Team Building
The goal of this seminar is to introduce the group, and to begin developing trust, respect and teamwork within the group.
Objectives:
- Getting to know each other.
- Getting to know the Shake It Up program.
- Understanding what each participant wants from the program.
Activities:
- Introductions, welcome, key activities and people of the day.
- Goals of Shake it Up
Activity One: Pairs Interview
- Get into pairs.
- Find out where your partner is from, and how they got to Shake It Up.
- Find three unique things you have in common.
- Come back to the group and introduce your partner to the group.
Activity Two: Personality Game
- Everyone gets a name of a person, character or thing taped to their back.
- Do not look at the name on your own back.
- Ask yes or no questions about who you are of each of the other participants.
- You must introduce yourself to the person you are asking about who you are.
- They must introduce back before they answer any questions.
- You must ask everyone in the group at least one question.
- Once everyone has asked everyone else at least one question, come back together and venture a guess to the group about who/what you are.
Activity Three: Traffic Jam
- Divide group into two groups.
- Groups line up facing each other.
- Each person is on a square, space, rug section, whatever.
- One space between the groups.
- Groups must move to the other side of the line, ie, backs to each other.
- You cannot pass more than one person.
- You cannot pass anyone on your team.
- You cannot share a space.
- You cannot move backward.
Activity Four: Full Value Contract/Expectations
- Two groups of seven, each group designates a spokesperson.
- The group decides what it wants from participating in Shake It Up.
- Spokesperson tells the groups and group leaders write it down on posterboard that will be at every session.
- Everyone signs this Full Value Contract.
Staffing: Project Directors and everyone involved.
