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Fun Circle Energiser for Boosting Energy & Movement - Geared Up

Fun Circle Energiser for Boosting Energy & Movement - Geared Up is a circle dialogue exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), PairsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Ask the taller person of each pair to separate from their partner and form one large circle facing out.
  2. Invite their partners to face them forming a new concentric circle facing in.
  3. Explain that you will soon announce a series of numbers that will trigger a unique action for each partnership of two people facing each other.
  4. - Perform a High 10 with your partner, using the backs of your hands.
  5. - Switch places with your partner (inside to outside circle and vice-versa.)
  6. - Spin full 360 degrees on the spot & finish facing one another.
  7. - Perform a High 5 with left hand and a Low 5 with right hand.
  8. Practice each of these commands several times, starting with the first two or three commands before eventually introducing all five.
  9. Geared Up Fun circle energiser to boost memory & create laughter.
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Prompts to use +

Ask the taller person of each pair to separate from their partner and form one large circle facing out.

Invite their partners to face them forming a new concentric circle facing in.

Explain that you will soon announce a series of numbers that will trigger a unique action for each partnership of two people facing each other.

- Switch places with your partner (inside to outside circle and vice-versa.)

Geared Up Fun circle energiser to boost memory & create laughter.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Circle Energiser for Boosting Energy & Movement - Geared Up. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask the taller person of each pair to separate from their partner and form one large circle facing out.; Invite their partners to face them forming a new concentric circle facing in.; Explain that you will soon announce a series of numbers that will trigger a unique action for each partnership of two people facing each other.; - Switch places with your partner (inside to outside circle and vice-versa.). 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 Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
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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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