Friendly Flyers
This exercise promotes communication and relationship building within teams. Participants work in pairs to create paper airplanes while sharing personal insights, culminating in a playful flying contest to guess whose plane is whose based on the attributes shared.
Come eseguirlo
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Organize participants into pairs and provide them with paper and pens in a large space away from other pairs.
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Instruct each pair to build an aerodynamic paper airplane that can fly the farthest.
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Have each participant write down personal characteristics on the airplane's wings or inside.
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Conduct a paper airplane flying contest to determine which plane travels the farthest.
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After the contest, challenge the rest of the group to identify who each plane belongs to using the attributes written.
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Reveal the answers and celebrate the guesses.
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Continue with the planes in the order of distance flown.
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Conclude by highlighting that everyone has contributed and won in the activity.
Suggerimenti
Encourage participants to be creative with their planes and personal attributes.
Facilitate the guessing game in a supportive manner to ensure everyone feels included.
Provide clear guidance on the importance of features that contribute to flight.
Variazioni
You can introduce themed attributes for the planes based on specific group goals or assign different distances for additional competitiveness.
Casi d'uso
Domande frequenti
Quando usare Friendly Flyers?â–¾
Usa Friendly Flyers quando vuoi: team building activity; icebreaker exercise; communication skills workshop; retrospective activity.
Quanto dura Friendly Flyers?â–¾
Friendly Flyers dura tipicamente da 15 a 30 minuti.
Per quanti partecipanti è adatto Friendly Flyers?▾
Friendly Flyers funziona meglio per gruppi di 6–30 partecipanti.
Di quali materiali ho bisogno per Friendly Flyers?â–¾
Friendly Flyers non richiede materiali particolari — bastano i partecipanti e uno spazio.
Quanto è difficile facilitare Friendly Flyers?▾
Friendly Flyers è classificato come principiante — facile da facilitare anche senza esperienza precedente.
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