7:00-8:00 AM		Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions
7:30-8:45 AM		Breakfast Together with Food-for-Thought Fun Table Topics
8:45-9:00 AM		Wonderful Warm-Up, Wake-Up, Welcome to the Day Joel and Margie
9:00-10:15 AM	Keynote	LOL: Legacy of Laughter: A Playful, Powerful Panel Moderated by Lucie Arnaz and Sponsored by TV Land The mission of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center is to preserve and celebrate the legacy of the First Couple of Comedy and enrich the world through the healing powers of love and laughter. Lucie notes, "As the children of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, my brother Desi and I searched for a way to explore, extend, and celebrate the global impact that our parents created through their I Love Lucy television show. To teach and try to understand humor and the power it has always held to heal the human spirit, we have created Legacy of Laughter (LOL) panel discussions." The HUMOR Project is delighted to host this spirit-lifting, thought-provoking panel at our conference. Lucie will moderate the panel, which includes a number of our world-class conference speakers. This session will begin with the clip from I Love Lucy that generated the longest laugh in TV history. We will then introduce Lucie, who will accept the Laughtime Achievement Award on behalf of her parents. You are in for a triple LOL experience this morning: Laughing Out Loud while Learning Out Loud about the Legacy of Laughter. Lucie Arnaz has had an extremely diversified career spanning over 40 years in show business! She began her long livelihood in a recurring role on TV on The Lucy Show, opposite her mother, Lucille Ball. At age 15, she became a series regular on Here's Lucy, which ran for six seasons. She starred in her own series, The Lucie Arnaz Show and later in the critically acclaimed Sons & Daughters on CBS. On the big screen, Lucie has starred in many films- including with Neil Diamond and Sir Laurence Olivier in The Jazz Singer (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination). Her long list of stage credits includes Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and They're Playing Our Song, for which she received The Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle, Theatre World and Outer Critic's Circle Awards. In addition to touring the U.S. and abroad with her wonderful nightclub act, Lucie and her husband produced the EMMY Award-winning documentary Lucy & Desi: A Home Movie, which has aired on NBC, A&E, and Nickelodeon. Lucie and her brother, Desi Arnaz, Jr., executive produced the I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special, which aired on CBS and received an EMMY nomination (I Love Lucy, the most popular sitcom ever on TV, has been shown in 77 countries in 22 languages- according to TV Guide, it is aired 24 hours a day, seven days a week, somewhere in the world). Lucie is the past President of the Board of Directors of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center. She is mother to three beautiful and talented children in addition to being stepmother to two sons... it is these credits of which Lucie is most proud.
10:15 AM		You Deserve a Break Today
10:45 AM		Concurrent Sessions: Round One Please indicate on the registration form your first choice to attend from the following 6 sessions.
10:45 AM	1	Humor 101: Taking Serious Things Humorously and Humor Seriously Dr. Joel Goodman Back by popular demand, this FUNomenal session offers workable wit and wisdom to help you: (1)Focus on the nature of humor through the brilliant Steve Allen Principle for finding fun/seeking smiles in otherwise serious reality; (2)Understand how humor can enrich (and save) your life (potent personal, interpersonal, and professional payoffs); (3)Nurture your own and others' senses of humor by playfully practicing the art of laughing at yourself... and by knowing the difference between tonic humor and toxic humor. Using a delightful blend of examples and energizers, this fast-paced, fun-filled session by the founder of The HUMOR Project is the best overview of the humor field for health care and helping professionals, educators, speakers, trainers, businesspeople, and folks from other walks, hops, skips, and jumps of life. As an extra bonus, Joel will share five of his finest FUNtastic laughing lessons garnered from his 30+ years with The HUMOR Project. Dr. Joel Goodman, founder and Director of The HUMOR Project, is a popular speaker whose programs have tickled and touched the lives of millions of people throughout the U.S. and abroad (Australia, Panama, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, Norway, Sweden, England, Germany, South Africa, North Dakota, and funny places in between). Dr. Goodman has authored eight jest-selling books (including Laffirmations: 1,001 Ways to Add Humor to Your Life and Work). He also has edited the LAUGHING MATTERS magazine, generating rave reviews from thousands of people throughout the U.S. and 20 other countries. Joel has been a pioneer focusing on the positive power of humor and creativity. His work has been featured in over 4700 TV and radio shows, newspapers, and magazines in 150+ countries, including: The TODAY Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, PBS, BBC, Latenight America, All Things Considered, the front page of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Readers' Digest, Successful Meetings, Journal of the American Medical Association, and many A.P. national features. Joel's unique calling was also featured on an ABC NEWS prime-time special on The Mystery of Happiness that aired nationally three times. Described as "the first full-time humor educator in the world," Joel founded The HUMOR Project in 1977 (two years before Norman Cousins' best-selling book was published). Joel was delighted to join Willard Scott and Meadowlark Lemon in receiving the prestigious International Lifetime of Laughter Award. He also has been honored by the Business Review as the Business Person of theYear and was the first recipient of the International Punster of the Year Award (but don't hold that against him). Joel founded AHA!, the American Humor Association, which includes over 165,000 humor conspirators. He believes that it is important for business to "do well and do good" at the same time:The HUMOR Project has provided grants to 450+ schools, hospitals, and human service agencies to help them develop services and resources that tap the positive power of humor. Joel takes his work very seriously, and he takes himself very lightly as he helps people to get more smileage out of their lives and jobs. His own most important mentors when it comes to humor are his 26-year-old son, Adam, his 22-year-old daughter, Alyssa, and his young-at-heart wife, Margie.
