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Turn Your Camera On If
WHO
Any online meeting (participants must be online). This is a great activity for both small groups and very very large groups. It’s an excellent way to create quick engagement and can be tailored to any group or discipline.
DURATION
5 Minutes
DIRECTIONS
Ask all of your participants to turn their cameras off. Explain that you will read a statement and if that statement applies to them, they should turn their camera on. Be sure to have gallery view enabled!
have worked at your present job for 5 or more years grew up in a different state than NY have 3 or more kids were in the marching band at your school are a vegetarian or vegan know a famous person enjoy scuba diving can play the piano have a tattoo love to sing karaoke have grandchildren once made a New Year’s resolution and kept it are an alumni of NYU have ever cried during a movie can speak language other than english practice yoga have traveled to Africa know how to water ski are prepared for the zombie apocalypse |
have been on a blind date can do a cartwheel don’t have Netflix have completed a marathon are wearing sweatpants or shorts right now don’t drink coffee have studied abroad like brussel sprouts can salsa dance own a motorcycle have been to a drive-in movie believe that Bigfoot exists believe that extraterrestrials exist live on the water have won money at a casino are a published author graduated from 2 different universities are a military veteran have climbed a mountain |
ADAPTATIONS/TIPS
- This is a great way to get all participants to keep their cameras on for the meeting. When you read a series of statements, be sure that the last statement is one that ALL of your participants will agree with (example: you want a million dollars). This way they will all turn their cameras on. You can follow up by saying, “Thank you all for turning your cameras on. I will invite you to leave your camera on so that we can continue to interact.”