Connection-Building Activity for Shared Discovery - UBUNTU Cards
Connection-Building Activity for Shared Discovery - UBUNTU Cards is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Distribute one Ubuntu Card to every person.
- When ready, each person shows the multi-image face of their card to their partner.
- The first person to identify the one object that appears on both cards wins.
- Next, invite each pair to have a conversation in which they explore something they each have in common.
- After a minute of conversation, each person swaps cards and seeks out a new partner.
- Ubuntu Cards Connection-building activity for discovering shared experiences.
- Ubuntu Cards work brilliantly because the quick game element relaxes everyone before they discover genuine shared experiences and interests.
- As a connection-building activity, people naturally search for connections, creating authentic relationships rather than just small talk.
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Prompts to use +
The first person to identify the one object that appears on both cards wins.
Next, invite each pair to have a conversation in which they explore something they each have in common.
After a minute of conversation, each person swaps cards and seeks out a new partner.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Connection-Building Activity for Shared Discovery - UBUNTU Cards. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: The first person to identify the one object that appears on both cards wins.; Next, invite each pair to have a conversation in which they explore something they each have in common.; After a minute of conversation, each person swaps cards and seeks out a new partner.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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