Humour can defuse an anxious situation, and it allows participants to take a more arms-length approach to analysing the potential field situations they might experience later. As mentioned above, role playing games should be used in the training of mobilizers and facilitators, and used by mobilizers and facilitators in their work in the field. . Role playing should not be limited to initial training or awareness raising sessions. They are useful for heads of programmes, managers, programmes, planners and head office staff and officers, especially if they can be included in sessions along side of field workers in the programmes they administer. In a single training session or workshop, you may wish to set up more than one role playing game. .
Simulation games are more elaborate than simple role playing.
I do not know who has the copyright on it, so will not describe it in detail on this web site at this time. If anyone knows where it is located, please let me know and I will put link here to it. Relative to the output, the raised awareness of participants, perhaps the elaborate setting up of simulation games does not warrant them being used in training of and by facilitators and mobilizers in community mobilization, poverty reduction, capacity development and income generation. . While not directly participatory in the sense that they are real situations, they are participatory in their implementation, and provide considerable and valuable benefits in a training programme. Telling Stories .