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The instructor tells the class about a scenario and the class has to determine what happened. The class can only ask "yes" or "no" questions.
The instructor gives the scenario: A rescuer finds 25 people burned to death in a cabin. What happened?
The solution is that the 25 people are in the cabin of an airplane that crashed on the mountaintop. It's a fun exercise and gets people to open up, cooperate, and ask questions.
I can't take credit for originating it. It was a group exercise in a management program, but it would work in other situations too.
Tom Johnson
Technical Writer
tjohnson -at- starcutter -dot- com
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Subject: Exercise to get participants involved
I am involved with a series of workshops at my company where we teach engineers to write effect documentation. These workshops seem to go very well and despite attendance being entirely elective, the classes are filled to capacity.
We are looking for a relevant exercise we can conduct early during the two hour session which will get the participants verbally involved in the workshop. We are after something that encourages folks to ask questions, make comments and become comfortable interacting with their fellow participants.
Does anyone have suggestions for such exercises? If so, could you describe the exercise?
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