🍹Early to RISA 🧉Mar 9

Anon introduces himself

https://sh.itjust.works/post/56501004

Show threadIlovethebombMar 9
I absolutely hate those “let’s go around the circle and introduce ourselves” exercises. Making children do them seems especially cruel.
Show threadoce 🐆Mar 9
Don’t you think it’s good to train children to be able to talk to strangers and introduce themselves? I know it’s stressful but I think it is useful.
Show threadIlovethebombMar 9
That’s just not how people introduce themselves out in the real world though.
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamMar 9
work is the real world and i have some news
Show threadslaacaa

The problem is the lack of structure.

I organize a lot of workshops involving people from experts to executives, where always need an introduction round, and I always give them a structure to follow. Makes the task it easier, but it’ll also be much more useful for the group, as we’ll focus in the aspects of a person that matter for the context of the workshop.

For a class intro in primary school, it could be:

  • name and age
  • nickname you’d like others to call you
  • favorite subject
  • favorite hobby / free time activity

I just made this up, but a teacher could probably come up with something even more fitting.

The point is, always give people structure or guidance, you’ll get much more out of similar introduction rounds.

Mar 9 at 11:34amWeb
Show threadidunnololzMar 9
Sure but in the real world you will sometimes get this and sometimes get no structure. It’s been about 50/50 for me so far. Being able to do either on the fly is good.