Article contributed by Geoff Kirkwood.
This workshop is designed to help members both have some fun and get to know each other better. It is based on the need for people to know each other to build long-term relationships. It is also based on an exercise developed by Area Director Peggy Nuelle in the USA.
Use this workshop/exercise to open a training session (LT training), to perk up a core group, in a chapter that is stale or simply because it is fun.
Give members the following instructions:-
1. They have 3 minutes to find as many things in common with other members of your chapter as possible.
2. As soon as they discover “one” thing in common, they must move on to the next member.
3. They cannot repeat the same “in common” findings with any other member.
After the time is up, get feedback as to who found the most things in common and recognize that person with a prize.
Also ask whether anyone found anything of personal interest in common with another member. One chapter in the USA used this and two members found that they were cousins and had never met.
If the chapter has more than 20 members you may wish to give them 5 minutes. They will then have to work harder to discover something in common.
