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Relationship Mapping

Fun Get-To-Know-You Game Reveals Shared Experiences - Sit Down If

Fun Get-To-Know-You Game Reveals Shared Experiences - Sit Down If is a relationship mapping exercise that 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 person, RemoteSETTING
High 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. In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a sample list of Print+Play ‘Sit Down If…’ statements or questions that reflect particular characteristics and/or experiences of people.
  2. Gather your group, and ask them to stand.
  3. Announce that you will soon call a series of statements to the group from your list.
  4. If the statement applies to an individual, instruct this person to sit down, ie they are eliminated from the game.
  5. For example, you could ask, “Sit down if… You sing in the shower, or … You have never ridden a horse.”
  6. Continue to read from your list, item by item, until you have eliminated everyone in your group, or only one person remains.
  7. Play a second round with a different set of questions, or try a variation.
  8. Sit Down If… Fun get-to-know-you game to reveal shared experiences.
  9. Sit Down If… is a fun get-to-know-you game that creates laughter through unexpected revelations, helping people remember interesting details about others.
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Prompts to use +

In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a sample list of Print+Play ‘Sit Down If…’ statements or questions that reflect particular characteristics and/or experiences of people.

Gather your group, and ask them to stand.

Announce that you will soon call a series of statements to the group from your list.

If the statement applies to an individual, instruct this person to sit down, ie they are eliminated from the game.

For example, you could ask, “Sit down if… You sing in the shower, or … You have never ridden a horse.”

Continue to read from your list, item by item, until you have eliminated everyone in your group, or only one person remains.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Get-To-Know-You Game Reveals Shared Experiences - Sit Down If. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a sample list of Print+Play ‘Sit Down If…’ statements or questions that reflect particular characteristics and/or experiences of people.; Gather your group, and ask them to stand.; Announce that you will soon call a series of statements to the group from your list.; If the statement applies to an individual, instruct this person to sit down, ie they are eliminated from the game.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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