10:45 AM	2	Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First: Comedic Care Rx to Survive and Thrive Leslie Gibson, R.N Whether you are a health care or helping professional, a family caregiver caught in the sandwich generation, an overwhelmed parent, an underappreciated professional whose life is out of whack, or someone who needs a "mental health day" (or week or month or year), it is crucial that you take care of yourself. This program will explore how to: motivate, nourish, and replenish yourself when feeling depleted; use mental floss to prevent burn-out and rust-out; create your own humor first-aid kit; and tap laughter to move from distress to eustress by boosting your immune system. If laughter is the best medicine, Leslie has the prescription. In fact, Leslie will invite you to create your own Laughter Rx to promote a healthy life/laugh balance. Leslie Gibson, R.N., recipient of the Clinical Nurse Excellence Award, was one of this conference's grant recipients in 1988. She used that not-so-funny money to create one of the world's most successful, on-going therapeutic hospital humor programs, which includes 32 comedy carts and teams of volunteers and caring clowns. Leslie has produced two videotapes that focus on the development of an on-going, systemic therapeutic humor program in a health care environment and is the author of the CEU-approved Healthy Humor Home Study Course. At our 1997 conference, Leslie received a standing ovation as she received the "Making a Difference: Humor in Action" Award. For the past ten years, Leslie has been the Community Liaison at Hospice, where she founded The Hospice "Smile Team" and "Laughing Legacy" program.
10:45 AM	3	Razzle Dazzle Design: How to Create Show-Stopping Programs That Keep 'Em Awake So the Learning Will Take Lenn Millbower This session is a goldmine for teachers, trainers, speakers, and meeting planners. Drawing on brain-based research, Lenn will introduce you to his proven, pioneering instructional design methods for transforming programs and classes from boring, talking-point lectures into show-stopping, eye-popping, hip-hopping events that are memorable and make a difference. You will come away with terrific templates that you can easily apply to capture attention, increase learning, reduce training/teaching time, add humor to engage distracted learners, enliven tired material, enrich comprehension, and design presentations that are simultaneously educational and entertaining. Lenn Millbower, the Learnertainment® Trainer, is an expert in applying show biz techniques to learning. Formerly with Disney University, Disney Institute, and Walt Disney Entertainment, Lenn has been an accomplished and popular entertainer throughout the U.S. and on the high seas (as comedian, magician, musician). As president of Offbeat Training®, this corporate trainer is an in-demand speaker for organizations and associations including ASCD, SHRM, and ASTD. Lenn is the author of Show Biz Training, Cartoons for Trainers, and Training with a Beat and is the composer and musical arranger of Game Show Themes for Trainers.
10:45 AM	4	So Whoever Said Parenting Was Funny? Dr. Joyce Saltman If you want to keep your sanity as a parent, it's apparent that you need to keep your wit and wits about you! Joyce will help you to take the serious job of parenting less seriously. You will learn ways to use humor to diffuse anger, to let yourself off the hook when you're a less-than-perfect parent, to enrich your family with humor rituals, and to leave your children with a lifetime of laughter. This session will include a mix of true humorous anecdotes along with practical parenting pointers that reinforce the notion that "ho-ho-home is where the hearty laughter is." Joyce Saltman, Ed.D., is Professor of Special Education, a Gestalt therapist with a private practice, and a dynamic speaker. She chose to receive her doctoral degree in Higher and Adult Education from Columbia University because she loved the color of their doctoral gown. It was no small feat that she was able to write her dissertation on "Humor in Adult Learning." Her innovative teaching style has led to the development of a graduate course on "The Enhancement of Learning Through Humor." In her previous life, Joyce's spirit of adventure led her to appear as a stand-up comic for dozens or organizations and clubs. Joyce believes, "Lots of good things happen to you when you laugh. Laughter should be a fad instead of jogging, which makes you sweat a lot."
