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Post by マイJake - 島人ぬ宝 on Sept 9, 2015 14:15:26 GMT 9
So, I have a game-plan, volunteers, and I managed to secure the closest thing to free reign over an International Booth that I have to help with in November. Every year they just skype with our sister city for 2 hours and then the last 4 hours is them standing around with their thumbs up their あsses maybe occasionally running a video that they took of the same skype conference.
This year, my plan is to get 3 more groups to Skype with us from around the globe, and then at the same time bring in foreign volunteers (primarily ALTs and CIRs) to be at the booth and talk to people that come up. Here is where the holes in my plans come in. Since it is a Matsuri, most people won't stay there the whole time, so I think that asking the same questions to each group on skype won't pose any problem, but I still want to give it some variety just to give people a reason to want to come back for a second or third time. I also need to figure out exactly what I am going to have the volunteers do. I was thinking have them play games and hand candy out, but what games besides rock, paper, scissors, and I feel like I could have them do more than just that.
Any input you have is greatly appreciated!
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Post by snell_mouse on Sept 9, 2015 14:24:28 GMT 9
What do you mean by Skyping for 2 hours? Is there somebody on the other end there the whole time, waiting for people to show up at the booth and ask questions?
Is the event open to everybody, or is there a certain target? Like if it it were primarily aimed at kids I would suggest English versions of Japanese games they know (like teaching them the thumb wars thing or something).
I think in the past at similar events people have also done bingo (perhaps country-related) or something with flags? Maybe you could set up memory games (is that what it's called? Where you flip things over trying to find a pair).
Also the volunteers might have ideas too, you should ask them what they would want to do!
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Post by マイJake - 島人ぬ宝 on Sept 9, 2015 14:52:43 GMT 9
snell_mouse The International Exchange volunteer group from our Sister City is on the line the whole time, and they don't just wait. Generally I stand there and interpret for people that want to talk, and last year we invited middle school students to 会話 with them, but it turned into the students reading slides with their faces covered and talking into the mic really quietly (Fun was had by no one for that 15 min period haha). There is no primary target. The Matsuri has a massive amount of participants so its just to appeal to as many as possible. I'll ask the volunteers for their opinions too. Good call.
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Post by snell_mouse on Sept 9, 2015 14:55:42 GMT 9
Also is the international booth focused on your sister city, or just international relations/understanding in general? If you have volunteers from different countries, things like having traditional clothes for people to see/try on or instruments or something like that could be interesting.
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