| Duration: 15+ min Number of players: 2+ player/s Materials/ Tools needed: Card set “Tell Your Story” Publisher: Tell your story LTD Language: EN, LV, RU Links: https://stastustastiem.lv/product/tell-your-story/ |
Short description
“Tell your Story” cards is a method to involve people to talk about their experience and share ideas, thoughts and personal views. This method is a tool to empower people to talk with each other, listen and train different skills.Answering questions from the cards promotes self – exploring, playing cards in pairs or groups can promote discussions and dialogue to build a stronger team and to get to know each other better.
Educational value/ Learning Objectives
- Icebreaking
- Promote discussions and dialogue to build a stronger team and to get to know each other better.
- Develop personal and professional skills – tolerance, empathy, communication, storytelling, presentation, argumentation, active listening, language training, time management, creativity, etc.
Recommendations for use
- Just take the cards and talk!
- Use five empty cards to write down your own questions!
- Feel free to create your own way to play!
- Ask participants to create new game rules!
Tips and Tricks for Facilitators
How to adapt game for different groups, topics, occasions/needs
Depending on the situation/ needs you can select cards with specific questions/ topics (in the full deck there are 75 cards).
Feedback questions
You can also give cards to the learners and invite them to go outside for a walk during what they answer questions, speak, and share thoughts! To highlight education aspect, after playing the cards short debriefing session could be very useful. Here are some questions that can be used:
- Individual self-reflection
- What can I learn from this activity?
- Which question made me think the most?
- Pairs conversations
- Did you find some answers that surprised you? Which ones and why?
- Which questions were the most challenging? Why?
- Discussions in groups
- What competences can you develop through this game?
- How would they help you in a professional and personal life?
- Which team members’ answers surprised you the most?
Further discussion topics
Life goals and values
Personal and professional development
Lifelong learning
Diversity
