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Exercises for Learning Transfer

Learning transfer exercises turn practice, feedback, and reflection into something a participant can actually use back at work. Choose these when the gathering depends on a skill or insight surviving past the final session.

This category groups exercises by the Gathering Effectiveness pillar they strengthen.

852 exercises

Don't Touch Me

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Match & Out

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

T Puzzle: UWT Four-Piece Version

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Skipping Rope

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Pass Through

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Creation of Instructional Resources

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Harvest

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Digital Presence

Applied Improv · 15 to 30 minutes

Bridging the Gap: Inter-Team Communication

Team Reflection · 60+ minutes

Snowball Toss

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Johnny Oops

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Superiority

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Ninja

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Marshmallow Challenge

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Cultivating a Willingness to Play

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Practicing Generosity of Interpretation

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Gratitude Jar Ceremony

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Air Names

Name Learning · 5 to 15 minutes

Lap Circle

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Epic Failure

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Poll and Predict: Characteristics of Effective Facilitators

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Lean Walk

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Group Pictionary Relay

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Mindfulness Jar

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Everybody Up

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Empowered Teams

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Mind-Reading Framegame

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Why

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Comfort Zone Circles

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

I Pass This Shoe

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

A What?

Circle Dialogue · 15 to 30 minutes

Little-Known Facts

Personal Disclosure · 15 to 30 minutes

Water Fountains

Team Reflection · 60+ minutes

Deportment Tag

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Treasure Hunt

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

GROW Coaching

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

10 Minutes: An Exercise in Mindfulness

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Samurai

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Velcro Circle

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Collaborative Benchmarking

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Now, Next, Later

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Do Talk Give Take

Personal Disclosure · 5 to 15 minutes

Balloon Propulsion Debrief

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Around the World

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Human Knot

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Participatory Infographic

Visual Thinking · 60+ minutes

Asteroids

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Circles of Influence

Circle Dialogue · 30 to 60 minutes

Whole Product Game

Circle Dialogue · 30 to 60 minutes

Third Degree

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Awareness of Social Identity

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Hot Box

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Negotiation Gesture Consensus

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Isometric Stretch

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Octopus Tag

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Turn Over A New Leaf

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Playing Card Mixers

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Potent Poetry

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Mapping Complexity with a Fishbone Diagram

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Stop and Go

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Magic Nine Numbers

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Butt Charades

Applied Improv · 5 to 15 minutes

Transcultural Emails

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Snake

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Dot Voting

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

This or That

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

All My Neighbours

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Paper Stone Stacking

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Paper Frisbee

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Swinging Log

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Easy Money

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Magic Shoes

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Left Person Right Person

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Knee Tag

Applied Improv · 5 to 15 minutes

Keyboard

Applied Improv · 15 to 30 minutes

Look Left

Team Reflection · Under 5 minutes

Drawing Breath

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Head-Butt Tag

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Serial Jolts

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Memory Game Debrief

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

SWOT Analysis

Ideation Warm-Up · 60+ minutes

The Ladder of Abstraction

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Vowel Orchestra

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

The Story Game

Assumption Testing · 5 to 15 minutes

Brain Pick

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Traffic Light Debrief

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Guess the Number

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Swat Tag

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Mrs O'Grady

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

7Ps Framework

Applied Improv · 15 to 30 minutes

Wizz Bang

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Understanding Values in Context

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Marshmallow River

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Think Ball

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Mood Check

Prompted Conversation · 15 to 30 minutes

Luminaria Circle

Circle Dialogue · 15 to 30 minutes

County Fair: UWT Clue Set

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Getting Into Teams

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Be Intentional... Take Inspiration

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Synectics Metaphor Opener

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Community Auction

Team Reflection · 60+ minutes

Trading Cards

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Insight Blast

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Pass the Knot

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

G-H-O-S-T

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Circle Tag

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Zip Zap

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Ice-Breaker Question Exchange

Prompted Conversation · 5 to 15 minutes

Madagascar Rescue

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Wishes

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Hero's Journey Agenda

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Connections of Trust

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Paired Share Debrief

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Traffic Jam

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Simon Says Stretch

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Marshmallow Challenge

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Co-Creating Stories: Chapters

Personal Disclosure · 15 to 30 minutes

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

The Man in the Moon

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

The Coin

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Active Intros

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Mad Chefs

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Good to Great Workshop

Team Reflection · 60+ minutes

Learning Matrix

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Engage Cards Debrief

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Image Card Reflection

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

One-Two-Three

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Count the Beans

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Whale Watch

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Wampum

Name Learning · 5 to 15 minutes

How Much Do You Weigh? (Blind Calculator Average)

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Cups and Straws: UWT Prototype Version

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Wring-Out Stretch

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Forehead Blackjack

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Helium Stick

Adventure Initiative · 5 to 15 minutes

Chicken-Eyes

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Flip Over Ten

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Actions for Retrospectives

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

First Impressions

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Block Bridge

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Tweener

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Popping Corn

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

The Clock

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Designing Inclusive Discussions

Prompted Conversation · 60+ minutes

Critical Thinking in Discussions

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Caught Ya Peekin'

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

Mighty Wind

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Fidget Ladder

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Dozens

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Group Juggle

Circle Dialogue · 5 to 15 minutes

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