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Collaboration and Working Together: Tied At The Wrist
Brief Description/Purpose
Fun exercise that involves working together that relies on movement and physical activity.
Type
Movement, physical activitiy, pairs
Age Appropriate
Children, Teens, Adults
Ideal Group Size
Any size where there is enough space since this is a pairs exercise.
Time For Exercise
20 to 30 minutes
Topic/Subject
Collaboration, Team building, communication, working together
Detailed Instructions If Needed
Brief Description/Purpose
A great exercise to explore how ambiguous words are, and can be used in both conflict and communication seminars. It's fun too, and often results in a lot of laughter. Can be used in pairs, or as an exercise in front of the entire group.
Type
Drawing
Age Appropriate
Teens, Adults
Ideal Group Size
Can be used in pairs, OR as an exercise in front of the entire group.
Time For Exercise
15-30 minutes
Topic/Subject
Conflict, communication, language
Detailed Instructions If Needed
Brief Description/Purpose
A great exercise to explore how ambiguous words are, and can be used in both conflict and communication seminars. It's fun too, and often results in a lot of laughter. Can be used in pairs, or as an exercise in front of the entire group.
Type
Drawing
Age Appropriate
Teens, Adults
Ideal Group Size
Can be used in pairs, OR as an exercise in front of the entire group.
Time For Exercise
15-30 minutes
Topic/Subject
Conflict, communication, language
Detailed Instructions If Needed
Have groups break into pairs.
Have the pairs bind one of their hands to the other's (provide some string or rope or other means to do so).
Have each pair do a task that involves working together.
- Mixing some sort of drink.
- Serving coffee to another person in the group.
- Assembling a house of cards.
The task is irrelevant but it should require movement and working together to achieve the task.
Once they are finished here are some debriefing questions:
Debrief Questions
- Were you successful at completing the task?
- Did any group get stuck of give up? Why?
- What's the role of verbal communication in collaboration?
- What worked and didn't work in terms of communicating to get the task done?
- Can you think of examples from your work experience where collaboration succeeded, or failed? What made the difference?
- What did you learn about collaborating?