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Fun Interactive Movement Energiser for Groups - Freeze Action

Fun Interactive Movement Energiser for Groups - Freeze Action is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), Small group (4-8)GROUP 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. Lay a set of We Connect Cards on a table, action-side facing up.
  2. Invite each person to grab one card that reflects an action they would be comfortable doing.
  3. Ask your group to spread themselves evenly throughout a large open area.
  4. Invite everyone to walk aimlessly and silently about the area.
  5. Announce that after approx 10 seconds have elapsed, any one or more individuals may choose to stop walking and perform the action on their card.
  6. Anyone who spots a person performing or mimicking an action is invited to perform this action, too.
  7. The round is complete when everyone is performing the same action.
  8. Record the time it takes for the whole group to perform the same action, ie from the moment the first person acts to the last person.
  9. Freeze Action Interactive movement energiser to build group awareness & focus.
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Prompts to use +

Lay a set of We Connect Cards on a table, action-side facing up.

Invite each person to grab one card that reflects an action they would be comfortable doing.

Ask your group to spread themselves evenly throughout a large open area.

Invite everyone to walk aimlessly and silently about the area.

Announce that after approx 10 seconds have elapsed, any one or more individuals may choose to stop walking and perform the action on their card.

The round is complete when everyone is performing the same action.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Interactive Movement Energiser for Groups - Freeze Action. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Lay a set of We Connect Cards on a table, action-side facing up.; Invite each person to grab one card that reflects an action they would be comfortable doing.; Ask your group to spread themselves evenly throughout a large open area.; Invite everyone to walk aimlessly and silently about the area.. 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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