Awareness Circle
Awareness Circle is a circle dialogue exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
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- All methods All authors IAF Library Library Awareness Circle 228 171 This activity helps participants to get-to-know each other without saying a word.
- Last modified on 10 September 2014, at 03:44
- 30m Participants: 5 + Difficulty: Low by Teampedia Tools Use Method Goal To take notice of the diversity in the room, or of the diversity not in the room To find that they have connections with everyone in the r
- Group Size Small Medium Large Materials Room large enough for all participants to be in a circle Set Up Inform that this is a silent exercise, no talking what-so-ever, even if you do not understand the question.
- The leader has a list of statements, such as: 1.
- I have traveled to another country 4.
- 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions 6 Debrief 7 Alternatives
- CollaborationCollaboratively create agendas in real-time.
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30m Participants: 5 + Difficulty: Low by Teampedia Tools Use Method Goal To take notice of the diversity in the room, or of the diversity not in the room To find that they have connections with everyone in the r
Group Size Small Medium Large Materials Room large enough for all participants to be in a circle Set Up Inform that this is a silent exercise, no talking what-so-ever, even if you do not understand the question.
The leader has a list of statements, such as: 1.
I have traveled to another country 4.
1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions 6 Debrief 7 Alternatives
CollaborationCollaboratively create agendas in real-time.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Awareness Circle. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: 30m Participants: 5 + Difficulty: Low by Teampedia Tools Use Method Goal To take notice of the diversity in the room, or of the diversity not in the room To find that they have connections with everyone in the r; Group Size Small Medium Large Materials Room large enough for all participants to be in a circle Set Up Inform that this is a silent exercise, no talking what-so-ever, even if you do not understand the question.; The leader has a list of statements, such as: 1.; I have traveled to another country 4.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The exercise appears across 2 observed source organizations in the current corpus. (2 sources observed, including SessionLab, Teampedia.)
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