Conversation Starter Cards to Build Connections: We Connect Cards
Conversation Starter Cards to Build Connections: We Connect Cards is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Randomly distribute one We Connect Card to every person in your group.
- Ask everyone to form a pair by seeking another person holding the same coloured card.
- Invite these pairs to share their responses to the questions on one or both cards.
- Continue playing for up to 10 minutes and/or try a variation.
- We Connect Cards Conversation starter cards that build meaningful connections.
- We Connect Cards are ideally used as a fun icebreaker activity to invite people to talk naturally.
- Each card contains thoughtful questions designed to spark genuine conversations between participants.
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Prompts to use +
Ask everyone to form a pair by seeking another person holding the same coloured card.
Invite these pairs to share their responses to the questions on one or both cards.
Continue playing for up to 10 minutes and/or try a variation.
We Connect Cards Conversation starter cards that build meaningful connections.
We Connect Cards are ideally used as a fun icebreaker activity to invite people to talk naturally.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Conversation Starter Cards to Build Connections: We Connect Cards. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask everyone to form a pair by seeking another person holding the same coloured card.; Invite these pairs to share their responses to the questions on one or both cards.; Continue playing for up to 10 minutes and/or try a variation.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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