This past Sunday at Diller, we had Cohort 8's first workshop ever. We first played an icebreaker game that required you to memorize everyones object that they put in their trunk, which was a good way to commit everyone's names to memory.
Next, we broke into small groups to examine the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Using this text, we discussed how the State of Israel laid out expectations for the country, its people and of the world at large, as well as their commitment to Jews overseas. We then took this example and applied it to our own Diller group, thinking about what we can expect from one another and what we will bring to the program. With that in mind, we started working on a list of qualities we want to have as a Diller family. We wrote them all down a long list some being: Equally respect others, cooperation between members of the group, and keeping an open mind.
After a short snack break, we went outside and participated in team bonding
activities with Dynamix. The activities really required everyone on the team to
contribute, which I think everyone did a great job of. Especially the last
game, which required everyone in cohort 8 to make a long bridge to lead the
marbles into a cup. We got to see how each person takes part in group tasks and what it takes to work as a team, which gave us a better understanding of each other.
I think that this was a very successful first workshop,
everyone is starting to feel more comfortable with each other and things are
starting to get less awkward.
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