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This is a brilliant tool for communication exercises: Can one participant, or a team successfully communicate the order in which cards should be placed to another participant or team?

Myriorama is a picture whose parts can be arranged in an almost infinite number of combinations to portray different scenes. Ours is based on one originating in Leipzig in the 1830s.

There are twenty-four sturdy cards each showing part of a panoramic view. In whichever order they are placed, the result is a harmonious and continuous landscape.

If you are purchasing the Endless Landscape cards to use in the Trainers' Library module Chinese Picture Race you require two packs of the same design for every team of 4-8 participants.

(Our training props are carefully selected for use by professional trainers, and are not suitable for children under 3).

Price: £2.99

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1. Fabian on 27/01/2010, said:

This works really well and it’s not obvious that the tiles can be arranged in any order. It’s great to see teams agonising over which order to put them in and quite liberating for them when they realise they can put them in any order. The detail on the cards is very good. My only criticism is that they were smaller than I excepted.
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2. Martyn on 11/12/2009, said:

These are brilliant and come with so many different uses. Get teams to put them together. Do not announce that there are variant outcomes. See who challenges and suggests that there is more than 1 outcome. When complete, ask teams to consider how they decided on the final product and then discuss how different factors that can affect team performance.
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3. Deborah on 26/08/2009, said:

I bought the seaside version- we use it for a communications exercise and had 2 large teams competing against each other to see which could match the correct landscape first. Can be used as an energiser or to pull out key learning points for communiation skills. Everyone enjoys the exercise
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4. Sally on 10/07/2009, said:

I bought both of these - the countryside one is smaller and is based on the Leipzig version of the 1830s. The seaside version is more modern and is a new design. Both are very pretty and highly detailed. Great little cards, and quite sturdy card they're made of. I would really like to hear feedback though on how other people used these during training and for what purpose - if anyone can give me detailed feedback on what worked/didn't work, I'll be really grateful. sally@strength2strength.co.uk
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5. James on 22/04/2009, said:

I can only echo the testiments paid below. The Endless Landscape cards provide a fantastic platform for introducing communication skills workshops. Every delegate that has used these cards have loved the session and often wanted to do it again! Also useful for sales courses where the aim is to focus on key features.
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6. Anonymous User on 19/12/2008, said:

Having used Endless Landscapes in numerous workshops, including Effective Communication, Performance Mgt, and various Sales workshops I have to say it is the most fun-filled exercise I have used in a long-time. It’s a simple but hugely effective game to enable participants to understand the importance of communication, asking open questions to elicit detailed responses, the problems we all face when we don’t clarify and summarise and what happens when we assume and fill in the gaps with our own perceptions and assumptions. The cards are beautifully painted, and delegates always go away wanting their own pack of cards to use with family and friends. This exercise is best used for groups between 10-18, any larger or smaller and the impact of the exercise is lost. Lots of fun, creates a great competitive atmosphere and the learning points from delegates after the exercise in the group discussion stay with them for a long time
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7. Hilary on 19/06/2008, said:

I used the Endless landscape cards recently on a communication skills module. It worked really well, with great confusion initially followed by a much more effective and structured approach to eliciting and passing on the information. The group really improved in terms of communicating detail, retention of information, listening and support. No-one was criticised when they failed to remember and lots of fun was had by all. I was lucky to have 2 large rooms in which to set-up the exercise and worked in groups of 6. I wonder how the exercise would be affected if groups had the distraction of working in more confined spaces? We do however have to deal with such distractions when communicating information, especially in open plan offices. All in all an excellent exercise which I shall certainly be using again.
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8. Buffy on 18/04/2006, said:

Superb game/energiser to communicate the power of questioning, clarification, summary and breaking large tasks down into manageable workable wedges. Excellent game, teams loved playing it and wanted a re-match in the afternoon. EXCELLENT!!!
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