New A Team 09 Attend their First Training Session

Alison Dace puts her new A Team through their paces!

Session 1 for the new A Team 09, began with a get to know each other session and a little exercise I learnt from my boyfriend. I thought it would work brilliantly in joining us bunch of strangers together as it helps to build teamwork very quickly. The rules are, from the many materials placed on the table (magazines,newspaper,sweets, etc), each team (we split the group into 3) must work together to create a Disney character of their choice. With a model and a spokesperson, you can share your crazy thoughts with the rest of your group. It went down really well, and very soon we had fizzy cherry sweets as a crown, and tin foil wings for a fairy, plus loads more as the picture shows. With a good team vibe in the room it was time to start the more serious business of the day.

This session was all about building presentation skills and developing the ways to create a professional mood board. We had so much fun, learning all about which TV presenters we all love and hate and the reasons why. Then using their new found skills everyone presented back to me, and received a full on critique. There was a great vibe and element of fun within the team, and the day ended with us knowing each other much better, after a psychology quiz.

I must now sign out for a couple of weeks as I am off on holiday, the lovely Mario Failla is taking session 2, so enjoy! But those of you on the team, don't forget your homework, I'm looking forward to seeing those mood boards.