Fun Activities Guide

A GOLD WING UNIVERSITY MEMBERSHIP ENHANCEMENT SEMINAR

Instructor Guide

TITLE: / FUN ACTIVITIES GUIDE
LENGTH: / Approximately 55 Minutes
RESOURCES: / One LCD projector and screen
Computer
White Board or rip chart and markers
One general meeting room - capacity 20 - 30
One roll of toilet paper
OBJECTIVES: / To provide Members an overview of the Fun Activities Guide
Provide ideas from the guide to assist with providing/promoting FUN
INTRODUCTION: / Discussion topics include:
Introduction activity
Getting Acquainted
Awards
Games
Rides
Challenges
Assistance
Slide 1:
Title Slide / Introduce yourself and welcome the participants to the MEP seminar. Let them know that questions can be asked at any time during the presentation for clarification.
Slide 2:
Introduction
• FUN Activities can be easy as we just demonstrated
• FUN Activities are essential to ensuring Chapter, District or Region participants are having fun / Prior to showing the slide ask for 2 volunteers
Hand a roll of toilet paper to the first volunteer and ask them to remove 3 or 4 tissues. Do the same for the second volunteer
Ask individual to tell 3 or 4 things about themselves personally or GWRRA related
When complete move to this slide and discuss how fun activities are essential in GWRRA
Slide 3:
Introduction
• Have you ever been unable to come up with an idea for a Fun Activity? / Pose the question to the group and see how many people would actually give any feedback
Slide 4:
Objectives
• To provide Members an overview of the Fun Activities Guide
• Provide ideas from the guide to assist with providing/promoting FUN / To provide Members an overview of the Fun Activities Guide
Provide ideas from the guide to assist with providing/promoting FUN
Slide 5:
Overview
• Getting Acquainted
• Awards
• Games
• Rides
• Challenges
• Assistance / Provide an overview of area that will be covered during the seminar
Slide 6:
Getting Acquainted
• Do you remember when you went to your very first Monthly Gathering, Chapter Event or Rally
• Do you remember that feeling like being the new kid in the class
• How did you get acquainted with other people around you / Ask the 3 questions to the attendees and let them know they aren’t the first and probably won’t be the last
Let the attendees know there is an entire section devoted to getting acquainted with people
Slide 7:
Getting Acquainted
• Getting to Know You
– Have someone in your Chapter designated as the “Getting to Know You” person
– Each month have them interview someone in the Chapter to find out a little about their personal life, how they came to GWRRA
– At the Chapter gathering, have them stand up with the couple/person interviewed and tell their story / Over the next 3 slides you will describe 3 of the Getting Acquainted techniques available in the Fun Activities Guide
Slide 8:
Getting Acquainted
• Adjective Game
– Have each guest introduce themselves by using a nice descriptive adjective which starts with the first letter of their name
– Example: I'm Mysterious Madalena
– Each person, in turn, tells the names of the people before them and then adds their name and adjective
– Example: Rick would say, "This is Mysterious Madalena and I'm Rowdy Rick." / Describe the Getting Acquainted technique
Slide 9:
Getting Acquainted
• Human Wingo
– Each person receives a Wingo card and then must go around the room trying to find people who match each square
– Once they have found someone, have that person sign or initial the square
– To make it more fun, and to encourage more interaction, no one can sign a Wingo card more than once / Describe the Getting Acquainted technique
Slide 10:
Awards
• When done correctly awards can bring
– Sense of Pride
– Challenge
– FUN - not only for those participating but for others / Awards are something everyone likes to receive. There are an infinite numbers of awards that can be created.
When awards are given they do bring a sense of pride and a lot of times include a challenge and some awards can bring a lot of fun for the participants watching the presentation
Slide 11:
Award
• First Timer Recognition
– Recognize a person the first time they attend a Gathering
– Have them tell something about themselves
– If a member brought them, have the member add a few comments about how they met
– You can present a certificate or ribbon to the person or couple / Describe the award
Slide 12:
Award
• Chapter Participation
– Each year a participation pin and/or year bar is awarded to members who have accumulated enough points throughout the year
– To receive the award, the member must accumulate 30 points or more
– Members will accumulate points according to the following:
• Attending Monthly Gatherings or Chapter functions, charity events or benefits (poker run, bike-a-thon, etc.), Chapter weekend trip, each Traveling Plaque attempt
– Chapter determines appropriate award / Describe the award
Slide 13:
Award
• High Mileage
– Can be done monthly, quarterly or annually
– Eligibility:
• CD, ACD or Ride Educator must log the starting and ending odometer readings
– One determination to be made is whether the miles will be accumulated through a Chapter activity or all miles accumulated
– Chapter determines appropriate award / Describe the award
Slide 14:
Awards
• Humor Award
– Award for something funny
– Presented at the Monthly Gatherings
