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Relationship Mapping

Map Your Network

Map Your Network is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), 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. Have each player
  2. Draw an icon for themselves in the middle of a piece of paper
  3. Draw an icon representing their other colleagues working on their projects people in the room - so a
  4. If drawing seems too daunting, simply write their names in large letters
  5. Draw lines between those they are working with
  6. Using the same line drawing criteria, draw lines to the other organizations and individuals
  7. In a different color, draw lines to individuals in your project network who SHOULD have relationships■
  8. Draw Potential Network - add other individuals or groups they are connected to who might add value to■ your project and draw lines connecting them In people science groups or one or two other individuals, discuss what you learned by drawing your
  9. 236 Devise a plan to Close the triangle with at least 3 people on your map to improve the quality of the
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Prompts to use +

Draw an icon for themselves in the middle of a piece of paper

Draw an icon representing their other colleagues working on their projects people in the room - so a

If drawing seems too daunting, simply write their names in large letters

Draw lines between those they are working with

Using the same line drawing criteria, draw lines to the other organizations and individuals

In a different color, draw lines to individuals in your project network who SHOULD have relationships■

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: Map Your Network. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Draw an icon for themselves in the middle of a piece of paper; Draw an icon representing their other colleagues working on their projects people in the room - so a; If drawing seems too daunting, simply write their names in large letters; Draw lines between those they are working with. 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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