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Relationship Mapping

Fun Laughter Game For Boosting Group Energy - Ha Ha Ha Game

Fun Laughter Game For Boosting Group Energy - Ha Ha Ha Game 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), TriadsGROUP 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. One person lies on the floor, facing the ceiling or sky.
  2. A second person lies down at right angles to the first person, resting their head on the first person’s stomach.
  3. Continue this set-up until everyone is lying on the stomach of another person.
  4. Instruct the first person to call out a loud “HA.”
  5. Then, ask the second person to call out “HA HA,” and then the third person to call out “HA HA HA” and so on down the line.
  6. The object is to continue this sequence of each successive person adding one extra ”HA” to their call, without anyone else laughing.
  7. If the sequence of “HA”s is interrupted, or someone laughs out of turn, start over.
  8. Ha Ha Ha Game Fun laughter game to boost mood & create connection.
  9. Put simply, the Ha Ha Ha Game combines the contagious nature of laughter with the sensation of heads resting on moving stomachs.
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Continue this set-up until everyone is lying on the stomach of another person.

Then, ask the second person to call out “HA HA,” and then the third person to call out “HA HA HA” and so on down the line.

The object is to continue this sequence of each successive person adding one extra ”HA” to their call, without anyone else laughing.

If the sequence of “HA”s is interrupted, or someone laughs out of turn, start over.

Ha Ha Ha Game Fun laughter game to boost mood & create connection.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Laughter Game For Boosting Group Energy - Ha Ha Ha Game. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Continue this set-up until everyone is lying on the stomach of another person.; Then, ask the second person to call out “HA HA,” and then the third person to call out “HA HA HA” and so on down the line.; The object is to continue this sequence of each successive person adding one extra ”HA” to their call, without anyone else laughing.; If the sequence of “HA”s is interrupted, or someone laughs out of turn, start over.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

  • 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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