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Little Known Facts

Little Known Facts is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
Medium cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Participants to write a little-known fact /.) about themselves on an index card and keep it hidden from
  2. FRQIHVVRUV and give them to the other group called the inquisitioners , one card per participant, with the written side down
  3. Warn the inquisitioners not to read the statement in the card they received
  4. Ask all participants to stand up
  5. Ask the inquisitioners to hold the index card against their forehead with
  6. Make sure that the inquisitioner holding the card is not able to read it, but everyone else is able to
  7. Ask the inquisitioners to walk around the room, asking different confessors whether the card belongs to them
  8. The question and answer session continues until the inquisitioner discovers the LKF
  9. guess by reading the statement on the card, places the card on top of her head, and walks around the room in search of someone else holding a card on top of her head
  10. Participants with the cards on tops of their heads swap cards with each other without reading the LKF on the card and repeat the search-and- question
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Prompts to use +

Participants to write a little-known fact /.) about themselves on an index card and keep it hidden from

FRQIHVVRUV and give them to the other group called the inquisitioners , one card per participant, with the written side down

Warn the inquisitioners not to read the statement in the card they received

Ask all participants to stand up

Ask the inquisitioners to hold the index card against their forehead with

Make sure that the inquisitioner holding the card is not able to read it, but everyone else is able to

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Little Known Facts. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Participants to write a little-known fact /.) about themselves on an index card and keep it hidden from; FRQIHVVRUV and give them to the other group called the inquisitioners , one card per participant, with the written side down; Warn the inquisitioners not to read the statement in the card they received; Ask all participants to stand up. 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.)
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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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