GAME #70: The Danger of Assumptions
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Game Categories:
Opener Energizer Communication
Team-building Review Topical: Diversity
❖ Purpose: To show participants how appropriate or inappropriate it is to make assumptions about others.
❖ Time Required: 10 minutes at the outset of class.
❖ Size of Group: 10 to 30.
❖ Materials Required: Slips of paper, each with the name of a different participant written on it, prepared in advance by the trainer. ❖ The Exercise in Action: Leslie Huerter, religious education director for St. Mary’s Church, gives everyone a slip of paper with the name of another person, which they’re not to reveal to the other participants. Participants are asked to observe their “designated person” throughout the day and write down on index cards positive observations and assumptions. At some point, she has each person read out loud the qualities they’ve observed and give the index card to the other person. “This activity is great for helping people see themselves as others see them,” says Huerter.
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