Zoom cards activity - ODN Chicago

SuperSkills Accreditation Workshop Facilitator's Guide

Zoom cards activity

Total activity duration: 30?45 minutes

Brief and setup: 5 minutes

For the activity: 15?30 minutes

Review and debrief: 10 minutes

Running the activity

? Explain the activity:

? Each person will be given a number of images.

? Without looking at each other's images, the group must put the images in the correct sequence face down.

? Explain that there is a link between all the images and that there are no duplicates.

? Don't let them know it's called Zoom ? it gives it away!

? Hand out images to each participant (make sure they've been shuffled beforehand). Encourage them to study the details of the image so this will help them put them in order.

? All the cards have to be handed out ? because each one is a vital part of the overall story (there are 31 in total).

? Once they are ready, they can begin the activity.

? When the group believes that they have put the images into the correct sequence, the images should be laid on the table/floor in order, face down.

? Turn the images over one by one so that they can see if they got it right.

? If there are any mistakes, let participants correct the order and then go through the sequence again so that they understand the full story.

Rules

? Participants are not allowed to show anyone else their image at any point

? Participants are able to describe their image or demonstrate through actions ? but they cannot show them at any point.

? As the sequence of images is agreed by the group, the cards should be laid down on the table/floor in sequence. Once a card is down it cannot be picked up again

Your role

? Observe the activity looking out for how individuals communicate with one another; does anyone take the lead, do they talk over one another, do they implement a process, what body language are you noticing, etc.

? If they are struggling, you can give them clues, withhold saying that the activity is called Zoom for as long as you can.

Learning outcomes

? How good conversation is critical to solving the problem.

? Communication ? the five Super-Skills in action.

? Team work/collaboration.

Variations

? For smaller groups, you can give each participant more than one image.

? You can make the activity more competitive and measure team performance by the number of images that are in the wrong sequence.

? You can enforce a time limit to increase the difficulty.

? Remember that all cards have to be handed out for the exercise to work!

Debrief

The task is to draw out the five Super-Skills from the debrief.

? Presence ? was everyone fully present and engaged during the exercise?

? Hyper-awareness ? how were people feeling? How did that impact the exercise?

? De-coding ? how skilled was the group at listening to all opinions?

? Voicing ? did everyone contribute? Were all voices heard?

? Flow Control ? was a there a structure or a process to the conversation?

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SuperSkills Accreditation Workshop Facilitator's Guide

Zoom cards activity

Suggested questions to ask

1 How was that?

2 What communication methods did the team use?

3 What did your team do well when you discussed the

sequence of images?

4 What didn't work? Suggest this was all about the team having a great conversation ... subtly use this as a way to

start teasing out the Superskills. 5 Presence

Was everyone fully engaged? If not, why not? How did that impact on other members of the group?

6 Hyper-awareness Was there anything that frustrated you? How did that show? Could you sense frustration in others? How?

7 De-coding Did others in the team listen to your opinion? Did the group seek everyone's input? Were people building on suggestions?

8 Voicing Did everyone have their input? How did you handle differences of opinion? Did one or a few people dominate the conversation? How did he others feel about that?

9 Flow Control Did anyone emerge as a leader? How did having a leader help? Did you agree on an approach to solve the puzzle? How did you keep focused as a group on the task and not get diverted?

Finally explain the origins of the exercise ? a kid's book called Zoom by Banyai Istvan.

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