Fun Group Energiser Creates Laughter & Engagement - PDQ Test
Fun Group Energiser Creates Laughter & Engagement - PDQ Test is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Assemble your group in front of you, sitting or standing.
- Introduce the idea that you are about to demonstrate a series of physical ‘tests’ that you would like each person to attempt.
- This is a self-assessed test, and only the individual will know if they passed or not.
- Start by clicking your fingers, first your dominant and then your less-dominant hands and fingers.
- Next, invite everyone to attempt to whistle through their lips, and then pop their cheeks with a finger, etc.
- Conclude by inviting one or more volunteers to demonstrate a unique ‘test’ that they can successfully perform.
- PDQ Test Fun group energiser to create hilarious laughter & engagement.
- Participants discover hidden talents whilst sharing moments of playful vulnerability and collective amusement.
- More than a fun group energiser, PDQ Test breaks down barriers through shared silliness, encouraging people to step outside their comfort zones in a safe environment.
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Prompts to use +
Introduce the idea that you are about to demonstrate a series of physical ‘tests’ that you would like each person to attempt.
This is a self-assessed test, and only the individual will know if they passed or not.
Start by clicking your fingers, first your dominant and then your less-dominant hands and fingers.
Next, invite everyone to attempt to whistle through their lips, and then pop their cheeks with a finger, etc.
Conclude by inviting one or more volunteers to demonstrate a unique ‘test’ that they can successfully perform.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Group Energiser Creates Laughter & Engagement - PDQ Test. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Introduce the idea that you are about to demonstrate a series of physical ‘tests’ that you would like each person to attempt.; This is a self-assessed test, and only the individual will know if they passed or not.; Start by clicking your fingers, first your dominant and then your less-dominant hands and fingers.; Next, invite everyone to attempt to whistle through their lips, and then pop their cheeks with a finger, etc.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- 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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