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Basic<br />
<strong>VIPP</strong><br />
techniques<br />
88<br />
Name tagging<br />
It is important for facilitators to get to know participants by name as<br />
quickly as possible and for participants to know one another. Often in<br />
group events special name tags are prepared beforehand with full<br />
names and designation. These are not usually readable from a distance<br />
and so participants have to wait for tea/coffee break to get to know<br />
names of fellow participants.<br />
In <strong>VIPP</strong> events such formality is avoided. Name tags can be made from<br />
<strong>VIPP</strong> cards, paper clips and masking tape on entering the room. First<br />
names or familiar names which the participants want to be known by<br />
are used. Organization is optional. One method of having everyone<br />
interact from the beginning is to have participants write their name<br />
cards and put them in a pile in the centre of the group. The participants<br />
then are asked to pick up the name of someone they don't know and<br />
find that person. This forces everyone to ask who the strangers are,<br />
thereby reducing barriers to communication from the beginning.<br />
A quick and less complicated method of name tagging is to have<br />
participants write their names directly on masking tape which is then<br />
stuck to clothing. Rolls of tape and markers are passed around from<br />
person to person just before the event begins. This method is convenient<br />
and participants who lose or forget their tags can be asked to rewrite<br />
them instantly.<br />
Name cards may also be quickly made by participants for voting on<br />
priorities or for choosing amongst alternatives. These are pinned by<br />
the participants on boards beside the relevant idea cards.<br />
A NAME GAME<br />
One method of breaking the ice and getting to know<br />
each other quickly, at the beginning of a workshop, is<br />
to remove name tags and sit in a circle and simply ask<br />
one participant at a time to name all other participants<br />
starting with the one sitting beside him or her and<br />
going around the circle. The name game continues until<br />
everyone can name everyone else around the circle. If<br />
time allows, they can be asked to name fellow<br />
participants in reverse order to be sure that names and<br />
faces are fixed in their minds.<br />
<strong>VIPP</strong> TECHNIQUES