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Relationship Mapping

Fun Partner Activity that Promotes Collaboration - Bust A Move

Fun Partner Activity that Promotes Collaboration - Bust A Move 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), PairsGROUP 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. Give each person two toy or wooden blocks.
  2. Ask everyone to find a partner.
  3. Suspend the four blocks between the tips of each of their index fingers.
  4. Invite each pair to play and creatively explore different ways of moving together while remaining connected through the blocks.
  5. Introduce movement ideas and stunts as needed.
  6. Bust A Move Fun partner activity builds connection through movement.
  7. Bust A Move takes simple props and transforms them into tools for creative exploration as pairs discover what they can achieve together.
  8. Playful experimentation flourishes whilst developing trust and communication skills that really matter.
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Prompts to use +

Give each person two toy or wooden blocks.

Ask everyone to find a partner.

Invite each pair to play and creatively explore different ways of moving together while remaining connected through the blocks.

Bust A Move Fun partner activity builds connection through movement.

Bust A Move takes simple props and transforms them into tools for creative exploration as pairs discover what they can achieve together.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Partner Activity that Promotes Collaboration - Bust A Move. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Give each person two toy or wooden blocks.; Ask everyone to find a partner.; Invite each pair to play and creatively explore different ways of moving together while remaining connected through the blocks.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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