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Cocktail Party
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Role playing can be a lot of fun and can be used to quickly loosen
social tensions and for learning about one's self and others
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It can fun to meet people by pretending to meet in different
circumstances e.g., at a cocktail party.
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Demonstrate walking up to someone, introducing oneself, having a bit of chit-chat
and moving on to meet someone else. Put drama and enthusiasm into it. It
needn't be a long encounter, but do try to get to know the essence of
the person, e.g.,
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"Hi, how are you?...I'm name.....So, what kind of work do you do? Where are you
from? Aren't the curtains awful! etc. Oh, there's someone
over there I want to meet....."
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Demo again that people should start each encounter by sharing names
since learning some is often one of the goals of the exercise.
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After the novelty of the cocktail party scenario peaks, announce new
scenarios e.g.,
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at a cocktail party
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on the beach on a hot summer day
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in a nightclub
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at a funeral for a mutually loved friend
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as Olympic athletes before 100m sprint final, etc.
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on a blind date
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as prisoners arriving at a jail (e.g., what did you do?)
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Equipment:
None.
Time:
~10-15 minutes
Brief Description:
People mill around, meet each other, shake hands and chat according to
different scenarios e.g., cocktail party, nightclub, on the beach, etc. |