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Relationship Mapping

Claim to Fame Turnaround

Claim to Fame Turnaround is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Pairs, Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
QuietENERGY
In personSETTING
Medium cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Network Design This relationship mapping exercise strengthens Network Design, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Tell participants to "Turn to someone you don't know and share what you would love your claim to fame to be
  2. Most importantly, have each person then introduce their partner to one other person in the room who 'might" be able to assist with obtaining their claim
  3. Process Tell participants to "Turn to someone you don't know and share what you would love your claim to fame to be..
  4. Cool Possibilities/Options If you have a large network of helpful people on hand, just printing a list of things they might be able to.
  5. help with is useful Instead of asking what they would WANT to be famous for, ask what it is they ARE famous for.
  6. Post answers anonymously around the room, and have people write in their guesses for who is famous for what throughout the day People Science Data Capture Capture claims to fame .
  7. Tags <5 minutes, claims to fame, fun, icebreaker, small groups Source icebreaker, claims to fame, fun, small groups, 94
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Prompts to use +

Tell participants to "Turn to someone you don't know and share what you would love your claim to fame to be

Most importantly, have each person then introduce their partner to one other person in the room who 'might" be able to assist with obtaining their claim

Process Tell participants to "Turn to someone you don't know and share what you would love your claim to fame to be..

Cool Possibilities/Options If you have a large network of helpful people on hand, just printing a list of things they might be able to.

help with is useful Instead of asking what they would WANT to be famous for, ask what it is they ARE famous for.

Post answers anonymously around the room, and have people write in their guesses for who is famous for what throughout the day People Science Data Capture Capture claims to fame .

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Claim to Fame Turnaround. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Tell participants to "Turn to someone you don't know and share what you would love your claim to fame to be; Most importantly, have each person then introduce their partner to one other person in the room who 'might" be able to assist with obtaining their claim; Process Tell participants to "Turn to someone you don't know and share what you would love your claim to fame to be..; Cool Possibilities/Options If you have a large network of helpful people on hand, just printing a list of things they might be able 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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