Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S01
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S01
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S02
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S02
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S03
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S03
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S04
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S04
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S05
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S05
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S06
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S06
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S07
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S07
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S08
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S08
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S09
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S09
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S10
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S10
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S11
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S11
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S12
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S12
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S13
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S13
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S14
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S14
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S15
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S15
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S16
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S16
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S17
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S17
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S18
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S18
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S19
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S19
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
S20
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
S20
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E21
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E21
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E22
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E22
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E23
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E23
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E24
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E24
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E25
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E25
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E26
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E26
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E27
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E27
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E28
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E28
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E29
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E29
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E30
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E30
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E31
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E31
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E32
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E32
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E33
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E33
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E34
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E34
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E35
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E35
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E36
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E36
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E37
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E37
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E38
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E38
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E39
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E39
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
E40
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
E40
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A41
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A41
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A42
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A42
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A43
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A43
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A44
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A44
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A45
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A45
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A46
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A46
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A47
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A47
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A48
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A48
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A49
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A49
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A50
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A50
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A51
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A51
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A52
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A52
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A53
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A53
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A54
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A54
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A55
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A55
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A56
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A56
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A57
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A57
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A58
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A58
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A59
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A59
Student Skills for Success
44th ACS Western Regional Meeting Santa Clara, CA, October 4, 2013 Meet & Greet Challenge Your challenge is to meet 10 new people. As you meet people, have them sign their name in one of the spaces below. When you have 10 new names, return the card to the registration table to enter a drawing for a door prize. Bonus challenge: once you’ve filled your card, see how many people you can introduce to each other. Name
A60
Notes
Icebreaker suggestions The following are some suggested questions to break the ice in the Meet & Greet Challenge. You may vary these or use other questions if they feel more comfortable. Tip: be sure to focus on finding out the needs of the other person. Perhaps you can help!
What work do you do? (Alt: what are you studying/planning to study?)
What is the most exciting thing going on at work or school right now?
What is the most exciting thing you’ve heard from the scientific world lately?
How long have you been in your current position? How did you get there?
What is the strangest or funniest thing that happened to you at work/school? How did you handle it?
Do you have a mentor? What have you learned from him/her?
What characteristics do you value most in in your colleagues?
What challenges are you facing at work/school?
If you could do any job in the world, what would you do?
A60