Gamestorming for Distributed Teams - Facilitation Method
Gamestorming for Distributed Teams - Facilitation Method is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- video conferencing tools, collaborative whiteboard software
- Choose a digital collaboration platform that supports visual interaction, such as Miro or MURAL.
- Select a visual collaboration game suitable for your team’s objectives, such as Empathy Map or Prune the Product Tree.
- Facilitate the game, encouraging active participation and real-time feedback.
- 1 Choose a digital collaboration platform that supports visual interaction, such as Miro or MURAL.
- 2 Select a visual collaboration game suitable for your team’s objectives, such as Empathy Map or Prune the Product Tree.
- 3 Brief participants on the game’s rules and objectives, ensuring everyone understands how to interact with the digital tools.
- 5 Conclude with a debrief to discuss insights and next steps.
- Encourage open communication and make use of breakout rooms fo
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Prompts to use +
Choose a digital collaboration platform that supports visual interaction, such as Miro or MURAL.
Select a visual collaboration game suitable for your team’s objectives, such as Empathy Map or Prune the Product Tree.
1 Choose a digital collaboration platform that supports visual interaction, such as Miro or MURAL.
2 Select a visual collaboration game suitable for your team’s objectives, such as Empathy Map or Prune the Product Tree.
3 Brief participants on the game’s rules and objectives, ensuring everyone understands how to interact with the digital tools.
5 Conclude with a debrief to discuss insights and next steps.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Gamestorming for Distributed Teams - Facilitation Method. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Choose a digital collaboration platform that supports visual interaction, such as Miro or MURAL.; Select a visual collaboration game suitable for your team’s objectives, such as Empathy Map or Prune the Product Tree.; 1 Choose a digital collaboration platform that supports visual interaction, such as Miro or MURAL.; 2 Select a visual collaboration game suitable for your team’s objectives, such as Empathy Map or Prune the Product Tree.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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