This exercise was co-created as part of a collaboration day between myself and Geoff Watts, and from frequent visits to watch the Comedy Store Players perform in London. Timings: 5-10 mins Materials: 4 willing volunteers Instructions: One person plays “the interviewer” The other three people play the “interviewee”. The only rule they must follow is that they must answer any questions one word at a…
Intuitions
(this exercise was co-created as part of a collaboration day between myself and Geoff Watts, credit to Paul Z Jackson from his book) Timings: 5 mins exercises, 5 min debrief Materials: An even number of participants, usually run at the start of the class/event as an introductory exercise Instructions: People stand in two lines, opposite their partner. Each person gives three statements about their partner,…
One Word StorytellingOne Word StorytellingOne Word StorytellingOne Word Storytelling
Teams collaborate to make a story by only speaking one word at a time. Nobody knows what the story will look like at the start, and it changes based on peoples own input.
Coaching Skills Dojo
Learning Objective: Participants practices three fundamental coaching skills: observing, listening and questioning. When to use this game: Play this game to become improve interpersonal coaching and communication skills. Time: 90 minutes Description: First partcipants are formed into small groups. Each group brainstorms what they think is important about the three skills and share with the large group. Everyone picks a real world problem to work on. The each triad…