Emotional Intelligence

Session Summary

• importance of using names, some strategies for remembering names
• bringing curiosity/respect to create good listening, practicing listening with curiosity
• role-playing conflicting situations. Understanding feelings and needs
  • one person bullies another
  • one person has accidentally done something bad to his friend (older group)
• strategies for starting a conversation (older group)
• practicing recognizing emotions from facial expressions
• An Uncomfortable Game was introduced to stimulate going outside of the comfort zone socially. The winners will get trophies!
  • Rules of the game:
    • Write down every out of comfort zone action and get 1 point for it
    • Challenge (older group) - each task is 2 points, get 5 point bonus for completing all)
      • Start a conversation with a person you haven't talked to before
      • Offer help
      • Ask for help
      • Do a "sneaky" good deed.

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