This exercise helps you make an authentic connection with anyone using Active Listening.

What you will practice:

• Active listening techniques & connection principles to help another person feel heard and understood, fostering connection

Goal:

Use active listening and our connection principles to extract each others full journey into tech. Ideally, we all start to feel a sense of authentic connection by the end of this exercise

In this exercise, there are 2 roles:

1. Story Sharer:
   • Start the exercise by giving a 10-15 second short summary of their journey into tech
   • Only answer the question being asked. i.e., Yes/No questions should be answered with a yes/no.
2. Questioners:
   • Uncover the what, why and most importantly, their feelings during each part of the journey!
   • Use active listening techniques to deepen your understanding of the story sharer’s experience, and help them feel heard & understood by the end.

Once we finish extracting a story, we change roles until everyone has had a chance in both roles!

*Conduct Rule:

Get to the emotions, but ask for consent before touching deeply personal life details. There should be no pressure to share something they are uncomfortable with.