Leadership and Personal Development Group Activities

Terrible Presents

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A persuasive activity where participants "give" each other terrible presents.

Spread the Word

Asking the participants to summarize the key points from a lecture is an effective way to strengthen their understanding and recall.

This exercise deals with the importance of unlearning. The facilitator gives instructions to cover one of your ears or eyes. Later, the facilitator refers to the left ear as nose and the right eye as mouth. Subsequent instructions slow down your performance.

Perservarence

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When does perseverance become foolhardiness? Here's a jolt that explores this question.

Words and Pictures

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This is a modification of an interactive lecture activity that is transformed into a textra game. This activity can be inserted after participants finish reading a handout. It involves a poster preparation contest that taps into the listeners' linguistic and visual intelligences.

Features

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Understanding and analyzing a piece of advice are important activities. Here is a game that requires the participants to analyze the features associated with different pieces of advice.

Alligator River

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An exercise designed to investigate value based conflict, decision making, highlights the challenges of establishing right and wrong with different perspectives.

Managing Data

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Informatie vanuit verschillende disciplinaire perspectieven in een gedeelde document verzamelen en categoriseren.

Lifeboat debate

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In this debating game, participants imagine they are in an inflatable lifeboat that is running out of air. Each round, participants must state why they should remain on the boat and then vote on who should leave. Encourage critical thinking and develop presentation skills in this fun debating activity.

CALQ discussion

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Een CALQ-discussie laat studenten de kernboodschap van colleges verduidelijken en met elkaar te bespreken.