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Merry Christmas folks! I hope that everyone had a wonderful day with family and friends and having some merry moments. As my Christmas day winds down I'm already looking at 2014 with anticipation. We've got some VERY big projects that will change and shape our current programs. I'll need all my staff to rally behind these new changes to make sure that these programs excel our expectations. Change is a funny thing, don't you think? People, much like animals, naturally resist change. So when we are confronted with change - we need our troops to rally. That's one of the only ways to make change work well. Now that the front-loading is done - let's get onto the activity. Though it doesn't deal directly with change - it does deal with reaching "Critical Mass". We'll get into what that means in the debrief. Here's the activity: Finding Nemo Number of Participants: 20 or more. Setting up the Field of Play : No props needed. Have part...

I just realized that I never made my PS note about Bumpers Up. Here's why we need to explain and then practice proper bumper position: Surprisingly enough, the only one who is remotely close to proper Bumpers Up position is the one about to "Double Goose" the participant in the darker blue shirt. You don't want to be either. Bad Bumper! Bad BUMPER! Trust me...you don't want this happening to one your participants and as a participant, you will only experience this once before you decide that "Bumpers Up" is EXTREMELY important (especially when you're in a group with people you do not know well). I'd show you a picture of good Bumpers Up Position...but do you think I could find one? Nope. So I'm left with explaining it and hoping that you can understand it. If I ever find one...I will definitely post it (mostly out of triumph). BUMPERS UP: With your elbows tight to your side, bend your elbows a little less than 90 degrees with your...

Or at least that's how I spell it. This activity could be spelled "Pruie" or "Pruey" or however you would like to. It's one of the best activities that I came away with from the AEE International Conference this last October. It was presented by Chris Ortiz from High 5 Adventure. If you go to the right slide-out sidebar and hover your mouse over [check them out] and you'll find High 5 Adventure there along with some other pretty awesome links.  I did this activity in a group of about 80 so if you do this in a small group like 12, your experience will be very different than mine. I'll give an update to it when I've done it with some smaller groups. Activity Prep:   NONE! Isn't that great? I love no prop activities because it means that you can pull it out of your back pocket if you are seeing a way for it to fit into your programming.   Setting up the Field of Play This is a bit of a big one. In this activity, your participants w...