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Participants from Hell

This activity helps participants identify ways to manage disruptive behaviors during training. Teams will analyze different types of disruptive participants and collaboratively develop strategies to handle them.

Duration
20m–45m
Group size
3–60 people
CCBY-SA 4.0

How to run it

  1. 1

    Brief the participants about the activity.

  2. 2

    Ask participants to reflect on previous training sessions and identify disruptive participant types.

  3. 3

    Divide them into teams of up to seven members, ensuring teams are of similar size and arranged in a circle.

  4. 4

    Distribute one envelope with a disruptive participant type to each team, along with three index cards.

  5. 5

    Instruct teams to take 3 minutes to brainstorm guidelines for managing the specified disruptive behavior and write them on the index cards.

  6. 6

    At the end of the time, signal the end of the round and have teams put their index card in the envelope and pass it to the next team.

  7. 7

    Tell teams not to open the envelopes they receive.

Tips

  • Encourage open communication to foster creative solutions.

  • Remind teams to focus on practical guidelines that can be applied in real scenarios.

  • Keep the atmosphere positive to help participants feel comfortable sharing their thoughts.

Variations

You can adapt this method by focusing on positive behaviors instead of disruptive ones, fostering a constructive environment.

Where it fits

team trainingworkshop facilitationconflict resolutiongroup dynamics exploration
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Method descriptions on Workshop Weaver are original content written by our team, based on established facilitation practices. This method was inspired by work from SessionLab. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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