Training 

On 6^th October a new organization (GLOW association) was established. It is concerned with leadership and group work. There were people of different age from different schools, so we had a nodding acquaintance with each other.  This first meeting aimed to join us. In order to complete this uneasy task, the establishers had prepared some games. It sounds very stupid and childish, but I’ve never imaged having so much fun playing such games.

At the first part there was a short presentation introducing the organization aims and explaining the definition of leadership, types of personalities in societies (e.g. conformists) and how their behavior affects other people. It was quite interesting. I didn’t learn anything new, but I like the way it was presented.

After this presentation we were given some tasks. The first one was to invent a short play introducing different types of behavior. In order to do this, we were split in different teams. There were younger students in my team and they actually were waiting me to tell them what to do. It is the awkward thing about meeting new people – there is a barrier between you and somebody should cross it. The first thing to do was to break the ice, so I suggested many different ways of completing our task and let them choose one. In my opinion it worked out. We did quite good play, everybody had a role, even though our task was about a phone talk and we were four. After completing it we had a small chat and I thing one of the girls had very interesting personality. Anyway, I think I’m talking too much.

The second task was for the whole group. We were about 30 and we had to work together. There were two circles in the room. The first one was formed by a line contouring us hugged. At the second circle the were papers with numbers from one to 30 and every one of us had to touch only one number without talking outside the first circle. The first thing to do was to make a strategy. A friend on mine and I suggested walking in a line to the second circle and taking turns. So we did it. We had a lot of fun and we were stimulated to do it right, because every time somebody made a mistake we had to start again. It took us only seven minutes and we were proud with our score!

All in all, I loved this meeting. I expected it to be boring, but it was not. Our teachers put an effort and it works. So I’m looking forward the next meeting!