Workshop 2- 10 Commandments
Workshop 2
Today we, the second Diller cohort embarked on the journey that was workshop two. For many of us it had been over a month since we had seen each other and others, we were meeting for the first time.
We did the classic Jew shmooze for a bit then got stuck into the program. Our first activity was to go around the room and tell the group which emoji represented our past month best and why.We call this a ‘check-in’ and do it so that we as a group know where we are all coming from emotionally and so that we have a space to inform each other of any major life events that have occurred. This is an important part of the program that we will do every time we have a workshop.
We moved on to a discussion about how we relate and connect to Israel and what it means to us. We learned a bit about Shimon Peres and his life and incredible stick-to-it-ness as a leader in his various roles.
Our next activity was a game (yay!) We each created an action with a sound and on the count three simultaneously performed it for one another. We slowly changed our sound and action to find a midpoint with our partners so that we eventually ended up doing the same thing. We found another pair that had the same action and repeated this process until we were all making the same movement and sound. This game led into a discussion in pairs where we were instructed to write down five goals and five expectations for Diller and the group.
After we had done this, we formed one large group and were left to our own devices to form ‘the Ten Commandments’ for our cohort which will remain relevant for the remainder of our time in the program as well as after it. This proved to be a somewhat difficult task and there was much discussion but we came to a conclusion in the end and we ended workshop two feeling accomplished and most definitely became a more cohesive group. Good work team!
-Tali Prawer
Today we, the second Diller cohort embarked on the journey that was workshop two. For many of us it had been over a month since we had seen each other and others, we were meeting for the first time. We did the classic Jew shmooze for a bit then got stuck into the program. Our first activity was to go around the room and tell the group which emoji represented our past month best and why.We call this a ‘check-in’ and do it so that we as a group know where we are all coming from emotionally and so that we have a space to inform each other of any major life events that have occurred. This is an important part of the program that we will do every time we have a workshop.
We moved on to a discussion about how we relate and connect to Israel and what it means to us. We learned a bit about Shimon Peres and his life and incredible stick-to-it-ness as a leader in his various roles.
Our next activity was a game (yay!) We each created an action with a sound and on the count three simultaneously performed it for one another. We slowly changed our sound and action to find a midpoint with our partners so that we eventually ended up doing the same thing. We found another pair that had the same action and repeated this process until we were all making the same movement and sound. This game led into a discussion in pairs where we were instructed to write down five goals and five expectations for Diller and the group.
After we had done this, we formed one large group and were left to our own devices to form ‘the Ten Commandments’ for our cohort which will remain relevant for the remainder of our time in the program as well as after it. This proved to be a somewhat difficult task and there was much discussion but we came to a conclusion in the end and we ended workshop two feeling accomplished and most definitely became a more cohesive group. Good work team!
-Tali Prawer
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