10:45 AM	5	The HAHA-AHA-AH Connection: Putting More Magic in Your Life and Work! Jim Snack Have you ever wanted to perform magic? Would you like to have more magic (literally and figuratively) in your life and work? Do you agree that there is a metaphorical connection among humor (HAHA), creativity (AHA), and magic (AH)? If so, you'll want to magically appear at this session. Jim will teach you jaw-dropping, mind-blowing magic tricks that you can perform on the spur of the moment. Learn how to deal four aces from a pack of cards, how to cut up a piece of paper and restore it, and how to be funny (and magical) with money. Whether you are a presenter who wants to capture attention, a businessperson who wants to break the ice, or somebody who just wants to entertain others at social events, this session will make you a magician. Jim Snack, CSP, is a magical presenter who was named outstanding teacher by the International Communication Association. As a professional magician, Jim has also won top awards for performing both stage magic and sleight-of-hand. With degrees in theater and communications, Jim combines the two in his work, presenting custom-designed speeches and seminars for business, educational, health care, government, and association audiences. Whether he is doing a keynote on "The Magic of Change" or speaking on creativity, communication, conflict management, emotional intelligence or teamwork, Jim's presentations are always a captivating blend of magic and message that evoke standing ovations. In fact, he was selected by Dottie Walters' Sharing Ideas magazine as "Consummate Speaker of the Year." Jim is definitely the Wizard of Aha's!
10:45 AM	6	Going in (Personality) Style with Emotional Intelligence: Are We Funny People or What! Rev. Bruce Tamlyn Let's face it- we are all funny people... some of us just don't know it yet. By understanding more about your personality style and the styles of those around you, you can learn to appreciate the beauty and humor of all people. Bruce will introduce you to his simple but profound Human Wholeness Model, which will help you find more humor in your life and also help you celebrate differences (avoiding the pitfall of making other people wrong because they are different). This high-spirited yet practical workshop will focus on the 4 main smile styles, the gifts of each style, and tips to improve your emotional intelligence. As a fringe benefit, you'll laugh while you learn ways to improve relationships with your spouse, family, friends, and co-workers. We guarantee that your hats will be off to Bruce in this engaging session! Rev. Bruce Tamlyn is founder and director of the training and development company, Leadership for Life. For the past 20+ years, Bruce has been studying, teaching, speaking, and leading workshops on personality style, leadership, coaching, team building, stress management, strategic planning, emotional intelligence, and human motivation. His original design, the Human Wholeness Model, has been effective in improving professional and personal relationships. In addition to serving as Director of Spiritual Life at Silver Bay, Bruce makes presentations to a variety of corporations, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and professional associations.
12:00 Noon		Laughing, Learning Lunch Together, Bookstore Open, Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions
1:30-2:45 PM		Concurrent Sessions: Round Two Please indicate on the registration form your first choice to attend from the following 6 sessions.
1:30-2:45 PM	7	Ask Lucie: Up Close and Personal Lucie Arnaz Lucie has had an incredible career as an actress, singer, dancer, business executive, director, Broadway star, EMMY Award-winning producer, and former President of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center. She has performed everywhere from the Academy Awards to the White House to Europe. Here's an opportunity to follow-up on this morning's panel by having an informal dialogue/question-and-answer session with Lucie who is a strong believer in the invigorating, healing power of humor and laughter. This setting will give you a chance to learn more about Lucie's life and career; what is important to her; her thoughts on how to move from succstress to success; the mission, resources, and services offered by the Lucy-Desi Museum; as well as perspectives on the magnificent gift of humor that we can give each other. We predict that you will love Lucie! Lucie Arnaz has had an extremely diversified career spanning over 40 years in show business! She began her long livelihood in a recurring role on TV on The Lucy Show, opposite her mother, Lucille Ball. At age 15, she became a series regular on Here's Lucy, which ran for six seasons. She starred in her own series, The Lucie Arnaz Show and later in the critically acclaimed Sons & Daughters on CBS. On the big screen, Lucie has starred in many films- including with Neil Diamond and Sir Laurence Olivier in The Jazz Singer (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination). Her long list of stage credits includes Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and They're Playing Our Song, for which she received The Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle, Theatre World and Outer Critic's Circle Awards. In addition to touring the U.S. and abroad with her wonderful nightclub act, Lucie and her husband produced the EMMY Award-winning documentary Lucy & Desi: A Home Movie, which has aired on NBC, A&E, and Nickelodeon. Lucie and her brother, Desi Arnaz, Jr., executive produced the I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special, which aired on CBS and received an EMMY nomination (I Love Lucy, the most popular sitcom ever on TV, has been shown in 77 countries in 22 languages- according to TV Guide, it is aired 24 hours a day, seven days a week, somewhere in the world). Lucie is the past President of the Board of Directors of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center. She is mother to three beautiful and talented children in addition to being stepmother to two sons... it is these credits of which Lucie is most proud.
