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Group Building Activity, Name Game/Get to know each other
To get to know more about the members of the group
To build trust within the group
To get the group into a comfortable atmosphere
To reflect about first impression, how do we see the others, how the others see us
Each person of the group is asked to build a poncho with a flip chart paper. (cutting a hole for the head in the centre of it).
On the front side of the poncho each participant draw or write down several elements or key words that describe themself as a person. The poncho should describe the personal side (e.g. what I like, what I dislike, my personality, my family, my hobbies.) and not the professional one (avoiding info about the organisation and their role in it.). Then in pairs, participants exchange info about them self. After that in an open space, everyone will start moving around the room, looking at the other ponchos with a marker in the hand. Everyone is allowed to ask questions and to write down comments on the back side of the poncho. The comments are about the first impression. After that, with the same pair partner, pax exchange impressions about what they found on the back-side.
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http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/522
This tool is for
12-40 participants
and addresses
Anti-Racism, Group Dynamics
Materials needed:
Flip chart papers, markers, and scissors
Duration:
30 minutes
The tool was created by
Unknown.
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The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Emiliano Iannone (on 27 January 2006)
and last modified
17 December 2008
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