Set the Table

Teams go as communication goes. You don’t need to dive deep into research to see teams who have an inability to communicate, struggle. Communication is the key to making teams work.

Unfortunately, due to a variety of factors, many students aren’t developing the ability to communicate at a high-level and our teams are suffering as a result. Our students often communicate too soft, they mumble, their sentences trail-off and they aren’t clear with their speech.

In this exercise we’ll focus on getting students to build the habit of communicating with the volume, clarity & speed.  We’re all familiar with Voice-Activated unit’s, Alexa’s, Google Home’s, Voice-To-Text, etc., and how they work.  Voice-Activated units are designed to respond to our communication but they only work when we communicate effectively.

Voice-Activated units require you to communicate with the appropriate volume, clarity and speed, otherwise the unit won’t work.  It is our responsibility to communicate with the right volume, clarity & speed in order to activate the units.  The same goes for our classmates.

Your students will receive the necessary reps to assure we’re sending our communication in the most effective way possible.

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Exercise Reminder Card

To emphasize and reinforce the lessons learned in this exercise with your players, download and share this graphic with them 24 hours after completing the exercise.