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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

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