Team Building
Here are a few activities that you can try with your group to develop skills for working as a team and encourage participation in group activities.
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DOMINO
Aim: To find out more about participants hobbies, families etc. and to show connections among participants
Group: For any group bigger than 5
Materials: Enough space in the room for making a circle of participants, it can be done with or without chairs
Duration: Depends of the size of group
There is no big explanation
needed. The facilitator invites the participants to share smaller
or bigger “secrets” or interesting information about
themselves (hobbies, family, etc). The facilitator can start
him/herself telling that on his/her left side shall sit/stand a
person who likes Jazz music and on the right side shall sit a
person who has 1 brother just like the facilitator. Then
participants are welcome to sit/stand in the places next to the
facilitator if they have such interests or things in common. It
might happen that people "fight” for the places, but
there is only one participant on either end of the facilitator.
The new persons can then mention one characteristic or secret
that links another participant to their free side. if nobody
shares this particular characteristic, another characteristic
should be chosen until one of the remaining participants shares
this characteristic.
In a small reflection at the end
the facilitator can make the point that the whole group made a
one circle where everybody has something in common with somebody
else form the group
SAVE THE EGG
MATERIALS
: An egg, two balloons,
cellotape, some elastic bands, two straws and four pieces of
paper.(per group), prize?
DESC:
Split the group into small teams.
Allow 20 mins for each group to make a 'vehicle' to
carry the egg.
The 'vehicle' should be strong enough to withstand a
15 foot drop onto a hard surface.
Prize can be awarded for most successful team.
Group dynamics/processes can be discussed after.