Teambuilding Facilitation Manual. A Guide to Leading and Facilitating Teambuilding Activities

Pennsylvania State University, 2002. — 72 p. Susanne Dubrouillet, Josina Fluehr-Lobban, Laurie McLaughlin, Toria Thompson, Mike Gainer, Jeff Riddle, Gene Dilworth, Corky Potter, Robinne Weiss, Sharon Gaughan, Jessica Lenz. Teambuilding activities are exercises that help teams build cohesion and work through common group issues. They are used as educational tools for a variety of individuals, groups, and organizations. In addition, teambuilding activities provide opportunities for participants to combine individual talents and abilities with an awareness of the need to develop cooperation and trust within the group. This manual is a resource for teambuilding activities for adult and youth leaders with 4-H. This manual will help you effectively lead teambuilding programs. However, it is not exhaustive. Nor is it possible to read these pages and expect to become an expert in leading teambuilding programs. We are all lifelong learners and continue to add to our methods and styles as we learn new thoughts, ideas, and concepts. In that regard, please use this manual as a guide as you experiment with your particular leadership and facilitation style. This anthology of over 160 group activities is intended to help teachers, counselors, therapists, camp directors, and other group leaders to encourage group participation and learning in a way that is immediate, involving, and enjoyable. It also provides a resource for curriculum planners in adventure-based counseling programs. At the heart of adventure programs, and tying the various activities together, are several learning goals: (1) increasing the participant's confidence and self-esteem; (2) increasing mutual support within a group; (3) improving agility and physical coordination; and (4) developing joy in one's physical self and in being with others. The games, trust activities, initiative problems, and stunts, grouped in different sections in this book, aim to engender trust, promote fun, and provide challenging experiences. Instructions for each activity are accompanied by photographs, diagrams, and symbols indicating indoor versus outdoor activity, activity level, specific tips, and notes or discussions in some entries. This book contains an index and descriptions of Project Adventure services and publications. --Publisher description This anthology of over 160 group activities is intended to help teachers, counselors, therapists, camp directors, and other group leaders to encourage group participation and learning in a way that is immediate, involving, and enjoyable. It also provides a resource for curriculum planners in adventure-based counseling programs. At the heart of adventure programs, and tying the various activities together, are several learning goals: (1) increasing the participant's confidence and self-esteem; (2) increasing mutual support within a group; (3) improving agility and physical coordination; and (4) developing joy in one's physical self and in being with others. The games, trust activities, initiative problems, and stunts, grouped in different sections in this book, aim to engender trust, promote fun, and provide challenging experiences. Instructions for each activity are accompanied by photographs, diagrams, and symbols indicating indoor versus outdoor activity, activity level, specific tips, and notes or discussions in some entries. This book contains an index and descriptions of Project Adventure services and publications. (SV) Since Project Adventure began in 1971, thousands of teachers, health care professionals, PE instructors, corporate trainers, recreation specialists and others have attended Project Adventure workshops. These people have come away rejuvenated and eager to take back to their own programs the power and magic of Project Adventure activities. QuickSilver includes ten years' worth of new Icebreakers, Warm-Ups, Games, Stunts, Initiatives, Trust Activities, Closures and more. There's a plethora of programmatic play in these pages, enough to delight even the most avid game collector. There is also a section on leadership, where the authors have combined their 43 years of experience to provide you with some insights into leading effective Adventure programs. Whether you are an experienced or novice Adventure leader, or just looking for ways to bring people together in a fun, positive and meaningful way, QuickSilver will surely become one of your most valued resources. A manual on outdoor adventure games based on the Project Adventure workshops, including icebreakers, warm-ups, stunts, initiatives, and closures; with a section on leadership providing techniques to use in leading effective adventure programs This book is an effective way to bring people together to build trust, and to break down the artificial barriers between individuals and groups of individuals.