Team+Building+Resources

=Team Building Resources=

Working through team building before Kick Off can make communication stronger during the stress of build season. Here's a presentation Team PyroTech 3459 did at SCRIW in October, 2012.

Slideshow

Our team does some form of team building exercise every meeting for the first several months that new students join the team -- or any time we need to work on communication within the team, we have visiting teams participating in an activity with us. Sometimes, we just do it for fun. We almost always have a mentor team that the students often try to beat.

Everyone needs to know everyone's name on the team (if new -- make sure there are name badges) Mixed teams are great -- people from different subgroups, different FRC teams, different friend/sibling groups, different ages, different FRC experience. It pulls the team as a whole together better.
 * Tips:**

The goal is always two-fold:
 * 1. Accomplish the task
 * 2. Make sure everyone on your team gets their voices heard and are participating comfortably


 * Resources:**

Our favorite books:

Link to the Team building activity we did at SCRIW: Chain Making Team Building Challenge


 * A few photos:**

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 * Presenting at SCRIW || Teams discussing challenge ||
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 * = Strategizing ||= Mentor teams ||

Overall, the activity was a great success...