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The Most Risky Way To Start A Presentation

In October 2012 we appeared at the IndieCade Red Carpet Awards show. Three times during the show, we presented some interstitial audience participation games.

One of our games involved a coordinated balloon drop from the balcony overhead and another was a game masked in a fully producing musical segment, performed live by Andre Meadows of Black Nerd Comedy, with backing vocals by the Wise Guys.

But the game that was met with the most positive audience response was, of course, the one with the lowest production value and the one we gave the least thought to. This was a game that was pulled out of thin air and never play tested. If we had play tested it, we might not have had the courage to play the game.

If you want your next presentation, either at a meeting, retreat, corporate event, or just giving a talk in a board room, to start off in a way that is SURE to get your crowd pert and awake, here’s how we did it. Proceed with caution! Only the fearless can take a game of Fly Paper.

1. Split the crowd into teams. This game can be played with as few as 2 people or as many as a few thousand. We played the game house left versus house right, but you can split it any way you want: boys vs. girls, newbies vs. veterans, etc.

2. Everyone who plays needs 1 piece of legal-sized paper. If you are splitting the crowd by sex, for instance, you can give different colored paper to men and women (e.g., green for men, purple for women). This is a good idea we didn’t think of until after we played it.

3. You need a target. We used a hula hoop, but it could be a waste basket, or a shot glass if you want to make it really hard.

4. Tell the players: “The object of the game is to fold your paper into a paper airplane. The first airplane to hit the target wins the game for your team.”

5. If anyone crumples the paper into a ball and throws it, say, “I forgive you for throwing a wadded up paper ball, even though that can be perceived as a sign of disrespect, but I’m surprised you have so little confidence in your ability to fold an airplane.”

6. Give a prize to the winner. It an be a piece of gum or a diamond watch.

7. Depending on the size of the crowd, the floor might be littered with failed airplanes. This is part of the end game that we didn’t think about ahead of time either, so the stage was kind of a mess for the rest of the show. But you can bet your audience will be paying attention now.

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