Groupwork Activities, Activities and More Activities

This practical and experiential workshop is for anyone running groups for people of any age and for any purpose, and who want to use dramatic, impactful and meaningful groupwork strategies. Participants will be able to join in over a dozen activities that will use physical movement, imagery and drawing, variations on scaling activities, interactive storytelling and the world’s simplest theatre activities. It will also explore using the internet, music and video as groupwork resources. This workshop will help participants move beyond the idea of ice-breakers and focus on selecting activities for a specific purpose and for a particular group, time and place. Participants will have the chance to devise and present their own unique activities in the workshop. And we shall explore just why some activities fail and why others are total winners.

Participants will:

• Experience 12 + activities
• Create and present their own groupwork activities
• Learn how to use existing internet resources
• Create new activities using internet resources
• Identify some of the reasons why activities fail
• Learn what the ingredients are for successful activities

Who should attend?

Professionals who already have a solid framework and understanding of groupwork who want to expand their skills with a range of practical strategies/activities