[Chrissie Taylor]

Hi there Sarah!? Not sure if you want to just get people up and talking to each other or if you wanted it be specifically geared towards communication, but I borrowed an awesome icebreaker that gets people talking from a colleague, Ashley Venneman.? I call it “It’s Meeting Time”…each participant receives a sheet of paper with a clock on it (can have hands or not) and a line next to each number.? The first part of the activity is that each person in the room needs to set up a meeting with someone they do not know.? They go around the room, introduce themselves, and then write each other’s names in the time slots that are available. Once all meeting times are set (if there needs to be groups more than 2 in a meeting, that’s okay), then the moderator calls out a meeting time and reads the preset question prepared for that meeting time (moderator would have the questions ready beforehand).? For example, I would say okay, it’s time for your 3pm meeting.? The group would find their 3pm peeps and then I would say, please share with your group what animal you would be and why.? Depending on how much time you have to run this activity, you can give them a couple minutes each to answer and then move on to the next meeting time.? I have used this as an assessment tool as well, where we play it after they learn about a specific topic.? Then the questions they are speaking about are related to that topic.? Most of the time though, I try to just have fun questions that will get people talking.? Let me know if this all makes sense and if needed, we can hop on a call!

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Chrissie King
Assistant Director
Rutgers University Camden
Camden NJ
(856) 225-6449
chrissie.king@rutgers.edu
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-24-2023 13:51
From: Sarah Aikman
Subject: Student Employee Training

I am looking for a good communication activity to use during student employee training in August.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Sarah Aikman
Interim Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights KY
(859) 572-1940
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[Adriane Reilly]

Hi Sarah, 

We have two activities we use to build communication skills. First, is this Colourblind activity (https://rsvpdesign.com/colourblind.html). We changed the name to “Color Communication” to be more inclusive, and it was highly ranked by students in the post-training assessment. Since you can’t repeat this with students who have done it before, we’re doing an activity this fall for training that the full-time staff did at our own retreat. It’s called Blivet: A Communication Experience. I attached the facilitator guide and participant PDF for your reference. 

Happy to answer any follow-up questions! 

Warmly,

Adriane 

Adriane Reilly, Ed.D.   Pronouns: She, Her, Hers  Associate Director of Sykes Student Union  Sykes Union and Student Activities   P: 610-738-0556 | E: areilly@wcupa.edu A: 110 W. Rosedale Ave., Suite 105, West Chester, PA 19383

Book time to meet with me

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Original Message:
Sent: 7/24/2023 2:09:00 PM
From: Chrissie King
Subject: RE: Student Employee Training

Hi there Sarah!  Not sure if you want to just get people up and talking to each other or if you wanted it be specifically geared towards communication, but I borrowed an awesome icebreaker that gets people talking from a colleague, Ashley Venneman.  I call it “It’s Meeting Time”…each participant receives a sheet of paper with a clock on it (can have hands or not) and a line next to each number.  The first part of the activity is that each person in the room needs to set up a meeting with someone they do not know.  They go around the room, introduce themselves, and then write each other’s names in the time slots that are available. Once all meeting times are set (if there needs to be groups more than 2 in a meeting, that’s okay), then the moderator calls out a meeting time and reads the preset question prepared for that meeting time (moderator would have the questions ready beforehand).  For example, I would say okay, it’s time for your 3pm meeting.  The group would find their 3pm peeps and then I would say, please share with your group what animal you would be and why.  Depending on how much time you have to run this activity, you can give them a couple minutes each to answer and then move on to the next meeting time.  I have used this as an assessment tool as well, where we play it after they learn about a specific topic.  Then the questions they are speaking about are related to that topic.  Most of the time though, I try to just have fun questions that will get people talking.  Let me know if this all makes sense and if needed, we can hop on a call!

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Chrissie King
Assistant Director
Rutgers University Camden
Camden NJ
(856) 225-6449
chrissie.king@rutgers.edu
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-24-2023 13:51
From: Sarah Aikman
Subject: Student Employee Training

I am looking for a good communication activity to use during student employee training in August.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Sarah Aikman
Interim Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights KY
(859) 572-1940
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