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.
How to run it
- In advance, distribute as many index cards to each person as there are letters in their first name, eg KAI will need three cards.
- Each person writes the letters of their first name on the cards, one letter per card.
- Combine all of the cards from your group and shuffle them.
- 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.
- No one may look at their cards until the game starts.
- The goal is to be the first person to collect all of the letters that spell their first name.
- Explain the following parameters that govern fair trading:
- - Everyone plays at the same time, ie there are no turns;
- 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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