T:I-Tour Impossible

1. T:I-Tour Impossible With: Special Agent Props-a-lot (Lyndsay), Special Agent Tells you where you’re going, tells you how you got there, and tells you were you’ve been (Margherita), and Special Agent Open-Handed Gesture (Stephanie)

2. Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it… Goals of Mission Preparation: • To prepare you for Open House, and any tour, anywhere! • Encode what to do before, during, and after Tour Impossible. • Receive the Tour Mission Checkpoints. • Discover Our Top 5 Tour Secrets. • Receive Training from a Secret Agent.

3. Brainstorm • What makes a good campus tour?

4. Weapons of Mass Instruction (Effective Tour Techniques) Reconnaissance: • Plan your route, write it down, bring it with you! • Know what you are going to say and where you are going to say it. • Know your audience! …Tom encodes his audience…

5. Weapons of Mass Instruction (Effective Tour Techniques) Mission Preparation • Suggest clan members get out their maps and class schedules. • Explain your timeline to them and ask them to keep up! • Encourage questions on the tour. • Bring your manual and use it when necessary. …Tom gets out his campus map…

6. Weapons of Mass Instruction (Effective Tour Techniques) Mission Execution: • Tailor your tour to meet your clan’s needs • Use visuals and props on the tour. • Stop walking, face the group, wait for clan to catch up and then speak (loud and clear). • If someone asks a question, repeat it for the entire group to hear (when appropriate). • Show interest in each group member. Ask them questions and ask their opinions. • Keep track of time. If running late, talk a bit less at each location.

7. Weapons of Mass Instruction (Effective Tour Techniques) • Give accurate information. • Use a map and orient the group to landmarks. Throughout the tour ask them to point to major landmarks. • Keep the tour general. Do not go into minute details. * Remember the point of the tour is to give students a general feel of the campus.

8. Weapons of Mass Instruction Mission Complete • Let everyone know your tour is coming to the end. Ask for any last questions. • Tell everyone about what Orientation activities are left and why these activities are important to attend.

9. Mission Checkpoints You must learn about each of the checkpoints for your future tour mission…

10. The Checkpoints Are: West Campus □ Residence and Housing □ Dining Hall & Rez Life Office □ Childcare □ Visitor’s Parkade □ West Mall Complex □ Lorne Davis Complex …Tom investigates Childcare options for him and Katie…

11. The Checkpoints Mid Campus □ Traffic and Security □ The Rotunda □ Convocation Mall □ W.A.C. Bennett Library □ Maggie Benston Centre □ SFU Theatre

12. The Checkpoints Academic Quadrangle Area □ Halpern Centre □ AQ Gardens □ West Concourse □ Robert C. Brown Hall □ Diamond Alumni Centre □ North Concourse □ Education Buildin □ East Concourse □ South Concourse

13. The Checkpoints East Campus □ Shrum Science Building □ Shrum Classroom Building □ South Science Building □ Applied Science Building □ Contemporary Arts □ Parking Lots, Bus Loop, East Academic Annex □ Cornerstone Building & Univercity □ Strand Hall

14. Top 5 Tips to Make Any Tour Impossible Possible! 5. Avoid speaking in code! 4. Stop! And then talk (loud and clear). 3. Be inclusive. 2. Know your stuff and your people. 1. Be creative.

15. Special Agents will train you: • Special Agent Open Handed Gestures • Special Agent Props-A-Lot • Special Agent Tells You Where You are Going, Tells You Where You’ve Been……… • Special Agent Stops and then Talks • Special Agent Does Not Walk Backwards • Special Agent Speaks Loud Enough to be Heard • Special Agent Keeps Clans Close Together During Tour • Special Agent There are No Stupid Questions

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