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Presents a set ofgreat ice-breaking exercises.

ice-breakerexercises

The aim in this sessionis for you to work together

and get to know each other.

Activity 1 = work alone.

Activity 2 = work in pairs.

Activity 3 = all team members.

Imagine your answersto the following questions

about your instructor:

on your own

Activity 1

2:00 minutes

Where does s/he live?

Where did s/he grow up?

What are her/his hobbies?

What does s/he do to relax?

What sort of car does s/he drive?

If s/he was famous, who would s/he be?

5 minutes in each groupto compare your answers.

Students pair up.

Now answer the following questions about your partners.

Activity 2

3:00 minutes

Where do they live?

Where did they grow up?

What do they do to relax?

What are their hobbies?

What sort of car do they drive?

What sort of person are they?

Activity 3

There follows ten ideas.

In your teams list theadvantages and disadvantages

of each idea.

1) Introduce a 'sensor' in mobile phones, which automatically switches off the phone if the owner is talking

too loudly(very useful in a cinema or museum!).

2) Allow the audience of a live show to film the show and sell it online.

http://www.cksinfo.com/electronics/cameras/page2.html

3) Provide electric buses for audiencesto go to cultural events.

4) Develop an app that finds the best route to travel to an artistic event.

5) Design t-shirts that change colour:

green = goodamber = neutral

red = bad

-- this could offer feedback to the organisers of events!

6) Sell brochures online before shows.

7) Organise a ‘No Clothes Show’ eventwhere people can attend

a cultural event naked.

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8) Create a stopover cultural travel guide with advice on what to do

and see on a long-haul stopover.

9) Stream live cultural events online to fee-paying subscribers.

10) Allow all understudies from theatre productions to perform a scene or two

after the main show.

In your teams:Imagine you have been given a grant

to set up one of these businesses.

Which one would you choose?Why?

- 5 minutes to reach a decision- 1 minute presentation to group

- questions from floor

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