Back in 2016 I wrote about Name Card Scramble - an index card activity I'd been doing for a while with college students. In 2017 I added more specific details in a What? and Why? series called, Name Card Return (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). This activity, over the years, has helped me with leanring names, introduce challenge by choice and get participants warmed up for the team building activities in their program.
After some consideration about specific situation, I tried something new. With the groups that knew each other well, a name card activity was not very challenging. So during a recent program I asked each person to create a card with a value on it - something each person brought to their particular group. To help with their consideration I scattered around the tables some Value Cards (print-n-play). (They were not required to choose one of these values specifically, they were provided as a resource if needed.)
After everyone created a card we gathered in a big circle to see (look at) what everyone chose. Then, I led them through the Name Card Return (Part 1) process. Over the number of rounds we played, it was fun to hear the value-related stories about some of the participants. We also spent some of the discussion time talking about how these same values would help them throughout their program.
During the program I brought out the cards as a processing tool to see how the values were holding up for them - what values were clear to see and which ones could be better utilized. (NOTE: When I initially considered using value words instead of names, I didn't think about using the cards throughout the program - the realization occurred during the program. Lesson: build it and see what it does and be open to what else it can do.)
Keep me posted!
Chris Cavert, Ed.D.
After some consideration about specific situation, I tried something new. With the groups that knew each other well, a name card activity was not very challenging. So during a recent program I asked each person to create a card with a value on it - something each person brought to their particular group. To help with their consideration I scattered around the tables some Value Cards (print-n-play). (They were not required to choose one of these values specifically, they were provided as a resource if needed.)
After everyone created a card we gathered in a big circle to see (look at) what everyone chose. Then, I led them through the Name Card Return (Part 1) process. Over the number of rounds we played, it was fun to hear the value-related stories about some of the participants. We also spent some of the discussion time talking about how these same values would help them throughout their program.
During the program I brought out the cards as a processing tool to see how the values were holding up for them - what values were clear to see and which ones could be better utilized. (NOTE: When I initially considered using value words instead of names, I didn't think about using the cards throughout the program - the realization occurred during the program. Lesson: build it and see what it does and be open to what else it can do.)
Keep me posted!
Chris Cavert, Ed.D.
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