Hilarious Circle Game That Creates Laughter & Action - Zhwoop
Hilarious Circle Game That Creates Laughter & Action - Zhwoop is a circle dialogue exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Form a circle, including yourself, with people standing close to their neighbours.
- Your group’s goal is to pass and receive an imaginary impulse (a “zhwoop”) around the circle as fast and as effectively as possible.
- Sending and receiving an impulse involves using your index finger to make a big circle in front of your upper torso and finish by pointing to your left (or right.)
- For example, to pass the impulse to the left, one must use their right hand and index finger (turning clockwise) to point to the left.
- Or, to pass the impulse to the right, one must use their left hand and index finger (turning anti-clockwise) to point to the right.
- To receive the impulse from the right, the receiver must use their left hand (turning anti-clockwise) to make a big circle in front of their body and finish by touching the pointing index finger of their neighbour (the sender.)
- Or, to receive the impulse from the left, the receiver must use their right hand (turning clockwise) to make a big circle in front of their body and finish by touching the pointing index finger of their neighbour (the sender.)
- Note, for the impulse to pass, the index finger of the sender must connect (touch) with the index finger of the receiver.
- Zhwoop Hilarious circle game that creates laughter & connection.
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Prompts to use +
Form a circle, including yourself, with people standing close to their neighbours.
Your group’s goal is to pass and receive an imaginary impulse (a “zhwoop”) around the circle as fast and as effectively as possible.
For example, to pass the impulse to the left, one must use their right hand and index finger (turning clockwise) to point to the left.
Or, to pass the impulse to the right, one must use their left hand and index finger (turning anti-clockwise) to point to the right.
To receive the impulse from the right, the receiver must use their left hand (turning anti-clockwise) to make a big circle in front of their body and finish by touching the pointing index finger of their neighbour (the sender.)
Or, to receive the impulse from the left, the receiver must use their right hand (turning clockwise) to make a big circle in front of their body and finish by touching the pointing index finger of their neighbour (the sender.)
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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: Hilarious Circle Game That Creates Laughter & Action - Zhwoop. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Form a circle, including yourself, with people standing close to their neighbours.; Your group’s goal is to pass and receive an imaginary impulse (a “zhwoop”) around the circle as fast and as effectively as possible.; For example, to pass the impulse to the left, one must use their right hand and index finger (turning clockwise) to point to the left.; Or, to pass the impulse to the right, one must use their left hand and index finger (turning anti-clockwise) to point to the right.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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