I love this one Chad! We're just getting started with a new team of 50 and want to be thoughtful in the ways we engage, as a team of 50 for some is WAY overwhelming or intimidating. You gave me some things to think about with this one. Thanks as always!
As soon as I saw the breathing exercise, I pressed the like button! Thanks, Chad! Adrian 😄Later edit: One of the most valuable videos, Chad! Amy's exercise is so suitable for active listening. I also liked the background of the video. Super useful and super nice!
Definitely a simple and too often overlooked way to mix up the format, get some blood flowing, AND take the pressure/hyperawareness off of nonverbals...which can sometimes be quite useful for some folks 👍👍
As an introverted facilitator I am often torn between my introverted self and myself as an extroverted professional and so this topic has been coming up for a me A LOT. An activity I have had so much success with, with this in mind, has been what I call TPOT (that person over there). It is an introductory connection and name learning activity that encourages the group to listen and introduce each other rather than introduce themselves. I can give more details if wanted. Anyway, great topic and I agree with points shared...side note, I giggled at the dancing image of Nate holding donuts!
@@chad.littlefield TPOT (That person over there) Everyone picks a image card (ubuntu, chiji, climer cards etc) that relates to them in some way. They then find a partner and tell the partner their name and why they picked the card. Both cards are then exchanged after which a new partner is found and they must introduce the card to the new partner and whose card it belongs to originally. The main intention of this is to encourage participants to pay attention to the information given to them and then attempt to accurately share that with the next person. In this way the group is collectively responsible for the introductions of the individuals in the group.
Journaling is such a powerful tool for both E's and I's. What are some ways to 'journal' now that writing ('pen to paper') is not popular with some participants (their writing is not legible so they don't write)?
We used to do story your name for years until we realized that there were many people who did not have good/positive connections to their name. I work in early childhood education, focusing on systemic racism and inequities in early education. Connection to names often triggered traumatic histories and those with CPTSD would be set off from the start of our sessions. I love many of your ideas but have to say that they do come from a dominant culture lens which is not inclusive. We also have to think about people who have disabilities--blind or deaf, for example....some of the activities are difficult to do, especially if it's a virtual workshop. Our number one goal is to be inclusive...so we have to be mindful of all these moving parts. It's one thing to know your group and a whole different expeirence when you have a different group of people at every virtual workshop.
First, thanks for sharing this. It's making me think. Second, I'm curious, how did you realize this or gather this feedback in your sessions? As I feel like folks who may be unintentionally excluded from something often go without their voice being heard during/after a session as well. Which perpetuates the issue. If you would let me offer a divergent perspective, and perhaps a challenging idea in response: I do acknowledge that some of my ideas/exercises shared *on UA-cam* are shared for a general audience and I don't run all of my ideas/considerations through every potential group/ability/neuro/cultural/niche divergence. However, with the groups that I am responsible for facilitating, I do very much take this into account. My videos might be 45 minutes long if I aimed to accommodate, acknowledge and share variations for all groups on the internet. True experiential education and sound facilitation must be personalized. When I watch a video on how to install a fence, I don't expect the video to be a tutorial for my yard or my ability level. It is merely a single case of how to do something which I then need to extrapolate and apply to my own specific context.
Nothing at all. Full support of that. In fact, this concept probably deserves a separate videos on how teams/organizations can be more "introvert friendly." AND if you want to create connections, you need to cross over boundaries for short periods of time before retreating back to your own "country" or "lane." Otherwise, people get increasingly excluded from decision making, promotions, relationships, etc.
As an introverted guy, the walk and talk is my favorite one. I've had bosses use it, and I'm always super grateful.
Love hearing that feedback! Thanks for taking the time to share.
"connection before content": so true! Makes me think so differently about icebreakers... Thanks.
Very glad this stuck with you!
I love this one Chad! We're just getting started with a new team of 50 and want to be thoughtful in the ways we engage, as a team of 50 for some is WAY overwhelming or intimidating. You gave me some things to think about with this one. Thanks as always!
Woohoo!! Love, love it.
As soon as I saw the breathing exercise, I pressed the like button! Thanks, Chad! Adrian
😄Later edit: One of the most valuable videos, Chad! Amy's exercise is so suitable for active listening. I also liked the background of the video. Super useful and super nice!
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I use walk and talks all the time. Especially useful and impactful with folks in recovery.
Definitely a simple and too often overlooked way to mix up the format, get some blood flowing, AND take the pressure/hyperawareness off of nonverbals...which can sometimes be quite useful for some folks 👍👍
As an introverted facilitator I am often torn between my introverted self and myself as an extroverted professional and so this topic has been coming up for a me A LOT. An activity I have had so much success with, with this in mind, has been what I call TPOT (that person over there). It is an introductory connection and name learning activity that encourages the group to listen and introduce each other rather than introduce themselves. I can give more details if wanted. Anyway, great topic and I agree with points shared...side note, I giggled at the dancing image of Nate holding donuts!
Would love more details, Phil! And I'm sure anybody else perusing the comments would really enjoy as well! :-)
@@chad.littlefield TPOT (That person over there) Everyone picks a image card (ubuntu, chiji, climer cards etc) that relates to them in some way. They then find a partner and tell the partner their name and why they picked the card. Both cards are then exchanged after which a new partner is found and they must introduce the card to the new partner and whose card it belongs to originally. The main intention of this is to encourage participants to pay attention to the information given to them and then attempt to accurately share that with the next person. In this way the group is collectively responsible for the introductions of the individuals in the group.
Journaling is such a powerful tool for both E's and I's. What are some ways to 'journal' now that writing ('pen to paper') is not popular with some participants (their writing is not legible so they don't write)?
Wow...I must be behind the times, haha! Is there really a significant population or generation that is unable to write by hand and read it as well?
We used to do story your name for years until we realized that there were many people who did not have good/positive connections to their name. I work in early childhood education, focusing on systemic racism and inequities in early education. Connection to names often triggered traumatic histories and those with CPTSD would be set off from the start of our sessions. I love many of your ideas but have to say that they do come from a dominant culture lens which is not inclusive. We also have to think about people who have disabilities--blind or deaf, for example....some of the activities are difficult to do, especially if it's a virtual workshop. Our number one goal is to be inclusive...so we have to be mindful of all these moving parts. It's one thing to know your group and a whole different expeirence when you have a different group of people at every virtual workshop.
First, thanks for sharing this. It's making me think. Second, I'm curious, how did you realize this or gather this feedback in your sessions? As I feel like folks who may be unintentionally excluded from something often go without their voice being heard during/after a session as well. Which perpetuates the issue.
If you would let me offer a divergent perspective, and perhaps a challenging idea in response:
I do acknowledge that some of my ideas/exercises shared *on UA-cam* are shared for a general audience and I don't run all of my ideas/considerations through every potential group/ability/neuro/cultural/niche divergence. However, with the groups that I am responsible for facilitating, I do very much take this into account. My videos might be 45 minutes long if I aimed to accommodate, acknowledge and share variations for all groups on the internet. True experiential education and sound facilitation must be personalized.
When I watch a video on how to install a fence, I don't expect the video to be a tutorial for my yard or my ability level. It is merely a single case of how to do something which I then need to extrapolate and apply to my own specific context.
What's wrong with respecting an introverts boundaries and just leaving them be?
Nothing at all. Full support of that. In fact, this concept probably deserves a separate videos on how teams/organizations can be more "introvert friendly." AND if you want to create connections, you need to cross over boundaries for short periods of time before retreating back to your own "country" or "lane." Otherwise, people get increasingly excluded from decision making, promotions, relationships, etc.