Large group energiser gets everyone moving, Bill & Button Factory
Large group energiser gets everyone moving, Bill & Button Factory is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- In advance, download the simple lyrics for this exercise from the Resources tab.
- When ready, assemble your group in front of you.
- Explain that as you sing the lyrics to a song, you want your group to repeat them loudly after you.
- Sing one line at a time, and wait for your group to mimic you before the next line, such as …
- When you instruct your group to “… PUSH THESE BUTTONS WITH YOUR FINGERS” demonstrate the gesture of poking your left and right fingers into the air in front of you, encouraging your group to follow suit.
- Repeat the verse a second time, and at the end of the stanza, start to push buttons with a new part of your anatomy, for example…
- “… PUSH THESE BUTTONS WITH YOUR ELBOWS…” poking alternately with fingers and elbows.
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Prompts to use +
Explain that as you sing the lyrics to a song, you want your group to repeat them loudly after you.
Sing one line at a time, and wait for your group to mimic you before the next line, such as …
When you instruct your group to “… PUSH THESE BUTTONS WITH YOUR FINGERS” demonstrate the gesture of poking your left and right fingers into the air in front of you, encouraging your group to follow suit.
Repeat the verse a second time, and at the end of the stanza, start to push buttons with a new part of your anatomy, for example…
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Large group energiser gets everyone moving, Bill & Button Factory. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Explain that as you sing the lyrics to a song, you want your group to repeat them loudly after you.; Sing one line at a time, and wait for your group to mimic you before the next line, such as …; When you instruct your group to “… PUSH THESE BUTTONS WITH YOUR FINGERS” demonstrate the gesture of poking your left and right fingers into the air in front of you, encouraging your group to follow suit.; Repeat the verse a second time, and at the end of the stanza, start to push buttons with a new part of your anatomy, for example…. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- 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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- 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.
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