Title of Activity:

Have You Ever

Number of Teams & Group Size:

Involve all participants as 1 big group

Logistics Needed:
None

Time Allocated:
10 - 20 minutes

Goal:
To be the fastest person to move 1 complete round

Preparation & Set-Up:

None

Directions for Conducting the Activity:

1. Gather all participants together, forming 1 large circle.
2. Inform participants that each person in the circle represents 1 place holder.
3. The goal is to move clockwise around the circle, 1 place at a time, until they
arrive back at their original starting place.
4. To move, each participant, taking turns, will ask a question to everyone else.
5. This question must be about a life experience they have had. The question
should be asked by starting with, Have you ever _____ ?. Additional details
such as date, time, location, or venue, are inconsequential.
6. After asking the question, the participant will then move 1 place clockwise.
Everyone else who had a similar life experience will also move 1 place
clockwise. Everyone else who has not had a similar life experience will
remain where they are.
7. The next participant will then ask their question, and so on, continuing the
movement.

8. The strategy for participants is: To ask questions about life experiences which
they think is completely unique to themselves.

Specific Rules:
1. Taking turns, participants are to ask everyone else about a life experience,
starting their question with, Have you ever?
2. This life experience must be something they have personally experienced.
Additional details such as date, time, location / venue, is inconsequential.
3. Everyone else in the group who has shared a similar life experience will then
move clockwise 1 place. The participant who asked the question will also
move clockwise 1 place.
4. Everyone else in the group who has not shared a similar life experience will
remain where they are.
5. The participants are to compete to be the quickest / fastest to move 1
complete round, coming back to their original starting place.

Variations:
1. For participants who share more or less a similar background, you may wish
to include the additional details such as date, time, location / venue.
Example: Have you ever climbed Mount Everest? instead of Have you ever
climbed a mountain?;
Have you ever read a Stephen King novel? instead of Have you ever read
a horror novel?
2. Have You Ever Musical Chairs: Performed similar to the activity Musical
Chairs. A person in the center of the circle asks a Have you ever?
question about his / her life experience. Participants who have had similar life
experiences will then rush to exchange chairs, while the person in the center
rushes to a vacated seat. Strategy here is different, as participants will ask
questions about more generic life experiences.

Learning Points:
Asking Questions / Phrasing Questions
Creativity
Each Individual is Unique
Integrity
Honesty
Active Listening
Planning & Strategy

Facilitator Notes:
You may involve yourself in this activity if you wish.
This activity works best with participants who have a certain maturity / life
experiences.
To maintain a positive / constructive atmosphere, you may wish to prevent
participants from asking negative questions, by stating it as part of the
Specific Rules, before the activity begins. Examples of negative questions
include: Have you ever been arrested before?, Have you ever blamed
someone else for a wrong youve done?, Have you ever got drunk and
passed out?
You may also wish to remind participants of the importance of integrity /
honesty during this activity.