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<strong>TRAMP</strong> – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe<br />
134 Part II<br />
Work Techniques for Groups<br />
Teamwork Techniques<br />
The experiences the project team has made with intergenerational and intercultural<br />
groups showed that all participants without exception displayed<br />
a high level of commitment. However, upon starting a similar project it is<br />
recommended to have a certain repertoire of group-forming exercises and<br />
techniques in order to be able to implement these in the group, depending on<br />
the overall mood.<br />
Analogue exercises such as the stick or canvas exercise can be appealing to<br />
the group as a warm-up or skills exercise, even if the participants are sceptical<br />
towards “playing games”.<br />
Sticks or canvasses are likely to be available on any building site (for exercise<br />
instructions see section on methods), but the group leader is also able to<br />
intervene in a simpler way without the use of materials:<br />
Instruction: the group participants form a circle, hold each others’ hands<br />
and are requested to focus their eyes on a nearby point. Then they are asked<br />
to approach this target without losing contact with the others. Soon they will<br />
realise that this is only possible, if they communicate with each other and<br />
question the term “without losing contact with others”. Does this imply that<br />
they shouldn’t lose eye contact with others or does it imply touching each<br />
others hands until the target location is reached? They will also need to communicate<br />
about the target points. What does reaching the target mean? Is it<br />
sufficient to be one step closer to the target or do they need to be as close to<br />
the target as possible? What does each individual associate with the willingness<br />
to compromise?