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GLOBAL ETIQUETTE COMPENDIUM
AC TI VI TY
2A. INSIDER WISDOM
SET-UP: The likelihood is that in each group at least one
person will have some INSIDER WISDOM about
Take two sheets on flip chart paper and stick them one sight.
around the room.
Repeat a similar process with local food.
One sheet should be headed up “local sights”.
Start with a brainstorm of the top 3-5 local food
One sheet should be headed up “local food”. specialities for your destination.
Again, go through each food speciality one by one.
RUNNING THE ACTIVITY: (8 MINS)
Ask the group what INSIDER WISDOM they have
Start with a brainstorm about local sights. about this food.
Ask the group to come up with 5 top sights for your It could be a story about how it is prepared.
destination.
Or how this came to be a local delicacy.
This should be very simple.
Or some information about the ingredients.
Say that this information alone does not indicate Or where locals like to eat it.
insider wisdom. This is about knowledge that
anyone with a guidebook or the internet can easily Or what drink goes best with it.
find out.
Or whether there is any sort of seasonality about it.
The important thing is to consider what ‘insider Or how to be able to know when it is good – what to
wisdom’ we have about these sights.
look out for. (e.g. ripeness, freshness etc.)
Go through each sight one by one.
Once again – it is likely that someone in the group
For each sight ask the group what INSIDER will have some knowledge about at least one of the
WISDOM they have about this. specialities.
It could be a story about its origin.
KEY LEARNING POINT:
Or it could be a different route to get to the sight.
Or it could the best time of day to visit the sight. We can see that whilst not all of us have all the
answers, certainly amongst us we have a range of
Or it could be somewhere that gives a better view of insider wisdom so let’s make sure we share with each
this sight. other and then most importantly share with our
The point is, it is something that most people who guests.
are coming for the first time, would not know.
Go through the 5 top sights.
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