UNIVERSITATEA DIN ORADEA

FACULTATEA DE GEOGRAFIE ,TURISM SI SPORT

SPECIALIZAREA: TURISM MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

PROJECT AT TOURISM ANIMATED

SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES

TEAM BUILDING ANIMATION

The Domino Effect

MASTERAND:

LAZAR DIANA ROXANA

AN: II

The Domino Effect Team Building Activity involves brightly coloured dominos

and encourages teams to work together to build a variety of displays of toppling

dominos.

Format: Teams of approximately six people get together and spend at least

half an hour designing a display of toppling dominos. Once the design has been

completed, each team is assigned an area in which they must build their exhibit.

Teams work together to create a stunt or pattern within their designated area. When

the time is up, the event will conclude with a dramatic display – as the first domino is

toppled and (hopefully) the rest all follow. The more complex, testing and stunning the

display is, the more points your team will receive. Just make sure that no dominos are

left un-toppled!

Perfect for larger teams, The Domino Effect Team Building Activity highlights

the ways in which we need to communicate and co-operate as part of a successful

group. Participants can also have lots of fun with the dominos, and be as creative as

they like with extra points added for complexity and spectacle.

One slip or misplaced domino could easily ruin your team’s chances of success.

-A great energiser or finale to a conference

-Appeals to all ages and fitness levels

-Suits groups from 6 to 160

The Domino Effect starts with participants working alone, then in small teams

before finally coming together to create a giant (possibly record breaking) display.

-Designing intricate domino stunts

-Seamlessly connecting with others

-Focus on the individuals work whilst maintaining perspective on the whole

-Working with precision and excellence

Sample Format

This event can be run at any time of day, indoors on a hard floor. If time is

short a condensed version of the exercise can take less than 60 minutes, the example

below shows the 3 hour option:

14.00 – Introduction and Video

14.10 – Warm Up Exercise

A warm up exercise gets participants used to handling dominoes whilst also exploring

different peoples’ attitude to risk and the benefits of working in a team.

14.40 – Technique Development

While a video demonstrating 50 different domino stunts plays on a loop participants

are encouraged to develop and perfect their own domino toppling tricks and

techniques.

15.10 – Team Display

Teams now combine their talents to design a team display.

15.30 – Construction

Teams construct their displays in the designated area, taking care to connect with their

neighbouring teams, thereby creating one giant domino toppling display.

16.15 – Break

Teams take a break while the final touches are put to the display.

16.30 – Testing!

The giant domino display is put to the test as the first falling domino stone sets off a

chain reaction leading to thousands of coloured toppling dominos.

16.45 – Review

Teams review their element of the display, identifying how each individual

contributed to the successful or otherwise finale.

17.00 – Close