Friends in Four Minutes or Less: Guaranteed!

This interactive MOBTS session will showcase two exercises highlighting how trust and vulnerability can be used to create the conditions for fast friendships and positive educational environments. The first exercise demonstrates that a very simple exercise, if framed correctly, can immediately enhance psychological safety and comradery in the room. The second exercise, to date used in medium-sized classrooms, uses an “increasing vulnerability” technique to build trust and friendship in the classroom. The debrief will discuss the importance of trust, vulnerability, and ice breakers for both in-person and virtual groups.