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Fun Interactive Name Game for Group Connections - Name Swap

Fun Interactive Name Game for Group Connections - Name Swap is a name learning exercise for relationship mapping: it 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, distribute as many index cards to each person as there are letters in their first name, eg KAI will need three cards.
  2. Each person writes the letters of their first name on the cards, one letter per card.
  3. Combine all of the cards from your group and shuffle them.
  4. Re-distribute the cards by randomly assigning as many cards to each person as letters in their first name, eg Kai will receive three cards, Peter will receive five cards, etc.
  5. No one may look at their cards until the game starts.
  6. The goal is to be the first person to collect all of the letters that spell their first name.
  7. Explain the following parameters that govern fair trading:
  8. - Everyone plays at the same time, ie there are no turns;
  9. Name Swap Fun interactive name game to foster group connections.
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Prompts to use +

Explain the following parameters that govern fair trading:

- Everyone plays at the same time, ie there are no turns;

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Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.

Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Interactive Name Game for Group Connections - Name Swap. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Explain the following parameters that govern fair trading:; - Everyone plays at the same time, ie there are no turns;; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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