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Bent Elbows for Audience Response

Bent Elbows for Audience Response is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25)GROUP SIZE
QuietENERGY
In personSETTING
Medium cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. When asked for feedback the audience is to Raise their hands all the way up if they DO NOT have questions
  2. Keep their hands down if they DO have questions
  3. Have participants consciously thinking about how they respond and give feedback to the group by the way
  4. Use that as a discussion topic for our brains getting tired when we have to
  5. Allocate only one part of the group/participants to use one of the above methods
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Prompts to use +

When asked for feedback the audience is to Raise their hands all the way up if they DO NOT have questions

Keep their hands down if they DO have questions

Have participants consciously thinking about how they respond and give feedback to the group by the way

Use that as a discussion topic for our brains getting tired when we have to

Allocate only one part of the group/participants to use one of the above methods

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Bent Elbows for Audience Response. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: When asked for feedback the audience is to Raise their hands all the way up if they DO NOT have questions; Keep their hands down if they DO have questions; Have participants consciously thinking about how they respond and give feedback to the group by the way; Use that as a discussion topic for our brains getting tired when we have to. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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  • Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Relationship Makers Handbook; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Relationship Makers Handbook.)
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  • No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
  • Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.

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