Ah-Ha! Moments are the priceless moments in
lifethey are the times when we look at the past
and future and appreciate the present.
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• Ah-Ha Moments I have experienced as a
  facilitator
• Second Grade Parent Teacher Conferences
• OMGMy dad is Gold
• True Parenting Impact

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How do we get to an Ah-ha moment?

• Application of what we already know (Brightening)
  
• Ah ha! moments are moments of clarity
• state of confusion, or
• be open to better understanding

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• Ah ha! moments happen
• when we seek help
• when we are willing to admit we dont have all
  the answers!
• whether we pursue them or not
• differently for each person.

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CaptureNot Create
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How Do You Get all Colors to the Ah-Ha! Moments?
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• Make your program interactive
• Look for and recognize colored behavior
• Capture and re-tell Ah-Ha! Moments (with
  permission)
• You dont have to do four different
  activitiesyou just have to demonstrate how four
  different colors process the activity

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Break Out Session Indentify stories about Ah
Ha! Moments that have happened in your True
Colors sessions. Report Out. (Worksheet)
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Review of Ah Ha! Moments As we look at the list
of Ah Ha! Moments you have accumulated, can you
see a pattern as to what types of Ah Ha! Moments
each color has? What can we learn about Ah Ha!
Moments for each color group?
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WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?

• Gold

• Blue

• Orange

• Green

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Common Thread For Gold The Organization, The
Priorities, The Plan (or the lack there of!)
Do it my way.
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Common Thread for Green Why are we doing this?
Analyze This!! What are the possibilities?
Why do we do it this way?
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Common Thread for Blue The Relationships,
People, How Will A Person Feel?
Why dont we all just get along?
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Common Thread For Orange The Effect, The
Action, The Fun!!
Why dont we all just get a long neck?
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• So What Can I Do?
• Give them a Process
• Capture the Moments
• Evaluate your presentations

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PROCESS Brightening Activities that allow them
to apply information they already know.
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Watch for True Colors EVERYWHERE then use samples
to demonstrate your points.
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Your Team must identify the most important
criteria that employees must meet In order to
earn a Merit Raise.
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As a youth leader you might be called on to
create an activity that can be used to break the
ice. The activity will help group members relax
and get to know each other. As a group, create
an ice breaker and report out.
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???? TRUE PERFECTION????
Can you create a PERFECT Color combination? Your
assignment is to create the perfect Person. As a
group Using the pieces available, create a
perfect color Person by choosing his/her head,
body, hands, arms, legs and feet from the color
you think is most appropriate. You MUST use all
four colors and you will have to report out and
explain why you chose the colors you did for each
body part.
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Your color group must write a classified ad in
your color. Prepare the ad so that it is ready
for the newspaper.
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Color Blind World
On the poster board design the perfect city by
color group. What is in your city? What does it
feel like? Who lives there? Report Out!
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Capture Activities that let them package what
they have learned and take it with them.
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Activity OneBrightening Our Colors

• In The Art Book At Your Colors Table Answer The
  Following Questions.
• What are my colors
• STRENGTHS,
• WEAKNESSES,
• What gives us Joy?
• and
• What Stresses Us Out?

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Complete the The True Colors of My Team.
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My Family
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Activity 3-Affirmations
On the index card you were given, write your name
and color then pass the card to another person in
your group. On the card write one or two positive
statements about that person. Pass the cards and
write on each until you get your own back.
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Birds Eye View
What is your groups Brightest Color? What is the
weakest? Where might conflict occur?
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Vanity Plate

• On the work sheet, as a group,
• design the perfect, customized License Plate for
  your color.

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• EVALUATE
• Is your presentation serving all four colors?
• Does your evaluation help your audience process
  information?
• Does your evaluation capture Ah-ha! Moments?

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• So What Can I Do to get my audience to the Ah Ha!
  Moment?
• Give them a Process
• Capture the Moments
• Evaluate Your Presentations

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Please Complete the Program Evaluation!
Thank You!