– It is given in good spirit
– Ideas for Humor Awards
• I Dropped It
• Whiner
• Sloppy
• U-Turn / Humor Awards can be a great thing that is sure to add fun. The Chapter determines what type of Humor Award and the requirements they want to do
Remind attendees that these type of awards need to be in good spirit and never meant to hurt someone
Slide 15:
Games
· Add a lot of FUN to Chapter Gatherings, functions or events
· Broken down in individual or couples / Games add a lot of fun to events. The goal is to try and get as many people involved in the game.
The Games section is broken down into individual & couples but any of the games can be adapted
Slide 16:
Games
• Smartie Sucker
– Need
• Small bowls (2 per player)
• Straws
• Smarties type candy, 1-2 bags
– Fill several small bowls with Smarties
– Place an empty bowl next to the filled one
– Give each player a straw
– Each player has 60 seconds to move as many Smarties from one bowl to the other using the straw / Describe the game
Slide 17:
Games
• Taboo Words
– Need
• Clothes Pins
• Index Cards
– Select 5 or 6 Taboo Words
– On index cards, write all of the Taboo words + attach 5 clothespins
– Hand person each a card with the clothespins
– Explain the rules
– Clip the clothespins to their clothes in sight
– Anyone caught saying one of the words loses a clothespins. At the end of the game, the person who has collected the most clothespins is the winner / Describe the game
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Slide 18:
Games
• Find Your Partner
– Need
• A blindfold
• Blindfold one of the women
– Have men sit in a line of chairs
– Have each woman, one at a time, walk in front of the men feeling their faces only to see if they can guess which one is their husband
– Once she thinks she knows, have her stand in front of that man and take her blindfold off to see if she is right
– Add a twist to the game, pull out one or two of the men and add a couple of other women / Describe the game
Slide 19:
Rides
• One of the main reasons we join GWRAA is to ride
• Rides need to be different and maybe challenging
• Rides need to be different to promote FUN / We all joined GWRRA because of the motorcycle and wanting to ride and this will always be the driving factor behind staying
Rides need to be different to help promote fun. If a ride is always the same route on the same day there won’t be any fun
Slide 20:
Rides
• Punch Card Ride
– Need
• Copies of the grid, (below), hole-puncher, and 3x5 index cards
– Each rider & co-rider receives an index card
– At each stop, punch a hole in each persons card
– At last stop, place grid over all cards & total all points
– High Score Wins
– Chapter determines prize / Describe the ride
Slide 21:
Rides
• Progressive Dinner
– Option 1: Chapter Participants volunteer to prepare part of the menu and serve it at their home
– Option 2: Chapter Participants volunteer to identify restaurants or other food establishments to have four separate courses / Describe the ride
Slide 22:
Rides
• Scavenger Hunt
– Meet at predetermined time and location
– Break up in groups of 5 to 7 depending on the number of Chapter Participants
– Provide item list of 5 to 10
– Be creative on the items to obtain. Business cards, menus, cup from a restaurant, etc., but ensure the places you pick are spread apart by distance / Describe the ride
Slide 23:
Challenges
• Used at the Chapter, District or Region level
• Promote Chapter team work
• Real FUN!!!!!!! / Challenges are normally used at larger events like a Chapter, District or Region Rally and most times require a larger space to conduct the challenge
A Chapter Challenge is a perfect opportunity to promote team work because the Chapter has to do it together
Because you have a number of people participating there is no doubt it is a lot of fun
Slide 24:
Challenges
• Cracker Relay Race
– Line up each group
– Hand out three soda crackers to each participant in each group
– The first person on the team chews the 3 crackers and whistle when they can
– Each participant does the same in order until all are complete / Describe the Challenge
Slide 25:
Challenges
• Over Under Relay
– Person at the front of each line has a balloon
– Balloon is passed through the first person’s legs to the second person behind the first
– Second person then passes the balloon over their head. The game continues as every player passes under-over-under-over, etc.
– When the balloon gets to the back of the line, then the last person must run to the front of the line with the balloon and the game starts again / Describe the Challenge
Slide 26:
Assistance
• GWRRA needs your assistance!
• Do you have a FUN Activity
• Send your ideas to the Membership Enhancement Directors
• Submitted ideas will be reviewed for inclusion in the Fun Activities Guide
• Fun Activities Guide can be found at: http://mep.gwrra.org/ / Membership Enhancement Program is always looking to add to the Fun Activities Guide. If you have an idea please submit to the Director of MEP
Slide 27:
Summary
• New and exciting FUN Activities are not always an easy task and can be challenging
• Fun Activities Guide is there to assist anyone looking to have some fun
Revision History
Prepared by: / Rick & Madalena Buck (01/6/09)
Edited and Formatted by: / Rick Buck (12/1/12)
Revised by: / Rick Buck (12/26/13)

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