Don't Speak - Free Energiser - Trainer Bubble
Don't Speak - Free Energiser - Trainer Bubble is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Place participants into pairs and have a brief discussion about the importance of nonverbal communication and how we can read a lot into the body language used.
- When you ask them to, each participant should spend two minutes introducing themselves to their partner. However, they will not be able to speak whilst doing so. They can use any prop, drawing, gesture etc., but they cannot speak.
- At the end of the two minutes, end the task and then ask the other person in the pair to do the same thing.
- Once the second person in the pair has had their two minutes, ask each pair to discuss with their partner what their interpretation of each introduction was i.e. what did they read into the body language?
- How accurate was your understanding of your partner’s body language?
- What methods were used to demonstrate your point?
- How difficult did you find it not using words?
- What does this tell us about our day to day communications?
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Place participants into pairs and have a brief discussion about the importance of nonverbal communication and how we can read a lot into the body language used.
When you ask them to, each participant should spend two minutes introducing themselves to their partner. However, they will not be able to speak whilst doing so. They can use any prop, drawing, gesture etc., but they cannot speak.
At the end of the two minutes, end the task and then ask the other person in the pair to do the same thing.
Once the second person in the pair has had their two minutes, ask each pair to discuss with their partner what their interpretation of each introduction was i.e. what did they read into the body language?
What methods were used to demonstrate your point?
What does this tell us about our day to day communications?
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Don't Speak - Free Energiser - Trainer Bubble. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Place participants into pairs and have a brief discussion about the importance of nonverbal communication and how we can read a lot into the body language used.; When you ask them to, each participant should spend two minutes introducing themselves to their partner. However, they will not be able to speak whilst doing so. They can use any prop, drawing, gesture etc., but they cannot speak.; At the end of the two minutes, end the task and then ask the other person in the pair to do the same thing.; Once the second person in the pair has had their two minutes, ask each pair to discuss with their partner what their interpretation of each introduction was i.e. what did they read into the body language?. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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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.
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