UFO Ball

This is a favorite tool to help teach the value of connection. The UFO Ball may look like a simple ping-pong ball with two pieces of metal, but when both pieces of metal are touched simultaneously, the ball lights up and makes noise.  The tool itself is pretty fun, but once you add a significant debriefing point to the experience, it drives home the metaphor of the power of experience. Directions:• Invite your group to stand or sit in a circle.• Conduct a brief discussion on the value of connection. Why is it important? What are the benefits of being connection to a group or an individual?• As the facilitator, hold the UFO ball in your left hand and touch one of the metal plates with your left index finger. Ask ‘Bob’, the person on your left, if he will demonstrate the activity with you. Invite him to touch the other metal plate on the UFO ball with his right index finger without physically touching you (meaning, no skin to skin contact between the two of you).• Now describe to the gro