GAME #50: Interviews
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Game Categories:
Opener Energizer Communication
Team-building Review Topical
❖ Purpose: To demonstrate the dynamics of listening and retention skills.
❖ Time Required: 10 to 15 minutes.
❖ Size of Group: Unlimited, but participants should work in small groups of six.
❖ Materials Required: None.
❖ The Exercise in Action: Becky Russell, store manager for Microsoft in Bothell, WA, has good success with this communication exercise: One person is interviewed for five minutes on a specific topic by a team of three people, while another team of three listens to the questions and answers. At the end of the time, the “listening” team must recap what the interviewee has said in three sentences. The team asking the questions scores the other team on the accuracy of its recap. Teams are then rotated so that the listeners become the interviewers, and new interviewees and topics are chosen. The team with the highest total wins.
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