Pepperdine University - Virtcamp 2001 We started out as strangers and in six short days ended up as friends and teams (or actually "cadres"). From places on opposite ends of the globe we came together to prepare for an unknown journey and quest that we were hoping...

Pepperdine University - Virtcamp 2001 Most of our activities were group activities designed to engender our familiarity and trust of each other. On Sunday, July 29th, having separated into our Cadre we created and shared posters with symbols and pictures of things and...

Pepperdine University - Virtcamp 2001 The Challenge To build a chair lift, cable care or gondola capable of pulling itself along a string. Use a second RXC brick as a remote Control for Navigating the suspended vehicle. Day 1: The Approach We discussed the process and...

Pepperdine University - Virtcamp 2001 One of the concepts that was continually repeated to us during VirtCamp was that it was about the Process and not the Product. Well, our version of "Iron Chef" certainly communicated that precept, in that many of us were...

Pepperdine University - Virtcamp 2001 Among the team-building activities, we participated in a highly competitive bridge-building activity in which teams of four were commissioned to build newspaper bridges using just the materials materials in the room. The bridges...

Pepperdine University - Virtcamp 2001 A little bit after 5 P.M. on Thursday, July 26, 2001 a number of strangers wandered into a nondescript conference room at Pepperdine University’s Culver City facility. Two tables sat along two walls, one holding soft drinks, a...