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I think I learned the place safe, play hard, play fair version on your Playmeo. I love to start my meeting with that. Just so much fun and sets up the whole idea of remembering to communicate and not just assume people know what we're thinking
Great activity, Mark! I love the different options for more theatrical and more reserved options when playing this. I think this would be a perfect activity in w workshop or training about communication skills!
Thank you for your feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the activity and found the different options useful. I agree, it would be a perfect addition to a workshop or training session focusing on communication skills. :)
Thank you for sharing not only the energizer but all your insights from your experience, the examples of how to use this in different contexts is so helpful.
I have to prepare an activity for birthday event so I suppose this one will be super funny. Only watching this, got a lot of laughter😂 Thanks for sharing!
Is there a new question that you ask with each new pair you create in Crosstown Connections? There was a question that was shared with the first pair but never mentioned again when you create a new pair
Hi Bruce, thanks for your question. It's really up to you (and the type of program you're running) but I'd recommend that you ask each pair that forms a new question. That only one is viewed in the video is simply a function of how we edited the video. There's no shortage of good questions that invite people to get to know one another, and if it can make them laugh too, even better.
Hey Gabriel, thanks so much for commenting! No, all we have is a video format. If you like what you see here, check out playmeo.com/activities for 270+ more videos!
Hi gentleman, thanks for the excellent set of ideas. I love trying new stuff so today I did try the three h's using Michelle Cummings body bag. So I had a brain a hand and a heart that I was able to use to introduce the final debrief of the day. This worked so beautifully with my group of educators. Thanks so much for sharing. I'll be pulling this one out more often
It’s really good there’s a mixture of youths and adults doing this together. It shouldn’t be just for one particular age group, even though it’s technically for youths.
How do I extract more value from an activity that just having fun is always a useful question, so thanks for asking Ryan. Yes, I would absolutely connect my debrief to a skill such as communication, but as a team-based event, I think it is ideally suited to inviting my group to reflect on their continuous improvement.
hola , ayúdame a comprender mejor, la tecnica what, o what y now wath, no es de Kurth Hanh con outward bound? hello, help me understand better, the technique what, or what and now wath, isn't it from Kurth Hanh with outward bound?
The basic experiential learning reflection model was first sourced from David Kolb in the 1960s. It woudl certainly have been amplified during Outward Bounds development too. The model of What? So What? and Now What was popularised by Project Adventure in the 80s and 90s.
thanks for this, sir! love the range of no props/no problem ways. (",). also looooove that the people behind you, mark - were walking in pairs. smiiiiiiiiiile.
I hear what you're saying, and while this exercise was recorded in Australia, I have lead it successfully many times in North America. The key to its success (indeed, the success of any activity) is the sequence and framing you use to introduce it. Visit my blog www.playmeo.com/blog for lots of articles about this and many other topics of activity leadership
I was simply looking for group activities for a summer picnic and I came upon your video. I am a curious person by nature and always want to learn something new every day if possible, so I went ahead and checked your playmeo videos you have posted. It was like opening Pandora's box - you giving the basics on ChatGPT, which was one of the recent things I've been hearing about, but didn't know much about. I would like to thank you for that very nice introduction to ChatGPT and how to try to harness it to our needs. I also appreciate your efforts in connecting people which hopefully will make the world better one step at a time.
You are more than welcome. To continue to keep up to date, I invite you to read my weekly blog posts which discuss and explore the design and delivery of interactive group games & activities.
Chris, other than all of the content featured here > www.playmeo.com/activities/energizer-warm-up-games/jump-in-jump-out/ I am not aware of a longer video than which is uploaded here.
@@playmeo-group-games I remember seeing one where there were 'body taps' like: tap left knee with right hand, right knee with left hand. Left foot with right hand in front of body... unilateral touch points???
@@chrismartin8731 oh wow, that is all new to me, but I get the idea. Certainly, an activity with those movements has not been created by playmeo, but it's bound to be one of our members who has adapted the exercise & uploaded it to YT. Good luck
Oh, there is a LOT to experience Brian, and a LOT to get excited about. You could have some fun asking it to write a few paragraphs of your new book? Give it enough context and you'll be stunned by the results....
