Everyone Talk about Person X!
Everyone Talk about Person X! is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Instead of going around the room and doing a self-introduction, have each person stand up and have
- Give an example before you begin
- Timing 30 60 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Crowdsourcing knowledge about a single person as a method of introducing them to a group.
- Works well with two+ groups that do not know each other Process Instead of going around the room and doing a self-introduction, have each person stand up and have.
- their peers chime in to describe them to the group Give an example before you begin.
- Logistics N/A Cool Possibilities/Options This can be done in smaller breakout groups so long as each person has at least one other person that.
- "knows" them in the group List a variety of information that needs to be covered for each individual e.g., Name, Zodiac/Astrological.
- People Science Data Capture Assign a note taker to capture what is said about each person.
- Not only is it interesting to reflect on after everyone has begun to get to know each other, but valuable team and PS data.
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Instead of going around the room and doing a self-introduction, have each person stand up and have
Give an example before you begin
Timing 30 60 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Crowdsourcing knowledge about a single person as a method of introducing them to a group.
Works well with two+ groups that do not know each other Process Instead of going around the room and doing a self-introduction, have each person stand up and have.
their peers chime in to describe them to the group Give an example before you begin.
Logistics N/A Cool Possibilities/Options This can be done in smaller breakout groups so long as each person has at least one other person that.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Everyone Talk about Person X!. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Instead of going around the room and doing a self-introduction, have each person stand up and have; Give an example before you begin; Timing 30 60 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Crowdsourcing knowledge about a single person as a method of introducing them to a group.; Works well with two+ groups that do not know each other Process Instead of going around the room and doing a self-introduction, have each person stand up and have.. 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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- 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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