00.00 – 00.15: Introduction and Programme of the workshop
Who says the man in his smart suit is really a manager, doing business on the golf course? And why wouldn’t that chubby figure be a sports fan? Participants use their supposed human knowledge, laugh at their own prejudices and quickly make contact with each other.
Exercise 4b1: Collecting signatures
People make contact in a light-hearted way by relying on intuition and prejudices.
What do you need?
– participants must be able to roam freely
– a list with as many statements as participants
– a printed list for each participant
– pens
– PowerPoint presentation
What should you do?
– all participants have a list of statements and a pen
– participants walk freely through the room and look for someone who meets one of the statements on the list.
– If someone confirms the statement, he signs. Both then look for a new person to whom they submit a new statement.
– A participant cannot have multiple signatures from the same person
– Who filled all the boxes with signatures first?
– Ask afterwards what it was like to do. What did the participants notice? Often a certain person, based on his appearance, is asked the same question. Why does such a thing happen? It has to do with intuition and interpretation > someone with a toned body will probably do a lot of sports, someone with a smiling face will be optimistic, …. Often we are fine with that, but certainly not always
– After this exercise you can introduce the Programme of the workshop
Trainer’s advice
– You can also make a list with more statements (for example 30), but limit the assignment to collecting 10 or 15 signatures, depending on the group size
– Think of statements that fit the subject, but also choose personal, deviant or funny statements. That makes the exercise more fun and varied.