Fun Get-To-Know-You Exercise Inspires Sharing: Story of Your Name
Fun Get-To-Know-You Exercise Inspires Sharing: Story of Your Name is a collaborative story building exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Form small groups of two, three or four people.
- Instruct each person to take turns and share the story of their full name with their partner(s.)
- By way of demonstration, share the origin of your first, middle and last names with your group.
- Optional - once all small groups have shared, invite one or more volunteers to share anything interesting that they learned about their partners with the large group.
- Story Of Your Name Fun get-to-know-you exercise inviting personal name stories.
- Story of Your Name is a fun get-to-know-you exercise that creates meaningful connections through personal storytelling.
- Groups build stronger relationships and understanding while discovering interesting facts about each other in a comfortable setting.
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Form small groups of two, three or four people.
Instruct each person to take turns and share the story of their full name with their partner(s.)
By way of demonstration, share the origin of your first, middle and last names with your group.
Optional - once all small groups have shared, invite one or more volunteers to share anything interesting that they learned about their partners with the large group.
Groups build stronger relationships and understanding while discovering interesting facts about each other in a comfortable setting.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Get-To-Know-You Exercise Inspires Sharing: Story of Your Name. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Form small groups of two, three or four people.; Instruct each person to take turns and share the story of their full name with their partner(s.); By way of demonstration, share the origin of your first, middle and last names with your group.; Optional - once all small groups have shared, invite one or more volunteers to share anything interesting that they learned about their partners with the large group.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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