Research Guides: LEGO, KEVA, coloring and cards: a kit for for building teams: Coloring kit

Coloring

Coloring kit

Coloring Kit
activity contains

4 - Coloring books
4 - Crayola crayon packs (24 count)
Suitable groups of 1 to 4.
Available to checkout at the Downtown Library service desk

Coloring Activity

3 Marker Challenge ~ Jacy and Kacy

This video shows an example of a coloring challenge. In this challenge, each player picks three random markers (could substitute for other coloring utensils) and compete to see who can create the best picture.

3 Marker Challenge ~ Jacy and Kacy (2018). [Motion Picture]. YouTube
This video shows an example of a coloring challenge. In this challenge, each player picks three random markers (could substitute for other coloring utensils) and compete to see who can create the best picture.
Cleveland Clinic. (2020, May 27). 3 Reasons Adult Coloring Can Actually Relax Your Brain. Retrieved from Health Essentials
This article describes the benefits of stress-free coloring and how it can help people relax.
Lovell, K. (2017, April 12). True Colors: What Your Team Members Reveal by Coloring, Yes, Coloring. Retrieved from Entrepreneur
This website focuses on what group leaders can learn about their members through coloring activities.

eBook Recommendations: Communication

Communications Training by Maureen C. Orey; Jenni Prisk; American Society for Training and Development Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1562863711
Publication Date: 2006-01-09
Offers resources and tools to design effective communication skills training. This book guides on design presentation, negotiation, conflict resolution, or assertiveness skills for group or work teams or design interpersonal communication learning for an entire organization. It includes a set of slides, handouts, learning activities, and more.
Virtual Teams by Terri R. Kurtzberg
ISBN: 9781440828386
Publication Date: 2014-03-28
To advance in today's workplace requires virtual team skills. Most individuals assume their face-to-face skills will translate, but competency with virtual communication and teamwork requires an entirely new set of skills. Drawing on decades of scientific research in the fields of psychology, organizational behavior, and sociology, this book explains how to master the art and science of communicating virtually. Readers will fully understand what makes teams "click"--what inspires trust, how to get a team "off on the right foot," and what steps to take in order to make good collaborative decisions--as well as other key topics for virtual teamwork, such as best practices for working in the cross-cultural environment. The book serves as an ideal guide for anyone who participates in or manages a virtual team but is also suitable as a supplemental textbook in a business school course on organizational behavior or business communication.

Communication Skills

Communication Skills: Creating Stronger Connections

Are you part of a group that rarely communicates with its members? Have you tried working with your teammates but they don't understand what you want? If you said yes, you might want to try activities that can enhance your group's communication skills. Communication is one of the most important aspects of successful groups and teams. Being able to communicate openly and clearly can effect a group's work production and overall attitude towards working together. Here are a few activities available through the WVU Libraries that can help improve your group's communication skills.

Further Readings:

Arechar, A. A., Dreber, A., Fudenberg, D., & Rand, D. G. (2017). “I’m just a soul whose intentions are good”: The role of communication in noisy repeated games. Games & Economic Behavior, 104, 726–743. https://doi-org.wvu.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.geb.2017.06.013. Available at: https://www-sciencedirect-com.wvu.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0899825617301112.
Bui, H., Chau, V. S., Degl’Innocenti, M., Leone, L., & Vicentini, F. (2019). The Resilient Organisation: A Meta‐Analysis of the Effect of Communication on Team Diversity and Team Performance. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 68(4), 621–657. https://doi-org.wvu.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/apps.12203. Available at: http://web.b.ebscohost.com.wvu.idm.oclc.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=14&sid=13dcbf53-8404-454a-ae94-ec8198b6664d%40pdc-v-sessmgr02&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=138851632&db=buh.
Campbell, C. (2014). Interprofessional Communication and Teambuilding Using Applied Improvisational Exercises. Creative Nursing, 20(2), 116–121. https://doi-org.wvu.idm.oclc.org/10.1891/1078-4535.20.2.116. Available at: https://www-proquest-com.wvu.idm.oclc.org/docview/1524712565?accountid=2837.