Look me in the eye and say that
Had a great night @ Gener8 last night. We ended up doing some group work around morality. Very interesting to discover young people's ideas around the need for ethics and morality. We also tried an exercise where you had to encourage someone by saying something positive to them without breaking eye contact. I personally think it is harder to maintain good eye contact when receiving praise than it is when you are giving it.
It reminded me of a "secret men's business" workshop I took part in last year @ Soul Survivor in Melbourne. Sounds a little dodgy I know, but it was the male equivalent to the Soul Sister seminar stuff. It was basically a session for blokes to get together and celebrate our Masculinity! Lots of deep chanting and talking guy stuff. One of the exercises I remember really well though was when we had to walk around the venue like when playing musical chairs. At the given command we had to stop and shake hands with the person next to you in the style of:
1. Someone who doesn’t care who you are
2. A distant relative
3. The typical alpha male
4. The tele evangelist.
Lastly you had to hug another guy you had never met before and hold each other long enough for you each of you to say your whole name and address. To make it even harder, you were not allowed to give each other an "I'm not gay...." pat on the back. Really difficult that last bit.
Try it sometime; especially in Tesco's or the local Shell petrol station with someone you've never met before.
Actually probably best not to...
