Seeking Guidelines for Using 'Chinese Whispers' in Communication Training Workshops

Hello All,

If anyone could help me with "A game known as Chinese Whispers (advanced version) used in a Communications workshop". I had been to a training program on communications where this game was played, and during the conclusions, it left a good learning.

For example, a small story was told by a major to two of his sergeants. From that, sergeants drew some conclusions and gave instructions to their subordinates. Due to some gaps in communication, the subordinates understood something else, and ultimately, it led to wrong actions.

I too wish to use this game in my training program. Please send me a guideline of this game (with an appropriate case) in a document format if possible. My email-id is [email protected]

Thanks & Regards,
Niharika

Hello:

Chinese whispers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinese Whispers <link updated to site home> (Search On Cite | Search On Google)
BBC - h2g2 - How to Play 'Chinese Whispers'

You may use the following game that I designed during a training program. (It's just linked to Chinese Whispers)

If you have a group of people (say 25-30), ask 8 or 10 volunteers to wait outside the room. Ask the people remaining in the room to observe what you are doing.

Call in one person (volunteer no. 1) from the team waiting outside to come in.

Do an act like giving a bath to an elephant or making a kid get ready to go to school.

After that, ask volunteer 1 to call in volunteer 2 and do the same act (then ask the observers to predict what is done). Then Volunteer 2 should be asked to enact the same thing that volunteer 1 did - to volunteer 3 ...

Each time, ask the observers to predict what is being shown.

At the end of the 10th volunteer walking in and observing the act and enacting it, break the ice by saying what you exactly did.

In our case, giving a bath to an elephant went to the extent of "Bird running away from a scared vulture"!!

This is what happens when communication happens through many people...

(You may have a better idea probably - please do something that you think is suitable for your group)