1:30-2:45 PM	8	Dealing with Difficult People with Delight and Lightness: Get Glad Not Mad Dr. Joyce Saltman Do you find yourself upset, frustrated, angry, fearful, and/or tongue-tied when dealing with some of life's more challenging people? If so, you've come to the light place! Joyce's rapid-fire delivery will inspire you with lots of sure-fire ways to tickle and take on "difficult" customers, clients, students, co-workers, bosses, friends, and family. Drawing on two different models (Transactional Analysis and Rational Emotive Therapy), Joyce will provide a mixture of amusing anecdotes and terrific techniques to make it possible to deal with impossible behaviors. You can definitely avoid energy-sucking situations by lubricating your life with laughter! Joyce Saltman, Ed.D., is Professor of Special Education, a Gestalt therapist with a private practice, and a dynamic speaker. She chose to receive her doctoral degree in Higher and Adult Education from Columbia University because she loved the color of their doctoral gown. It was no small feat that she was able to write her dissertation on "Humor in Adult Learning." Her innovative teaching style has led to the development of a graduate course on "The Enhancement of Learning Through Humor." In her previous life, Joyce's spirit of adventure led her to appear as a stand-up comic for dozens or organizations and clubs. Joyce believes, "Lots of good things happen to you when you laugh. Laughter should be a fad instead of jogging, which makes you sweat a lot."
1:30-2:45 PM	9	Teaching and Training with a Beat: When the Toes Start Tapping, the Learning Starts Happening Lenn Millbower Music is the soundtrack of life. It serenades us in our cars, in our offices, at the movies, and in our homes. It's everywhere... except in our classrooms. This interactive and entertaining seminar showcases a systematic, innovative, and easy-to-understand approach for applying music to learning environments. Lenn will help you: tune in to 14 techniques for creating toe-tapping, learning-happening presentations; select music applicable to different learning situations; and plan three steps to bring music to your programs, classes or meetings. You'll leave this session with a new appreciation for the sound of learning and the connection between music and amusing edutainment. Lenn Millbower, the Learnertainment® Trainer, is an expert in applying show biz techniques to learning. Formerly with Disney University, Disney Institute, and Walt Disney Entertainment, Lenn has been an accomplished and popular entertainer throughout the U.S. and on the high seas (as comedian, magician, musician). As president of Offbeat Training®, this corporate trainer is an in-demand speaker for organizations and associations including ASCD, SHRM, and ASTD. Lenn is the author of Show Biz Training, Cartoons for Trainers, and Training with a Beat and is the composer and musical arranger of Game Show Themes for Trainers.
1:30-2:45 PM	10	What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?": C's the Opportunity to Choose, Challenge, and Commit Edward Hearn Ed is living proof that failure is not final and that we can all overcome life's adversities. This motivating, humorous, and inspirational session will invite you to cultivate your own career path and life path by exploring the 3 C's of choice, challenge, and commitment. Come find out how you can change your life into whatever you choose to create for yourself. Discover how to laugh your way through challenges. Identify ways that you will commit to action to achieve your personal and professional goals. Ed will encourage you to see and C's the opportunity to live a life that is full and fulfilling. Edward Hearn followed a fascinating career path, which has included being a criminal defense attorney and serving as senior pastor in the inner city. In 2006, Ed decided to compete in the Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking with 26,000 contestants from 30 countries. Ed roused the audience of 2000 along with a panel of 20 international judges to be crowned the World Champion of Public Speaking. Ed's passion, love for life, and ability to touch the hearts and souls of audiences are at the foundation of his speaking success and his mission to challenge young people to develop their dreams and realize their life goals.
