3:00 PM		HUMOResources Bookstore Open
4:30 PM		Registration and CEU Sign-In
5:00-6:00 PM		Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions
5:30-7:30 PM		Dinner Together
7:30-9:30 PM	Welcome Overview	Humor and Creativity-- Fun, But Not For Fun Dr. Joel Goodman (founder and Director of The HUMOR Project), Margie Ingram (Conference Coordinator), and David Roth (Conference Troubadour)
7:30-9:30 PM	Keynote	The Last Lecture: Living Life with Love, Joy, Passion, Creativity, and Humor Jeffrey Zaslow "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." (Randy Pausch) A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture," in which they ruminate on what wisdom they would impart if it were their last chance. When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave ("Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams") wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment. It was about living. Jeffrey Zaslow drove 300 miles to be at the lecture... and his Moving On column in The Wall Street Journal sparked an astounding flood of interest. Randy quickly became a media magnet (with appearances on Oprah and an hour-long ABC prime-time special with Diane Sawyer) and a worldwide YouTube phenomenon (with over ten million views). This ultimately led to Randy and Jeff collaborating on a book that became a New York Times and international #1 best-seller (translated into 46 languages). This book captures the humor, inspiration, and intelligence that are Randy's legacy. Jeff will travel more than 300 miles to join us in sharing the universal messages that Randy lived. He will show video clips of Randy and will talk about their creative process and lessons learned in writing the book. After his heartfelt talk spiced with humor, Jeff will entertain questions as he encourages us to leave a legacy of love and laughter. Jeffrey Zaslow has had a fascinating career! He first worked as a columnist at The Wall Street Journal from 1983-1987, when he wrote about a competition to replace Ann Landers in the Chicago Sun-Times. He entered to get an angle for his story and ended up winning the job over 12,000 other applicants. He worked at the Sun-Times from 1987-2001 and was also a columnist for USA Weekend. In 2000, Jeff received the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award for using his column to benefit 47,000 disadvantaged children. In addition to co-authoring The Last Lecture, Jeff is the author of The New York Times best-seller, The Girls from Ames. Most recently, he co-authored Highest Duty with Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who saved 155 lives when he landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River (this book immediately hit the best-seller lists as well).
9:30-11:00 PM		Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions