Present your partner Add/remove
Purpose:
The purpose of presenting your partner is to get the workshop participants to know each other.
Tips to include participants who are not able to:
Hear
If participants have hearing impairment make sure they can communicate either through a sign language interpreter (if present) or by asking the participants to write down questions and answers instead of talking.
Speak
If participants are unable to speak make sure they can communicate either through a sign language interpreter (if present) or by asking the participants to write down questions and answers instead of talking.
Focus
If the ability to focus is limited, make only a few simple questions and reduce time discussing.
Get the participant, a facilitator or helper to write down answers to questions to be better prepared for presenting.
Get the participant, a facilitator or helper to write down answers to questions to be better prepared for presenting.
Think
If the ability to think is limited, make only a few simple questions and reduce time discussing.
Get the participant, a facilitator or helper to write down answers to questions to be better prepared for presenting.
Get the participant, a facilitator or helper to write down answers to questions to be better prepared for presenting.
Belong
If participants feel insecure about the exercise, don't push them too hard. Be sensitive towards different needs and ensure a safe environment. Presenting in smaller groups is possible.
Touch
If participants are not able to hold a pen, keep information between participants short and simple, or ask a documenter to write down the information for presenting.
Hold
If participants are not able to hold a pen, keep information between participants short and simple, or ask a documenter to write down the information for presenting.
Overview
Input
N/A
Output
Comfort and understanding of each others skills
Complexity
Simple-Moderate
Time
15-30min
Participants
4-10+
Activity
communicating, remembering,
reading*, writing*
*only if notetaking and question ideas comes in use
Step by step:
Divide the participants in groups of two.
Provide pen and paper for note taking for each group.
Ask participant 1 to ask participant 2 about their name and how they can contribute to the workshop, what is their expertise, what are they good at etc.
Repeat step 3 although switch roles.
Participant 1 presents participant 2 and vise versa to the rest of the group. All groups should be presented.
When doing this method you should consider:
- If participants have a hard time remembering, give them paper to take notes on
- If participants have a hard time remembering, make them the last one to listen to their partner and the first to present.
- If a participant has a hard time focusing avoid note paper as it can act as a distraction
Materials needed:
- Paper for note taking
- Pens for note taking
- Question ideas page