MODULE: Emotions and Inner Comfort SUBJECT TITLE: Basics of neuro linguistic programming Gintarė Joteikaitė
Subject title
Purpose of the activity
Duration
Location and tools Number of participants
Basics of neuro linguistic programming To introduce participants to neurolinguistic programming and provide with some of its tools to help to build more effectively a comfortable relationship with themselves as well as with the others.
2–3 hours.
The presentation requires a projector, writing board, paper and writing tools for participants as well as tables and chairs.
15-20 participants.
Participants are invited to divide into pairs in random order and get to know each other in five minutes, discovering three things in common. Once the task is completed, each group is invited to present these things. The leader asks to explain why they chose each other, what led to that choice. Acquaintance/ team building methods
At the end of the presentation, participants may be invited to stay seated next to their chosen pairs and pay attention to the theoretical information they have heard and, once heard, remember the experience they have just had and then try to relate it to their choice. Note to the leader: participants will instinctively choose as a couple either a person they know very well and with whom they have the closest connection, or someone they know little but have similar interests, or, if it is a complete stranger, they will choose a person who is the most similar to themselves externally.
Task “Active Listening“ The whole group is divided into two equal groups. Representatives of one group are asked to leave the room and wait outside whereas the other group remains in the training room. The task of the group which stays in the training room remains unchanged – each participant has to tell some important story of his/her life to the interlocutor of the other group, each of whom will come through the door individually, and has to do so as sincerely as possible.
Practical tasks
Representatives of the group who left the room are given four different tasks four times: 1. pretend to listen to the interlocutor, but think about your personal things during the conversation; 2. not listen manifestly and to ignore what the interlocutor is saying; 3. constantly interrupt the interlocutor; 4. to listen carefully to the interlocutor and show him/her respect and attention when creating a rapport, pacing and leading The leader assigns each of these four tasks to the group behind the door in turn, i.e. not all four options at once. Initially, he/she gives only the first task, asks the participants to come to the training room, invites them to find an interlocutor and complete the task, then asks the group participants to come together again and present the second task, and so on.
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