Smartypants PowerPoint Party
What happens when you combine a random topic, a ticking clock, and a group of strangers tasked with becoming “instant experts” for the sake of comedy? You get SCP Smartypants PowerPoint Party, a collaborative session inspired by the hit Dropout series Smartypants, where the slides are made up and the points don’t matter (but the laughs definitely do)! (Pre-registration required)
Improv Training Session: Enhancing Academic Excellence through Improv
Join us for an engaging and transformative improv training session designed specifically for academics seeking to enhance their teaching, research, and collaborative skills. Where research meets creativity, teaching meets energy, and collaboration meets yes, and…. (Pre-registration required)
EMPATHY Framework Reviewer Workshop
In this workshop, led by Cait Lamberton and Karen Page Winterich, you will work in small groups, applying best practices in constructive peer review using the EMPATHY Framework (featured in a 2025 Journal of Marketing Editorial by former Editor-in-Chief Hari Sridhar). (Pre-registration required)
Morning Coffee and Cultivating Connections
Are you a fan of caffeine? Do you like conversing and learning about other people? Would you like to leave SCP having made a new friend? Well then, this activity is just for you! Join us in the morning for a warm cup of coffee and great conversations aided by conversation game cards that were created to help drive connection between you and other members.
Superconnector Lounge
Looking to meet new colleagues, expand your network, or get personalized guidance during SCP? Meet our SCP Superconnectors—a group of highly engaged, well-respected scholars who are passionate about helping others build meaningful connections within the consumer psychology community.
Affinity Group Meetup
Looking to meet new colleagues, expand your network, or get personalized guidance during SCP? Meet our SCP Superconnectors—a group of highly engaged, well-respected scholars who are passionate about helping others build meaningful connections within the consumer psychology community.
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Smartypants PowerPoint Party
What happens when you combine a random topic, a ticking clock, and a group of strangers tasked with becoming “instant experts” for the sake of comedy? You get SCP Smartypants PowerPoint Party, a collaborative session inspired by the hit Dropout series Smartypants, where the slides are made up and the points don’t matter (but the laughs definitely do)! (Pre-registration required)
Thursday, March 26th, from approximately 4:00 to 6:00 PM
California Ballroom (2nd Floor)
Cultivating Connections Session; Advance Sign-Up Required, Observers Welcome
Party Co-Chairs:
Eric VanEpps, Vanderbilt University
Jackie Silverman, Vanderbilt University
This Cultivating Connections program offering is group-based and will be limited to ~50 participants but will also have room for observers. This session is intended for anyone interested, where the only requirements are to be willing to make some new friends and work together to present a short five-minute presentation!
What happens when you combine a random topic, a ticking clock, and a group of strangers tasked with becoming “instant experts” for the sake of comedy? You get SCP Smartypants PowerPoint Party, a collaborative session inspired by the hit Dropout series Smartypants, where the slides are made up and the points don’t matter (but the laughs definitely do)!
Join us as we form teams of ~5-6 to face the ultimate challenge: creating and delivering a five-minute, “scholarly” PowerPoint presentation on a random, hilarious topic given to you on the spot. Each team will have a turn presenting while the other teams in attendance cheer them on! It’s the ultimate icebreaker designed to spark creativity, teamwork, and a little bit of theatrical flair. If you’re looking to have an absolute blast just as we kick off this year’s conference, sign-up and get ready to present with some newly made friends!
Pre-registration is required! Sign up below.
Conference Programs and Documents
Improv Training Session: Enhancing Academic Excellence through Improv
Join us for an engaging and transformative improv training session designed specifically for academics seeking to enhance their teaching, research, and collaborative skills. Where research meets creativity, teaching meets energy, and collaboration meets yes, and…. (Pre-registration required)
EMPATHY Framework Reviewer Workshop
In this workshop, led by Cait Lamberton and Karen Page Winterich, you will work in small groups, applying best practices in constructive peer review using the EMPATHY Framework (featured in a 2025 Journal of Marketing Editorial by former Editor-in-Chief Hari Sridhar). (Pre-registration required)
Morning Coffee and Cultivating Connections
Are you a fan of caffeine? Do you like conversing and learning about other people? Would you like to leave SCP having made a new friend? Well then, this activity is just for you! Join us in the morning for a warm cup of coffee and great conversations aided by conversation game cards that were created to help drive connection between you and other members.
Superconnector Lounge
Looking to meet new colleagues, expand your network, or get personalized guidance during SCP? Meet our SCP Superconnectors—a group of highly engaged, well-respected scholars who are passionate about helping others build meaningful connections within the consumer psychology community.
Affinity Group Meetup
Looking to meet new colleagues, expand your network, or get personalized guidance during SCP? Meet our SCP Superconnectors—a group of highly engaged, well-respected scholars who are passionate about helping others build meaningful connections within the consumer psychology community.