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Relationship Mapping

Creative Team Activity for Group Connection - Funny Walk

Creative Team Activity for Group Connection - Funny Walk is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), Pairs, Small group (4-8), TriadsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
High 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. Assemble your group at one end of a wide open space, possibly behind a line.
  2. Every person is invited to walk from one side of the space to the other in the most inventive, zany manner they can think of.
  3. When the group arrives at the other end, form pairs and repeat the crossing, without repeating any walking styles that have already been used.
  4. All crossings must involve some form of physical contact between partners.
  5. Next crossing, two pairs form into groups of four.
  6. Then, two groups of four form into groups of eight people, and so on.
  7. People cross back and forth until the final crossing involves the whole group.
  8. Funny Walk Creative team activity to build connection & physical expression.
  9. Funny Walk is a creative team activity and collaborative adventure that builds trust and cooperation.
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Prompts to use +

When the group arrives at the other end, form pairs and repeat the crossing, without repeating any walking styles that have already been used.

All crossings must involve some form of physical contact between partners.

Next crossing, two pairs form into groups of four.

Then, two groups of four form into groups of eight people, and so on.

People cross back and forth until the final crossing involves the whole group.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Creative Team Activity for Group Connection - Funny Walk. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: When the group arrives at the other end, form pairs and repeat the crossing, without repeating any walking styles that have already been used.; All crossings must involve some form of physical contact between partners.; Next crossing, two pairs form into groups of four.; Then, two groups of four form into groups of eight people, and so on.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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