Introducing the MTa Learning Tool at Warwick Conferences

What is an MTa Kit?

MTa Kits engage your team’s skills to provide a structured experiential learning activity. At Warwick Conferences, our MTa Team Kit offers 10 unique ice breaker sessions and 6 further activities which bring delegates together through hands-on learning activities designed to boost skill application in the workplace.

How does an MTa Kit work?

To experience the MTa kit first-hand, our Conferences Team, including Business Development, Sales & Events, Marketing, and Operations, got together to participate in one of the ice breakers and one of the longer activities.

Led by our trained facilitator, Emma Willis, the experience was fully supported, allowing everyone to seamlessly transition between stages of the activity. Emma was also able to assist delegates and prompt group discussions, allowing the group to focus on the activity completely and to hone their skills.

Who is an MTa Kit for?

Each activity engaged a number of key skills: from interpersonal skills, to practical problem-solving, to encouraging creativity and innovation. Activities in the kit are adaptable to a range of group numbers, where most activities recommend groups of between 8 and 16 delegates, and some accommodate as few as 3 or as many as 24. Using the large meeting spaces available at Warwick Conferences offered flexibility for the activities, as well as comfortable cabaret seating for post-activity group table discussions and personal reflection.

The Ice-Breaker: Dominos

When the first task was announced and the teams divided into two groups, conversations sparked. As the facilitator shared the ice-breaker brief and told the groups that no further tips or guidance could be provided, immediately attention shifted to teamwork. The task: to create the longest chain of free-standing and successfully functioning dominos in 4 minutes, became an exciting goal for the groups who quickly began to explore the tactile and variable equipment that makes up the MTa kit and started prototyping their designs.

The MTa kit not only encouraged strategy and risk consideration, it also provided structure that ensured communication and reflection. As well as creating a competition between teams, the kit also ensured a framework for self-improvement. A group member concluded that their success in this challenge would come from “collaboration and sharing the space so everyone’s voices are heard.”

The Activity: Digital Display

However, the second activity took a shift by presenting a completely different challenge – one of its key features was banning communication of all forms across the entire group. For the activity, everyone was assigned a number or a letter to recreate in a digital format by sharing pieces of the MTa kit provided via a transfer system under this condition of silence.

Through its restrictions, this activity emphasised the importance of observation and encouraged team members to consider how they could help achieve the wider team goal of completing the entire digital display alongside finishing their individual task of completing their own number or letter.

Outcomes of the experience

After the activity, the personal review sheet and group discussion created an environment for reflection and an opportunity to finally express thoughts to others. The group agreed on how challenging the rule of silence had been, with participants saying that this demonstrated “how important communication is.”

By engaging in activities using the MTa kit, not only did the group participate in experiential learning and team-building, they also reflected on how they show up as individuals in their team and how they work and communicate with others. The positive and energising experience left them wanting to try the other activities within the kit and bonded individuals from across different teams, giving them a shared experience to recall long after leaving the room.

Contact us today for more information, or to find out how using our MTa Learning Kit can enhance your event or programme at Warwick Conferences.

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Amy Nugent

Amy is a Digital Communications Executive at Warwick Conferences, she specialises in written and audio-visual content production.