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Exercise, Group Building Activity
The Happy Company
This group building activity lets participants create actions that make the people living in the local community happier through a number of happiness actions!
Aims of the tool
The aim of this exercise is
- let people work together;
- feel comfortable with sharing ideas in smaller groups;
- create a good atmosphere in the group;
- Have an impact on the local community.
Description of the tool
You explain to participants that they need to form a happy company. This company has a goal to make people that are present at the venue/town happier than they were before we came here. The company has a number of sub-divisions (4 to 5 people per division)
Makng people happy can be done through actions for individuals or groups. It can be directly with people or it can be something that stays and people can discover . It is important not to copy what has been done already but invent something "new". Some examples that have been done in the past: free hugs, ask people what makes them happy, put quotes on the walls that make people smile,....
Concrete tasks:
1. As a group create x sub-divisions that stimulate happiness at venue/town. Each sub-division should have a name and a simple logo.
2. Each group has 45 min to dream up and prepare the action.
3. Groups meet in the plenary and share the actions they have prepared with the other group
4. The whole group will then implement the actions together.
Disclaimer
SALTO cannot be held responsible for the inappropriate use of these training tools. Always adapt training tools to your aims, context, target group and to your own skills! These tools have been used in a variety of formats and situations. Please notify SALTO should you know about the origin of or copyright on this tool.
Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/1516
This tool addresses
Group Dynamics
Materials needed:
Basic materials so participants can be free in developing the actions they want
Duration:
between 90 and 120 min
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
Sven Retoré
in the context of
Training course - Facilitators Survival Kit
The tool has been experimented in
Training course - Facilitators Survival Kit
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Sven Retore (on 18 April 2014)
and last modified
9 April 2014
Comments
It's an amazing idea thank you!!!
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