The act of listening is not the same as hearing. When someone is communicating with you, they want to feel like they’re talking to you, rather than at you, and that can only be done with a set of good listening skills and an understanding of the principles of effective communication in general. Learn how to become an empathetic, attentive, and active listener with the listening skills exercises listed below.
Jul 14, 2007 - This is in active icebreaker that works best with a group of five or six people. Or “Charades Down the Line” is an active icebreaker that combines charades with the “telephone down the line” game. Some examples are:. Chinese Whispers, explains the game and offers some examples. Gossip, Rumors, and the Two-Part Telephone Game Global Gossip Game, a game of Gossip that passes from library to library around the world on International Games Day @ your library.
You can also for reference, or learn how to. A Game of Telephone Telephone might be considered a child’s game, but it’s actually a very useful exercise in communication that those working to improve their own or their team’s listening skills can benefit from greatly. The rules are simple, but altered slightly to shed additional light on the importance of active listening, and how information can become distorted as a result of laziness, inattentiveness, and passivity all enemies of effective communication.
To start the game, participants should stand in a line, or a circle. One person begins the game by whispering a sentence to the person after them. This sentence should be prepared beforehand, by someone moderating the game, but it should only be known to the person starting the game. The person who received the messages should then whisper it to the person after them, and so on. By the time it gets to the final person in the group, they should say the message aloud. The first person will read the sentence they were given, and participants can note how much the two have changed.