After last week’s presentation from Cut creative director Brooke Montgomery, we were tasked with coming up with concept for a video, question, game or challenge similar to the content produced by Cut.
I had a bit of a hard time trying to think of something that would be as exciting as what you can watch on Cut, so I focused on an activity that would deepen social connection in our cohort.
Our cohort is split into two classes, and while our classes are directly next to each other, I haven’t really connected with many of the folks in the other section. I want to get to know these people, as well as the second-years better, so I propose the following: a friendship speed-dating type of activity that pairs us up with people we don’t know well. I feel like my class is pretty tight knit, so I think we should all be cycling through people from the other class and the second-years. So this is less awkward, we can use questions inspired by the party game We Are Not Really Strangers. This game features three levels of questions and wildcards that allow you to connect better with others. I recommend we use questions from level 1, as they are a bit less intense than the others.
Using questions from this card game (or similar questions we can come up with) can reduce the awkwardness, as the topic of the conversation will be set beforehand.