Breaking the ice. Getting to know each other in an intimate way. Acknowledging the power of non-verbal communication.

Duration : 25 minutes

Ask the participants to gather by pair, preferably with a person they don't know or with whom they haven't talk much yet. Each person has to tell a story to the other within 3 minutes by using only his/her eyes. They other has to look at his/her partner attentively in order to understand what he/she expresses. When time is over, invite the observer to explain shortly what he/she understood. The “storyteller” confirms what was correct and what wasn't. He/she may give details and reveal the full story or not.

After both partners expressed, invite participants for a small debriefing by group of 6 (10' of debriefing):

• What surprised them?
• What embarrassed them?
• What they learnt from the exercise?

• None