MODULE: Formation and empowerment of the group SUBJECT TITLE: Team building and needs Gintarė Joteikaitė
Subject title
Purpose of the activity
Duration
Location and tools Number of participants
Team building and needs To provide participants with knowledge about the process of team building, types of team management, ways to motivate team members and the importance of learning when being in a team.
3–4 hours.
Writing tools, balloons, projector.
15–20 participants.
The leader prepares slips of papers with celebrity pairs or associatively related phrases (for example, Romeo and Juliet, Alice and Wonderland, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, etc.) Slips of papers are distributed to participants, who are invited to find their pair and get to know each other within 10 minutes, with each person in the pair answering the following questions: Acquaintance/ team building methods
1. to tell each other about the best teamwork experience; 2. to tell each other about the worst teamwork experience. Later, taking into account these shared aspects, write down a few points which are important when working and building relationships in a team. Finally, all pairs of participants introduce themselves and share their singled out points and briefly describe why they wrote exactly them.
“Centipede” All participants are given a balloon which they must inflate and tie. Participants are then invited to stand behind each other (in “snake” or “centipede” manner). All participants connect with each other via balloons, i.e., one balloon rests on the back of the participant who is in front of the other participant, the other balloon rests on the belly. Participants are informed that they cannot touch the balloons with their hands. Practical tasks
The leader places the obstacles in the space (in good weather, the task can take place outdoors) and indicates to the group the trajectory of the whole “centipede” to complete. The most important condition: participants cannot separate, the balloon cannot fall to the ground. If the balloon falls to the ground, the group starts all over again. With a larger group of participants, it is possible to divide participants into two groups, e.g. two “centipedes” of 8-10 participants each, who compete against each other, who will overcome the obstacle sooner. The task is being performed until the “centipede(s)” overcome(s) the entire obstacle completely, usually it takes 10–20 minutes.
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