COMMUNITY BUILDING 143. Attract Poetry Buy refrigerator poetry magnets for the lunchroom. 144. Get Cartoony Start a “Humor Me” board where people can post funny cartoons, quotations, or short stories they find in the newspaper or online.1 145. Post a Bulletin Put a bulletin board in a common area like the lunchroom; take turns with your coworkers posting different topics on the board. Encourage them to post semi-work-related topics, like tips for work/life balance or something awesome like how to use humor in the workplace.2 146. Paint Together Have a “mural” wall or canvas where people can come together to paint a mural (or just random images) together. 1 Hat tip to Tony Q, an office manager at a science and technology company, for the suggestion. As Tony said, “Some folks are not good at telling jokes, but they are more than willing to share something humorous if they saw it someplace.” 2 I had to do these as a RA. They can be great way to educate AND generate discussion. 83

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