Tags: cultural simulation

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  1. Culture Shock

    Collections | 28 Feb 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Participants are given one of five colors of paper with cultural rules to follow while trying to find out the favorite color, movie, and food of participants with a different color of paper.

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  2. The Cocktail Party

    Collections | 28 Feb 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants are assigned to different groups and asked to enact various nonverbal communicative behaviors while engaging in a cocktail party simulation. Participants then...

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  3. Mingle

    Collections | 28 Feb 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This Thiagi "Jolt" can be found a in his book Jolts! Brief activities to explore diversity and inclusion (pp. 72-75) and is not the same as the Thiagi "Jolt" called...

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  4. Rockets and Sparklers

    Collections | 28 Feb 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Stringer and Cassiday's version of this type of simulation, which they call "Rockets and Sparklers," can be found in their book 52 Activities for exploring values...

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  5. Toothpicks

    Collections | 28 Feb 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Stringer and Cassiday have published another version of this type of cultural simulation, this time called "Toothpicks," in their book 52 Activities for improving cross-cultural...

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  6. What Is the Message?

    Collections | 28 Feb 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    "What Is the Message?" is another version of this type of activity, published in Stringer and Cassiday's 52 Activities for exploring values differences (pp. 91-94).  

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  7. The Emperor's Pot, aka Eastern and Western

    Collections | 26 Apr 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this simulation, participants visit a culture that differences from their own (“East” culture vs. “West”). They become aware of some dimensions of culture (e.g. time,...

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  8. Albatross

    Collections | 29 Apr 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    T. Gochenour's cultural simulation in Beyond Experience features a Welcoming Ceremony between the members of the Albatross culture and guests.  

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  9. Alpha-Beta Partnership

    Collections | 29 Apr 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity from Stringer & Cassiday's 52 Activities for improving cross-cultural communication also examines cultural patterns between different groups.

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  10. Bafa Bafa

    Collections | 29 Apr 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    The simulation BaFa BaFa, published by Simulation Training Systems, examines cultural stereotypes, language, and communication between different groups. 

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  11. Rafa Rafa

    Collections | 29 Apr 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    RaFa RaFa is another simulation from Simulation Training Systems and is similar to BaFa Ba Fa.

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  12. Chatter

    Collections | 29 Apr 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Thiagi's simulation Chatter analyzes group interactions and communication.

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  13. Dividing the Spoils

    Collections | 29 Apr 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Dividing the Spoils, an activity by C. Storti in Figuring foreigners out, examines individualist vs. collectivist cultures. 

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  14. How to select and prepare a simulation

    Collections | 29 Apr 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this chapter resource, readers learn how to select and prepare a simulation.

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  15. Role Playing

    Collections | 08 May 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity by Hofstede, Hofstede, and Pederson, participants will role-play conflict-prone situations and learn about synthetic cultures.

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  16. Archie Bunker's Neighborhood

    Collections | 04 Jun 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity teaches participants to express feelings about being unfairly treated or experiencing discrimination, as well to understand privilege and stereotypes. 

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  17. Two decades of using simulation games for cross-cultural training

    Collections | 11 Jun 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This article by Sandra Fowler "defines cross-cultural training and briefly traces its history. The power of using simulation games for cross-cultural training is described.  The...

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  18. Journey to Gizmoland

    Collections | 10 Jul 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This simulation, created by Aletha Stahl, is an adaptation of Journey to Sharahad. Participants role play intercultural communication barriers.

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  19. Sharahad

    Collections | 10 Jul 2019 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Sharahad is a simulation by Phil Darg in which participants role play intercultural communication barriers. 

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  20. Co-Opoly

    Collections | 28 Oct 2020 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This board game simulates players running a democratically managed cooperative business. It allows participants to practice communication, conflict resolution, team building skills, and...

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  21. Classic simulations

    Collections | 18 Jan 2022 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    More kinesthetic options include these simulations that have been around forever in different forms: BaFa BaFa requires quite a bit of accoutrement, but Toothpicks and Cocktail party are easier and...

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  22. A simulation that highlights assumptions

    Collections | 18 Jan 2022 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    Albatross is another oldie but goodie - it is relatively easy to perform and adapt to different contexts. The learning is both in the discomfort of the simulation itself and especially in the...

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  23. Card game that stimulates conflict

    Collections | 18 Jan 2022 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    Another great simulation is Barnga, especially if you want to highlight how different cultures "play by different rules" and "define winning in different ways". It is easy and...

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  24. Misconceptions About Simulations

    Collections | 27 Feb 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This article from Thiagi is excellent for trainers, addressing and debunking misconceptions about simulations.

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  25. Games, Training Games, Simulation Games,…

    Collections | 27 Feb 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This article delineates important characteristics of games, training games, and simulations. 

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  26. Albatross

    Collections | 25 Oct 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity challenges participants to be open to unfamiliar experiences and reflect on how they might react to cultural difference. They will participate in a scene acted out by a simulated...

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  27. Martians at the Airport

    Collections | 17 Mar 2024 | Posted by Kelsey Patton

    This creativity-training activity was designed for a Spring Break study abroad program at Purdue University titled Amsterdam: Creative Thinking & Innovation in Collaborative Leadership....

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  28. Albatross

    Collections | 17 Mar 2024 | Posted by Kelsey Patton

    This activity challenges participants to be open to unfamiliar experiences and reflect on how they might react to cultural difference. They will participate in a scene acted out by a simulated...

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  29. Mingle

    Collections | 18 Mar 2024 | Posted by Kelsey Patton

    "Participants in this jolt pretend they are attending a party and must follow the instructions on a secret Etiquette Card provided by the facilitator. Some of the behaviors the participants...

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  30. Empathy and DEIB

    Collections | 01 Apr 2024 | Posted by Kelsey Patton

    Archie Bunker's Neighborhood, an activity Considering History: “You Got to Go There to Know There” — Creating Empathy for Our Hardest Histories, an article

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  31. Team-building Activities

    Collections | 10 May 2024 | Posted by Kelsey Patton

    Birds of a Feather (20 min) In this activity, participants recognize that people bring different talents, perspectives, and backgrounds to groups and understand the benefits of forming...

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  32. Broken Squares

    Collections | 16 May 2024 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity challenges teams to complete an assignment without speaking to one another to encourage participant to understand what it is like to not speak or understand the dominant language and...

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