| Game |  Opener |
Team-building |
| Categories: |  Energizer |
Review |
| Communication |
Topical |
Purpose: To energize participants mid-course and form new small groups.
Time Required: 5 minutes.
Size of Group: Unlimited.
Materials Required: Slips of paper and flipcharts prepared in advance by the trainer.
The Exercise in Action: Instead of having participants simply number off to form small groups, James Kast, a computer specialist at USDA, Office of Finance Management, National Finance Center, in New Orleans, lets each participant select a piece of paper that has a name of a character from a TV show. He then has them find the shows to which they belong by matching their slips with the appropriate show names posted in different areas of the classroom. For example, for the show Gilligan’s Island, the characters Ginger, the Skipper, Mary Ann, the Professor, etc., would all work together.
As a variation to forming new groups, have participants find other people with characters from the same show without the help of a poster with the show’s title hanging on the wall.