Acronym Jeopardy

Heard about a great activity at a workshop I did this morning. The reason for the activity is to make sure everyone has a common language, particularly for acronyms.

You know what it is like when everyone knows what PITA stands for, except you? Well in order not to leave anyone out, this is a quick review.

So you set up a couple of categories. I might use:

1) Everyday acronyms
2) Educational acronyms
3) Partner acronyms

Then create a board kind of like Jeopardy in which people can ask for an acronym from any category. Example" I would like Educational Acronyms for $200 please".

At this point the facilitator takes off the card that is covering the acronym and reveals the following "BCTF". The person who chose it now has the opportunity to say what it stands for.

"What are the initials for the British Columbia Teachers' Federation" and ta da, they win $200. (or chocolates or whatever)

Now the reason you put everyday acronyms in there is so that people who are new or don't know the industry acronyms can still play. Use ones like

CBC, Scuba, Nato, AT and T, GVRD, or any you think your group will understand.

Have fun with this.