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<div>===Objectives===<br />
Illustrate the importance of collaboration among groups working to achieve similar goals.<br />
Demonstrate how competition can be potentially destructive.<br />
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===Group Size===<br />
[[Category:Medium]][[:Category:Medium| Medium]]<br />
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===Materials===<br />
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1 package of candy (with enough for each participant to have some)<br />
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1 pre-built tower made from:<br />
*15 Paper Cups<br />
*25 Popsicle Sticks<br />
*5 sheets of Construction Paper<br />
*enough Masking Tape to hold it together<br />
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3 packets containing the following items:<br />
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Packet #1<br />
*1 roll of Masking Tape<br />
*10 Paper Cups<br />
*25 Popsicle Sticks<br />
*4 sheets of construction paper<br />
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Packet #2<br />
*12” strip of Masking Tape<br />
*25 Paper Cups<br />
*15 Popsicle Sticks<br />
*8 sheets of construction paper<br />
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Packet #3<br />
*6” strip of Masking Tape<br />
*10 Paper Cups<br />
*35 Popsicle Sticks<br />
*3 sheets of construction paper<br />
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===Set Up===<br />
The setup requires pre-builing a tower and dividing the materials into each packet. There is no model for the pre-built tower - it can look like anything you want - the more complicated it is the harder it will be for the groups to replicate.<br />
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===Directions===<br />
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Big Picture:<br />
Participants will work in three groups build towers that look like a pre-built tower. Each group will be missing some of the supplies necessary to build their tower, but between the groups they will have enough to build 3 towers identical to the pre-built tower if they decide to collaborate and share supplies. The facilitators should make sure this is not immediately obvious, and once it becomes more obvious, the facilitators should neither discourage or encourage collaboration. The groups will be purposely set against each other through competition (and therefore they will be less likely to collaborate). Use appropriate additional debrief questions based on the groups choice to collaborate or not to collaborate.<br />
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Procedure: 15 min<br />
Begin by randomly dividing participants into three groups and organizing the groups in three corners of the room. In the fourth corner you should have the pre-built tower (hidden from view).<br />
Introduce the activity by saying: “Your goal is to build a tower that matches the pre built tower located in the corner.”<br />
Ask for one volunteer from each group to be their group’s representative, and explain that only the representative will be allowed to see the pre-built tower.<br />
Announce that a prize will be awarded for the group that builds the tower that most closely replicates the pre-built tower.<br />
While one facilitator is showing the representatives the pre-built model, another facilitator should be distributing the supply packets to the group. The representatives should only have 30 seconds to see the model and no one but the representative should be allowed to see the model.<br />
Answer any questions at this point, and then announce that the representatives will return to the groups, and once they return, the facilitators will not answer any questions.<br />
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[The facilitators should not answer any questions so that the groups are forced to figure out how to build their tower on their own. If the groups figure out they need to collaborate, the facilitators should neither encourage or discourage them (this will come up in the debrief).]<br />
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Send the representatives back to their groups and announce that each group has 10 minutes to build the tower.<br />
5 minutes into the building, ask for the representatives to come to the center of the room and report to the other representatives one thing they are doing well and one challenge they are having. Then let them see the model again for 30 seconds.<br />
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[Again, the facilitators should not answer any questions, encourage or discourage collaboration! ]<br />
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After 10 minutes of building, have a representative from each group present their tower to the other groups.<br />
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Report Back: 10 min<br />
Give some candy to everyone who participated, and announce that everyone is a winner.<br />
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Debrief: 15 min<br />
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The facilitators should ask the following questions of the entire group.<br />
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Raise your hand if your group built a tower.<br />
Did you achieve the tower in the picture? Why or why not?<br />
What challenges did you encounter and how did you overcome them?<br />
How did competition add from or detract from what you were trying to achieve?<br />
What will you take away from this activity?<br />
How does building the tower in this activity compare to building a Young Heroes program at your site?<br />
How does this activity relate to being part of a national network?<br />
How can we encourage collaboration and healthy competition among sites?<br />
If you did this activity with the Young Heroes, what lessons would you want them to get from it?<br />
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Additional Debrief<br />
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(add the following questions if the groups did not collaborate):<br />
Why did you not to collaborate?<br />
Was it a conscious choice or did it not occur to you?<br />
What would have been possible if you had decided to share resources?<br />
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(add the following questions if the groups collaborated):<br />
How did you come to the decision to collaborate?<br />
What became possible once you made the decision to share resources?</div>75.7.21.156https://www.teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=Resources&diff=1428Resources2006-08-11T03:53:59Z<p>75.7.21.156: </p>
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<div>* [http://www.teachmeteamwork.com Tom Heck's TeachMe Teamwork] A great resource with a blog, a newsletter, a free e-book, and he also runs regular teleseminars.<br />
* [http://blog.mattpaknis.com/ Team Building by Matt Paknis]</div>75.7.21.156https://www.teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=Resources&diff=1427Resources2006-08-11T03:15:44Z<p>75.7.21.156: </p>
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<div>===Objectives===<br />
Find things in common, build community in a group, get to know you activity<br />
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===Group Size===<br />
[[Category:Medium]][[:Category:Medium| Medium]]<br />
[[Category:Large]] [[:Category:Large| Large]]<br />
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===Materials===<br />
Pen and paper helpful but not necessary<br />
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===Directions===<br />
Divide the larger group into 3-5 smaller groups. Instruct each small group to find X number of things they all have in common. The facilitator should choose the X number ahead of time, depending on the time frame and group size. Challenge the groups to think creatively (beyond obvious similarities such as "we are all here doing this activity right now"). Some examples include places they have all traveled, books they have all read, life goals etc. After all the groups have finished, re-assemble the larger group and have a spokesperson from each smaller group share what they came up with.</div>75.7.21.156https://www.teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=Reunited&diff=1423Reunited2006-07-29T23:54:56Z<p>75.7.21.156: </p>
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