OUTBOUND - Games and Simulations

• Icebreaking and Warming Up
  • Setting the ball rolling
  • Members become comfortable with each other
  • Facilitator tries to come closer to the members
  • Helps people learn more about each other
  • Breaks barriers between the group members
• Problem Solving Activities aimed at improving
  • Communication
  • Co-ordination
  • Co-operation
  • Inter Personal Skills
  • Tolerance and Patience
• Trust Building Activities and Group Trust Activities
  • Need Trust
  • That their failures would not be mocked
  • That their efforts would be cheered
  • That the other group members will accept them and their contributions
  • That their fellow participants will protect them from emotional and physical harm
  • Build Trust
  • Can build an unbelievably high feeling of trust and reliance among the group members
  • Can bring a group closer and remove impediments between each other
• Initiative Activities
  • Use both brain and the body muscles
  • Use the different strengths that exist in all groups
  • Seek solution to the problem only through group effort
  • Ensure each member’s role is crucial