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Keywords: Participation; Dialogue; Creativity
Objectives: Encouraging all participants of workshops and seminars to participate in a discussion.
Visualizing the communication carried out during the discussion.
Target group: Suitable for all kinds of groups, including children.
Duration: 15 – 30 minutes
Methodology step-by-step: 1. Ask the participants to stand in a circle.
2. Introduce the topic whilst holding a ball of wool. Explain that each person must hold the ball of wool when speaking. If someone wants to speak, the person currently speaking must throw the ball of wool to them whilst holding onto the end of the wool.
3. At the end of the discussion, observe the ‘spider’s web’ of wool and discuss this visible connection and communication between the participants.
Resources needed: A big ball of wool
Challenges: None