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Collaborative Story Building ยท Relationship Mapping

Foster Photography Spirit

Foster Photography Spirit is a collaborative story building exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
Medium 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. can be found at Note some images might be copyrighted by a variety of sources
  2. a =Select two photos that you can relate to/mean something to you
  3. E =Return to your seat and keep the images face down When everyone is seated, ask participants to join their People Science team or find someone they don't
  4. know threes are ok and share their meaningful picture, and WHY it has meaning to them AND if it has a story behind the meaning/picture/why
Live facilitator

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Prompts to use +

can be found at Note some images might be copyrighted by a variety of sources

a =Select two photos that you can relate to/mean something to you

E =Return to your seat and keep the images face down When everyone is seated, ask participants to join their People Science team or find someone they don't

know threes are ok and share their meaningful picture, and WHY it has meaning to them AND if it has a story behind the meaning/picture/why

Run this with your AI assistant +

Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.

Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Foster Photography Spirit. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: can be found at Note some images might be copyrighted by a variety of sources; a =Select two photos that you can relate to/mean something to you; E =Return to your seat and keep the images face down When everyone is seated, ask participants to join their People Science team or find someone they don't; know threes are ok and share their meaningful picture, and WHY it has meaning to them AND if it has a story behind the meaning/picture/why. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

  • 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.)
  • What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
  • 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.
  • Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.

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