For information about this event, and ICSA, visit their website: 
http://www.icsa.com/public/activities/service.html 

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B. Serious Fun for Leaders 
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Last month at a conference with 50 business leaders and 150 student leaders 
we roped in greater understanding about leadership for the new millennium. 
YOU can do this with your team to spice up some team synergy. It's short 
enough in time that you can drop it in an upcoming meeting as either an 
icebreaker or an ending. The overview gives you instructions, prop and 
timeframe. 

-First, ask for 6 volunteers. Use Bob Pike's method that motivates people 
to step up: volunteer now, listen to the assignment, decide if it's 
something you want to do OR if it's something YOU want to pass on to a 
friend to do! People will volunteer easily! 
-Next, give the entire group the overview: The 6 volunteers will stand in a 
circle, blindfolded. I'll toss in a rope (about 50' to 75') and ask you to 
create some polygon (rectangle, square, etc) shape with it. Do your best to 
create it quickly. 

Now ask that either the volunteers form the circle or ask them to delight 
in choosing associates. Task usually takes 3 to 8 minutes. When complete, 
have them remove their blindfolds, thank them with applause and have them 
join the rest. 

Debrief the fun with questions like: how was it you could accomplish the 
task? what did we discover regarding leadership? how was communication 
helped or hindered with the blindfolds?? what did we find about teamwork? 

Points: Results can be accomplished more quickly if someone takes the lead. 
There are a variety of roles a team has that people can fill to be 
successful. Highly effective communication, cooperation and someone in the 
lead makes forming the shapes easy. Other ideas you can draw from 
discussion. 

This has been around for years and I don't know the original source of 
this. If any of you know, please let me know so I can credit the source. 
And if you try this, let me know any results or findings!