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Creating a story together can be merely for fun, or it can help the team imagine its future or recall its past.
===Objectives===
Fun, getting to know each other, creating a vision for the team, exercising imagination, appreciating diversity of thoughts and styles.
===Group Size===
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* [[:Category:Small| Small]]
* [[:Category:Medium| Medium]]
===Materials===
Place to sit around a table or in a circle, so that everyone can see and hear each other.
Possibly have one person be the recorder (on paper or with recording device) - this is optional; consider whether it may inhibit people, and whether archiving of the story would be of use.
===Set Up===
The organizer can decide if the story will be on a certain theme, and if so, identify it. (e.g., "What our organization will be like in 5 years, and how we will get there"; "The day everything went wrong with our big event." The story could be about a real challenge the team faces and how to deal with it, with fantasy okay or even encouraged or required.
===Directions===
The organizer can start the story, e.g., "Once upon a time, in a land far away, 5 people got together to solve all the world's problems. Everything seemed easy, until one day one of the people saw on the horizon . . . "
Around the circle, each person takes a turn adding to the story. The organizer can set a time limit for each person, such as one minute, or suggest each contribution be one paragraph or two sentences . . . .
Suggest that some of the parts end with an incomplete sentence or a cliff hanger such as "and then . . " or "Fortunately for her . . ."
The story can come to a conclusion with the last person in the circle, or you can go around twice or several times, or by a time limit.
===Debrief===
Discuss the process.
Discuss whether the story has ideas or lessons relevant to the group's regular activities.
===Alternatives===
The story could be created in writing rather than aloud. It can be in-person or remote, in real time or not.
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Creating a story together can be merely for fun, or it can help the team imagine its future or recall its past.
===Objectives===
Fun, getting to know each other, creating a vision for the team, exercising imagination, appreciating diversity of thoughts and styles.
===Group Size===
<!-- please delete whichever group size(s) are not appropriate for this activity --->
* [[:Category:Small| Small]]
* [[:Category:Medium| Medium]]
===Materials===
Place to sit around a table or in a circle, so that everyone can see and hear each other.
Possibly have one person be the recorder (on paper or with recording device) - this is optional; consider whether it may inhibit people, and whether archiving of the story would be of use.
===Set Up===
The organizer can decide if the story will be on a certain theme, and if so, identify it. (e.g., "What our organization will be like in 5 years, and how we will get there"; "The day everything went wrong with our big event." The story could be about a real challenge the team faces and how to deal with it, with fantasy okay or even encouraged or required.
===Directions===
The organizer can start the story, e.g., "Once upon a time, in a land far away, 5 people got together to solve all the world's problems. Everything seemed easy, until one day one of the people saw on the horizon . . . "
Around the circle, each person takes a turn adding to the story. The organizer can set a time limit for each person, such as one minute, or suggest each contribution be one paragraph or two sentences . . . .
Suggest that some of the parts end with an incomplete sentence or a cliff hanger such as "and then . . " or "Fortunately for her . . ."
The story can come to a conclusion with the last person in the circle, or you can go around twice or several times, or by a time limit.
===Debrief===
Discuss the process.
Discuss whether the story has ideas or lessons relevant to the group's regular activities.
===Alternatives===
The story could be created in writing rather than aloud. It can be in-person or remote, in real time or not.
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[[Category:New Activities]]
[[Category:Small]]
[[Category:Medium]]
[[Category:Icebreakers for Online Team Building]]
[[Category:Brainstorming]]
[[Category:Circle Games]]
[[Category:Collaboration]]
[[Category:Communication]]
[[Category:Diversity]]
[[Category:Getting to know you]]
[[Category:No Setup Necessary]]
[[Category:Problem Solving]]
