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Autobiographical Sharing
Time Allowance: 5 Minutes plus 5 minutes times the number of people in each small group.
Equipment Needed: None
Steps:
1. The facilitator will spend five minutes of sharing with members of the group some basic components of his or her fife history, with emphasis on how events of his or her life history shaped his or her present state of affairs as they would relate to career, future aspirations, etc.
2. Participants would then be divided into small groups of four to six, in which each person would then share as illustrated by the facilitator.
3. The facilitator would exhibit a willingness to risk sharing some things in his autobiography which would be considered beyond ordinary autobiographical data. The facilitator would then encourage other members of the group to risk in like manner.
Processing Issues:
- Communication
- Respecting Personal Differences
- Giving and Receiving Feedback