Interactive Bulletin Boards and Other Quick Ideas Submitted by Misty Hadaway, Carroll College

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Interactive Bulletin Boards and Other Quick
IdeasSubmitted by Misty Hadaway, Carroll
College
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Interactive Boards
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Quote Board

• The upper left says, This is your quote board,
  so add your quotes, thoughts, etc.
• The upper right says, Can I quote you on that?
• In an envelope post markers so that residents can
  write on the board without having to go back to
  their room to get a writing utensil.

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Embrace Diversity

• Diversity is really important so this is a great
  board at the beginning of the year.
• The top sign says, Many different backgrounds
  many different stories one big happy family
  _____ (insert name of floor)
• The bottom sign says, embrace diversity.
• I cut out over a hundred pictures of all
  different kinds of women (it is an all girls
  floor) and basically made a collage with them
• Add an interactive elementhave your residents
  develop a floor diversity statement, which is
  posted on the board. Residents can then be asked
  to endorse the statement by adding their
  signature.

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What are your summer plans?

• A great end of the year bulletin board where
  residents provide information about their plans
  for the summer, with residents writing up on the
  board what they were doing.
• The sign in the middle says, ____(insert name of
  floor)s Summer Debut and has the movie scroll
  as a border.

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Its Time to Get Involved

• Its time to get involved with little clocks
  made out of the small paper plates.
• The little papers are the names of the
  organizations on campus.
• For an interactive element, include a sign up
  form that residents can fill out and turn in to
  their RA, who can then help connect them with
  their organization of interest.

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Flattering Fridge

• This was our flattering fridge.
• Create a flattering fridge sign and directions,
  and place these with post it notes and pens on
  the floor refrigerator.
• The flattering fridge is a place where residents
  can post nice comments about others and words of
  thanks. Signatures are optional.
• Monitor postings to make sure that only positive
  comments are posted.

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Other Quick Ideas
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Welcome back board for January

• We had gotten floor t-shirts that were blue so
  these shirts are blue and have the names of the
  roommates.

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Healthy Hearts

• These healthy hearts have wiggle eyes and pipe
  cleaner limbs
• The information posted was about body image,
  getting enough sleep and healthy eating.

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Bee Prepared

• All of the posted information was different study
  and test taking tips.