DER December Social: 2020 - The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous

Holiday Sweater Contests  — Winners Get $50 Visa Gift Cards 
Featuring Improviser Dane Fox-McGraw 
    
And now for something completely different! The DER Board invites the DER Community to come together on December 10th for a festive storytelling gathering to share about our good, bad, and ridiculous Covid-19 experiences from the past 12 months. Together we’ll discover how each of us has persevered during the pandemic and get to share personal stories in breakout room sessions. We’ll have our spirits lifted with some fun icebreakers facilitated by voice actor and improviser Dane Fox-McGraw, and we’ll pick two winners of our Holiday Sweater Contests for ‘most festive’ and ‘ugliest’ sweaters — each receives a $50 Visa Gift Card.

Zoom Room "Doors" Open at 4:15 PM for Networking!!

Comic Dane Fox-McGraw
We’re willing to go to any length to get our members to smile during these uncertain times, so we’ve invited voice actor and improviser Dane Fox-McGraw to our get together to help us break out of our Covid-19 funk and get connected.  Dane Fox-McGraw performs with the improv troupe Jurassic Pope every month on YouTube, and releases a would-you-rather podcast every week with his roommate called The PJC Cast.

Dane and his fellow improviser Adrean will lead a special breakout ice-breaker session that utilizes improv and theater games. This experience will be less about acting and more about feeling. The series of games will emphasise saying yes to ideas and feelings, particularly your own! The goal is to overcome overthinking and embrace everything each of us has to offer.
 

Holiday Sweater Contest
The categories are “Ugliest Holiday Sweater” and “Most Festive Holiday Sweater.” Come dressed for the holidays because we’re gonna deck the halls of Zoom with your unbelievable holiday fashion. Don’t hold back because we want to know how you really feel about spending the holidays sheltered-in-place style. Finalists will be nominated by DER board members and winners voted on by meeting participants.

Holiday Breakout Sessions
We know you just haven’t had enough quality time in Zoom breakout rooms so we’re creating some opportunities for everyone to reflect on the past twelve months and look ahead to the next twelve. From the comfort of your favorite pandemic chair we encourage you to express what’s on your mind and share your innermost pandemic warrior stories. This is a great opportunity to come together, share our experiences about the last year, enjoy the holiday seasons, and look ahead to 2021!

Breakout Session Questions

• What was your biggest professional accomplishment in response to Covid-19?
• What was the one professional resource or outcome you want/need in 2021?
• What was the most ridiculous thing that has happened to you during Covid-19?
• How much has Covid-19 impacted or reshaped your organizational planning and priorities for 2021?
• What was the one personal accomplishment you’re most proud of or the one hobby you picked up during Covid-19?
• If you were granted three wishes for 2021, what would you ask for and why?
• What are your holiday plans during the current shelter-in-place?

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Registration for this event is required.  The cost of the event is $10 for DER members and $20 for non-members.   (NOTE: To receive the discounted members' rate, you must sign in to your account before registering.)  Click here to join DER or renew your membership!!  Registration deadline is December 9th at 5 PM!

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Cancellation Policy: If you contact us to cancel your registration before the deadline (12/09 at 5pm), you may receive credit towards a future event. If you cancel your registration after the deadline, the payment will be considered a tax-deductible donation to DER. Thank you for your support!

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Venue:  This social event will be held on a virtual Zoom.  Final details will be sent to all registrants the evening before the event, 12/9 by 8 PM and a reminder the morning of to each registrant's email address from administrator@dersf.org.  Please be sure to check your SPAM or Junk folder for the Zoom information or contact administrator@dersf.org if you have NOT received an email with your event details and information the morning of our social event.