subject: Some Useful Applications Of A Good Name Label [print this page] Wearing a name label is a perfect way to avoid lengthy conversations during the conferences and meetings where a lot of people not knowing each other participate. It allows one person to get to know the most important information about another person just by looking at their name badge. However, name labels can also be a perfect thing to use in games. There are a few of these games which can be used during the teambuilding exercises, start-of-the-year activities in school or just for pure fun during work breaks.
One of the most famous games that use name labels is the name label match maker. It is a perfect game to get together people unfamiliar with each other. For this game every participant needs a name label big enough for information on it to be seen from a distance of 10 ft.
The name should be written in the centre of the card. Every player then writes four of her favorite things to do in the upper left corner, four of her favorite singers or bands in the upper right corner, four of her favorite movies in the lower left corner and four adjectives that describe her best in the lower right corner.
Everybody then mixes together and without talking to each other reads what is written on another person's upper left corner of the name label. The time given is usually three to five minutes; after it passes everybody has to find at least two persons with the interests similar to her own and start a short conversation. After the conversation is over everybody mingles again and without talking reads what is written on another player's upper right corner and so on. This game is excellent in connecting people together in a relatively short period of time.
Another great game to play using an adhesive name label is a very popular ''Who Am I?'' game. One could have seen German soldiers playing it in Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster ''The Inglorious Bastards''. The rules of the game are quite easy: rather than writing her own name on the card, every person uses the name label of a famous person such as that of a celebrity, a political figure or a football player. The name label is usually put on a forehead of every participant, who tries to guess the name on her card with the help of the other players. Every player can ask any other player up to three questions. If a player succeeds in guessing the name on her name label, she becomes a consultant who can help other players, if not - she should ask any other player for help.
The easiest game of the three described in this article is the game of the name label grab. It is likely to be perfect for kids. All of the participants are placed in a circle, the adhesive name tags are distributed randomly. All the labels are then put on the back of the person sitting to the right hand of the player. On the ''start'' signal all the players try to find their name tags trying not to let other players to grab the labels off their backs. The game continues until everybody gets their name tag.
These are some good ideas for the games that use name labels. These games are likely to be perfect for people of all ages and help them to get to know each other quicker. Besides, they can be just fun and not serve any particular practical purpose.
