Fun Trust-Building Game For Improving Communication - Hog Call
Fun Trust-Building Game For Improving Communication - Hog Call is an applied improv exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Each pair identifies a favourite animal, and the sound associated with it, eg a cow and moo.
- Invite each pair to announce their animal and express its sound to the whole group (to avoid duplication.)
- Pairs split, with each person moving to the opposite end of a designated playing space to their partner.
- Getting ready, each person turns away from their partner, shuffles their position, closes their eyes and assumes the bumpers up position.
- On “GO,” each person turns and walks towards their partner (blind) and starts calling their animal’s noise in an effort to find one another.
- As each pair reunites, they may open their eyes.
- Hog Call Fun trust-building game to improve listening skills.
- As a fun trust-building game, Hog Call combines cooperation and communication in a memorable activity that is guaranteed to generate laughter, helping people step outside their comfort zones in a supportive way.
- Perfect for any large open space, groups quickly discover the importance of clear signals when visual cues are removed.
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Each pair identifies a favourite animal, and the sound associated with it, eg a cow and moo.
Invite each pair to announce their animal and express its sound to the whole group (to avoid duplication.)
Pairs split, with each person moving to the opposite end of a designated playing space to their partner.
Getting ready, each person turns away from their partner, shuffles their position, closes their eyes and assumes the bumpers up position.
On “GO,” each person turns and walks towards their partner (blind) and starts calling their animal’s noise in an effort to find one another.
As each pair reunites, they may open their eyes.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Trust-Building Game For Improving Communication - Hog Call. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Each pair identifies a favourite animal, and the sound associated with it, eg a cow and moo.; Invite each pair to announce their animal and express its sound to the whole group (to avoid duplication.); Pairs split, with each person moving to the opposite end of a designated playing space to their partner.; Getting ready, each person turns away from their partner, shuffles their position, closes their eyes and assumes the bumpers up position.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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