Carmine Consalvo

Three new simulations! Now there are nine realistic adventure simulations in all! Set in America’s most popular scenic wonder!

Take participants on an unforgettable learning adventure! Set in the Grand Canyon, these stimulating group activities provide an adventurous backdrop for enthusiastic participant involvement and memorable skill building.

Use Grand Canyon Adventures for active learning in:

• Creativity and Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Conflict Resolution
• Consultation

Grand Canyon Adventures were researched on location and
written by Carmine Consalvo.

More than the usual consensus-building activities
The creative design of the participant scenario booklets gives these learning activities a distinct advantage over other consensus-building simulations by supporting participants throughout the activity with helpful techniques and key learning points.

Nine related activities provide new training flexibility
The Grand Canyon Adventures package includes three interrelated activities on problem solving, collaboration, and consensus decision making, which makes the program extremely flexible. Use all nine activities with your entire team, or split up your group to focus on individualized skill development with a single activity.

Inspiring video gets participants involved
Start your session with The River Song, an 18-minute video which sets the scene for the simulations. It is an all-original, breathtaking video tour of the sites within the Grand Canyon where the simulations take place. It will motivate and focus participants on the activities, and ensure high-impact learning.

Overboard in the Roaring River: Action Plan

A traditional consensus decision-making exercise that uses the standard, popular format of asking individuals and teams to rank-order action plans, then check them against expert advice. 1–2 hours.

Overboard in the Roaring River
The Confluence of Crisis and Management
This crisis management simulation, set on the Colorado River, gives groups practice in building consensus and action planning. 1–2 hours.

Hiking Out Of Lava Falls: Determining the Essentials
This exercise adds a twist to the standard decision-making by asking for a consensus determination of which supplies available to a team are most important. This simulates the real-life dilemma of sorting what is important from a flood of information. 1–2 hours.

Up Deer Creek without a Boatman
Collaboration
Designed for two leaders or two teams, this exercise provides experience in working together and resolving conflict. Participants will assess their own effectiveness based on three measures of collaboration. 1–2 hours.

Up Deer Creek without a Boatman
Problem Solving Analysis
This exercise asks teams to determine what information is necessary to determine what the problem is, then to solve it. This adventure demonstrates the importance of a rigorous problem solving analysis. 1–2 hours.

Stranded in Grand Canyon
A Creative Problem-Solving Adventure
In this activity, set on the Colorado River, the group must find its way out of the canyon using the problem-solving method provided. 1–2 hours.

Incident at Elves Chasm: Action Plan
Consensus and Consultation
In this simulation, set on the Colorado River, a crisis has occurred and the group must build consensus and create a plan of action. 1–2 hours.

Incident at Elves Chasm: Priority Setting
Consensus and Consultation
In this simulation, a crisis has occurred and you as an individual and then with the group practice prioritizing. 1–2 hours.

Hiking Out of Lava Falls
A Creative Problem-Solving Adventure
This activity, based on an actual event and set on canyon trails, gives team members practice in using a proven problem-solving model to accomplish their survival mission. 1–2 hours.