Description: A flipped classroom moves the traditional lecture component of teaching outside of normal classroom time, so that lectures can be replaced with active learning activities during class time. In this talk, I first present a brief overview of flipped classrooms, with strategies for implementation and resources provided. Second, I will discuss the details of its application replacing two lectures in my third-year Life Contingencies course. Students’ responses to the technique are also provided in the form of data from anonymous post-activity surveys.

Description: Article is about my experience and emergence in the long term care industry. It highlights my prior experiences and my favorite things to work on.

Description: How do you make model output media worthy? This article explores considerations that may contribute to the mass production of model results for public consumption.

Description: Encouraging submission of articles from any interested parties

Description: Note from the Council Corner providing an update to our JRMS members on recent / upcoming activities.

Description: This staff corner presents the new newsletter format.

Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved an actuarial manager facing the potential resignation of a key employee.

Description: SOA interview with David Axene

Description: Leadership inspiration essay asserting that the things that are the most valuable to us are also the things that we have to work the hardest for.

Description: A discussion of the effective use of social media for risk management professionals to help educate the general public, including analysis of natural disaster responses, and the importance of establishing credibility as an online expert.