PFP: July 2001
PFP: July 2001 is a prompted conversation exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- It's just a question of managing four paradoxes.
- Use a game to debrief a previous game.
- An interesting way to debrief any common experience.
- Comical blunders help focus attention on the right things to do.
- PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: July 2001 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS Masthead Our mission statement, copyright notice, and cast of characters Editorial A Note From Thiagi A shortage of feedback, and another contest.
- Commentary How To Evaluate Training Activities It's just a question of managing four paradoxes.
- Tool Kit Debriefing Games Use a game to debrief a previous game.
- Featured Game WHISPERS An interesting way to debrief any common experience.
- Debriefing Game Using THIRTY-FIVE for Debriefing Another use for this versatile framegame.
Run this exercise live
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Prompts to use +
Use a game to debrief a previous game.
An interesting way to debrief any common experience.
PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: July 2001 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Masthead Our mission statement, copyright notice, and cast of characters Editorial A Note From Thiagi A shortage of feedback, and another contest.
Commentary How To Evaluate Training Activities It's just a question of managing four paradoxes.
Tool Kit Debriefing Games Use a game to debrief a previous game.
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: PFP: July 2001. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Use a game to debrief a previous game.; An interesting way to debrief any common experience.; PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: July 2001 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.; TABLE OF CONTENTS Masthead Our mission statement, copyright notice, and cast of characters Editorial A Note From Thiagi A shortage of feedback, and another contest.. 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 The Thiagi Group; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including The Thiagi Group.)
- 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.