February 15th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Categories: For Trainers, Outdoor Development | PDF version
group discussion, outdoor development, reflection, review, story
A quick method for starting out a review (or reviving one that is stalling). Go around the room and ask people to tell the group all the verbs they have been doing today.
e.g.
Climbing, Canoeing, Swimming, Falling, Sliding, Catching, Carrying, Paddling, Shaking….
Alternatively, have them collect them on a flipchart, or white board.
I also find this useful in encouraging people to move from “task” to “process”, by guiding their thoughts towards the non-obvious verbs.
e.g.
Sharing, Arguing, Discussing, Leading, Learning, Helping, Supporting, Plotting, Scheming, etc
It’s a quick, lively, thought provoking exercise that can take on a life of it’s own!
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group discussion, outdoor development, reflection, review, story
It looks like a fast, energising, inclusive method in which it is impossible to be wrong. I wonder where things go from here?
Maybe a list of feelings – and then lines joining feelings to the verbs (if they were associated during the event).
Or maybe a list of adverbs connected to the verbs (if they were associated during the event).
Or maybe a jump straight to the workplace and which words are associated most strongly with work and which not… if you also want to review work experience – but maybe that comes later?
Interestingly enough, I have also used the list of emotions approach but I’ve never thought to tie it into the verbs.
I like the idea of aiding transfer through this.
Maybe ask people to list “useful” verbs and “damaging” verbs and to take that list back to the workplace with the aim of prompting people to think about about their behavior and in which category it falls.