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Group Building Activity
To contribute to the process of building the group, to raise awareness of the benefits and challenges of teamwork and co-operation. To prepare participants for the dynamics within the specific group of the training event.
* Prepare the setting carefully in advance.
To start with, the group is told that the objective is for the whole group to get over the “electric wall”.
Rules: The wall is electric, so participants must not touch it. The wall is too high to step over it, so people need to help each other. The group must remain in touch with each other by holding hands while climbing over the wall. Two hands can remain free.
Participants can try out ways of getting over the wall until the group decides to start crossing the wall as a group. From then on, if one person touches the wall or does not manage to cross it, the whole group must go back to the original side. The exercise is finished once the group has successfully crossed the wall.
Suggestion for debriefing questions:
How did you feel during the activity?
How did you manage to get over the wall?
How did you work together in the group (process, procedures, leadership, possibilities to contribute, use of resources in the group etc.)?
Comments: The exercise can be run with different purposes and adjusted accordingly (time frame, height of the wall etc.).
IMPORTANT: As a facilitator, be aware of the physical risk involved in the activity. Some participants might be afraid of jumping over the “wall” and might be pressured into jumping without feeling comfortable. Make sure to stop the activity before an accident occurs (has happened several times in the past).
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This tool is for
20 (if more, than divide in 2)
and addresses
Group Dynamics, Project Management, Conflict Management
Materials needed:
Adequate rooms, high enough for tall persons to jump, preferably nice space and weather outside. For each group, a rope fastened between two poles (trees) at ca. 1.30-m height to illustrate the wall.
Duration:
1 hour (30 minutes exercise, 30 Minutes debriefing)
The tool was created by
Unknown.
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The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Unknown (on 8 July 2003)
and last modified
21 June 2010
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