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Applied Improv ยท Relationship Mapping

Heads Up

Heads Up is an applied improv exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
Medium 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. All of them force the groups to share and learn with each other
  2. Have one smartphone per People Science group preloaded with Heads Up
  3. Laughs are guaranteed to follow $QGURLG L26 :LQGRZV Alternatively, using a few experts in the content of your gathering, create cards of content exactly like
  4. Pass out the cards to each PS team and have them play
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Prompts to use +

All of them force the groups to share and learn with each other

Have one smartphone per People Science group preloaded with Heads Up

Laughs are guaranteed to follow $QGURLG L26 :LQGRZV Alternatively, using a few experts in the content of your gathering, create cards of content exactly like

Pass out the cards to each PS team and have them play

Run this with your AI assistant +

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: Heads Up. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: All of them force the groups to share and learn with each other; Have one smartphone per People Science group preloaded with Heads Up; Laughs are guaranteed to follow $QGURLG L26 :LQGRZV Alternatively, using a few experts in the content of your gathering, create cards of content exactly like; Pass out the cards to each PS team and have them play. 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 Relationship Makers Handbook; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Relationship Makers Handbook.)
  • What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
  • No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
  • Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.

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