1:30-2:45 PM	11	Noah Had It Easier: Leading People Who Don't Want to Be Led Dr. Robert "Alan" Black Today's workplaces include the greatest diversity of people in history: The Great Generation who made it through the Depression and World War II, Boomer Generation, Generation X, Generation Y, Millennium Generation, and a large influx of immigrants. This presents great challenges for supervisors, team leaders, and managers. In this engaging workshop, Alan provides tested tools and techniques from the science of management and the art of leadership. You will learn more about your most productive leadership style (from Attila to Zorro); explore possible leadership roles (guiding, facilitating, coaching, counseling, managing, even bossing when necessary); and pick up helpful hints on "herding cats" in highly diverse workplaces. Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP, is a popular speaker who has done 3200+ presentations and has traveled throughout the U.S. and 71 countries on six continents (including 5 trips completely around the world). Alan earned his doctorate in creative thinking under the tutelage of Dr. E. Paul Torrance and Dr. Sid Parnes, two of the pioneering giants in the creativity field. Alan is a jack and master of many trades- in fact, he has held 47 different jobs in the past 47 years- including licensed architect, cartoonist, janitor, designer, TV news writer and editor, advertising art director, and college professor. Author or co-author of 25 books on creativity and leadership, Alan has also had 400+ articles published. His book, Broken Crayons: Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Lines, has been translated/published in five countries. This self-employed creative thinking consultant is proud that he has been voted "Employee of the Month" a record 277 months in a row.
1:30-2:45 PM	12	Laughing in the Face of Change: Levity Defies Gravity Randy Judkins As you will see in this involving and entertaining program, Randy is a professional character comedian who is a real character(s). He and his internal allies (Sunny Day and Dr. Hugh Merris) will entertain you while delivering playful, poignant, and practical messages on cultivating a sense of joy while juggling change in your life. Along the way, you'll learn the top 10 reasons for more laughter in your life, 8 simple steps to hysterical laughter, the key to being resilient, and how to be a CHANGER agent (rather than a victim of change). Randy Judkins has been a unique motivational speaker and performer for schools, corporations, and conferences throughout the U.S., Canada, and abroad since 1975. He has instructed at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Clown College (comedic gesture, stilt walking, juggling, unicycling, and tightrope walking), served as a character consultant for Tri-Star Pictures and trainer for Circus of the Stars in Hollywood, taught master classes in character and physical theater at the Julliard School of Drama, and presented a physical comedy workshop for the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit. Randy is also the founder of the Maine Hysterical Society (Randy's partners in comedy-Barney Martin and Steve Underwood-will be joining him for the Saturday night keynote).
2:45-3:15 PM		You Deserve a (Juice) Break Today
3:00-6:00 PM		HUMORetreat Play Time and Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions In addition to the Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions, here's a great chance to savor scenic Silver Bay and lots of laughter-liberating activities.
5:30-7:30 PM		The Laugh Supper Together with More Opportunities to Build Our Comedic, Creative, Caring Community.
7:30-9:00 PM	Keynote	An Evening with the Maine Hysterical Society Randy Judkins, Barney Martin, and Steve Underwood All seriousness aside... you are in for a real treat tonight with this tremendous trio of popular artists, actors, musicians, and Downeast humorists! The goal of the Maine Hysterical Society is to preserve, promote, and provoke laughter. Randy, Barney, and Steve present an outstanding comedy variety show of original songs and parodies, hilarious characters, "wicked good" juggling, and some of the most hysterical sketches you'll ever see. Your face will hurt and your sides will ache... even the day after (they call it a Maine "Humor Hangover"). You will never forget the wild antics of Sunny Day, Emmitt Pickitt, and Russell Spurwink (three of their most eccentric characters) as they sing in three-part harmony about some of the best-kept secrets of Maine. By the end of the evening, we will all be Mainiacs... and realize that humor is truly universal and that laughter has no accent. Randy Judkins has been a unique motivational speaker and performer for schools, corporations, and conferences throughout the U.S., Canada, and abroad since 1975. He has instructed at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Clown College (comedic gesture, stilt walking, juggling, unicycling, and tightrope walking), served as a character consultant for Tri-Star Pictures and trainer for Circus of the Stars in Hollywood, taught master classes in character and physical theater at the Julliard School of Drama, and presented a physical comedy workshop for the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit. Randy is also the founder of the Maine Hysterical Society. His partners in comedy are Barney Martin and Steve Underwood.
9:00-11:00 PM		HUMORetreat Play Time and Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions In addition to the Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions, join in a back-by-popular demand Square Dance called by Stan Burdick for anyone (especially beginners) who would like to be "Dancing Under the Stars" and a campfire with music, mirth, magic, and s'mores.