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scenario, Some scenarios are worth repeating with a different cast of characters, bringing in lessons learned just before. Phillips 66 An interesting, quick way to warm up an audience is "Phillips 66:" the audience is broken down into groups of six, each member of the group introduces himself (so you get acquainted), then the group appoints a spokesman. For six minutes the group makes quick comments or poses questions about a problem which the chairman of the meeting has assigned (What do you hope to get out of this workshop? What is the most urgent problem facing your group back home? Why are students apathetic to politics? Why nonviolence?). Then the spokesman from each group presents the comments or questions from the group to the whule audience. In this way the steering committee of the workshop or conference can quickly evaluate the quality and motivations of the participants, and can adjust the day's p'ans accordingly. The participants have been warmed up and introduced to each other at the same time. It is important to get "feedback." not only in a workshop or conference, but in any organization. Feed- back means finding out how the group is getting along. This can be done by making use of an observer who records whit goes on, by post-me-eting questionnaires, tnrough bnzz-groups (like Phillips 66) or by interviews. 34 SAMPLE SCENARIOS FOR ROLE-PLAYING I = The Eviction A group of civil rights demonstrators is blocking access to a tenement to prevent a constable from evict- ing a tenant who has been participating in a rent strike. The constable and several citizens urge the group to obey the law and move out of the way; then the constable and a police officer threaten the group with arrest if it dves not move. (You may want to continue this scenario to the point of actual arrest and being taken to the wagon.) Questions: How do the demonstrators respond to the other citizens and to the constable? How do they respond to the officer? Cast: Three or four demonstrators, two or three citizens, a constable, one or more police officers. Il - The Congressman Congressman Blank, a Negro representing a pre- dominantly Negro district -- with a do-nothing record so far, and a reputation for being a "tool" of the local political machine -- is having a change of heart. He has even gone so far as to invite a group of civil rights people to his office in order to get their ideas. He has a group of his own advisers present. The Congressman, the civil rights people, and the Congressman's advisers, discuss the issue in a hard-headed, unsentimental way. Questions: What will the relationship of the civil rights people be to the Congressman and his staff? How will the Congressman and his staff react to the ideas presented? What kind of informa- tion is needed in order to present a coherent case to the Congressman? Cast: Congressman, two staff persons, three or four civil rights persons. 55