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Intro Circle

Intro Circle

Intro Circle
At the first meal that the group is together, each person answers a series of questions about themselves.

What is
Intro Circle
about ?

What is
Intro Circle
about ?
What is this Basic Tool about ?

At someone's first dinner at the Art Monastery, we do Intro Circle. Everyone says their name, pronouns, place of origin, artform, and role in the project. (You can adjust these to be appropriate for your activity.) The newcomer chooses another question to add on to that, one question that everyone answers. Examples:
"Do you believe in free will?"
"What was a time a work of art touched you so deeply you cried?"
"How did you come to be here?"
"What really makes your energy go up?"

I think it's nice to tell the newcomer that this is happening first. Tell them the whole thing and that they need to come up with a question. Give them some examples. Then get the group's attention and introduce the whole thing. This gives the newcomer a moment to think of a question.

Whomever feels called, goes first. When that person is finished, they point at the next person to go. Continue until everyone has introduced themselves."

When and why is this Basic Tool used ?

This can be very powerful also if you have someone who joins in the middle of the program, but we also do it on the first night of a program when everyone is new. In that case, the facilitator can come up with a question, preferably something that will reveal something about each person that they wouldn't be likely to share on the first night. The most successful Intro Circles were ones that led into long conversations through the entire meal and on into the night.

Requirements

Requirements
Experience level of the facilitator
Taken part OR some facilitation experience
Number of Facilitators :  
1
How Stationary
Stationary necessary, at least in parts
Location requirements

Ideally, sharing a meal

Run Through

Run Through
Prep Work (excluding materials)

At someone's first dinner at the Art Monastery, we do Intro Circle. Everyone says their name, place of origin, artform, and role in the project. (You can adjust these to be appropriate for your activity.) The newcomer chooses another question to add on to that, one question that everyone answers. Examples:
"Do you believe in free will?"
"What was a time a work of art touched you so deeply you cried?"
"How did you come to be here?"
"What really makes your energy go up?"

I think it's nice to tell the newcomer that this is happening first. Tell them the whole thing and that they need to come up with a question. Give them some examples. Then get the group's attention and introduce the whole thing. This gives the newcomer a moment to think of a question.

Whomever feels called, goes first. When that person is finished, they point at the next person to go. Continue until everyone has introduced themselves."

Pre Exercise
Intro Circle
project

project

IN WHICH THIS method WAS DEVELOPED
 
 
 
Hosting Empowerment
Hosting Empowerment
Transformative Learning +
Transformative Learning +
author(s)

author(s)

OF THIS method
Suiko McCall
ERASMUS +

ERASMUS +

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union. Find more information about the program and its goals here: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/.

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