This activity can serve multiple purposes. It can be used as an energiser or ice breaker for groups that a bit low on energy or first meet each other. Another purpose of the game could be enhance teamwork and show that different people with different beats can make an orchestra.
The real name of this jolt is Proactive Planning, but using that name will give away the key point that we want players to discover. Presented as a word game, this jolt lulls lures players to go after immediate gains in a mindless fashion only to regret the action later.
Organize the day's meeting by co-creating and assigning roles among participants.
One person holds up an object to the camera
The rest of the group is given 8 seconds to find a matching object
The first person decides what is the best match
Discuss many different topics in a structured and fair way.
Count fast down from 8 to 1 while shaking each body limb as a group
Whoosh, bangs, zaps etc. are passed around the circle. Great opportunity to introduce failure bow
In pairs, players mirror one another's movements.
The objectives are to build group member relationships through verbal and nonverbal cue-sensing and effective adaptation to others' displayed emotions through entertaining and nonthreatening skits.
A fun energizer that uses multiple senses.
I dread the moment when people ask me, “What do you do?” I don't know how to explain that I am a performance technologist, or an instructional designer, or a facilitator. So I cheat by saying that I am a trainer.
Here's an activity that helps you become more fluent in explaining what you do for a living.
This exercise can be used as a warm-up for project and other planning processes. It can also be used in team building.