PFP: March 2004
PFP: March 2004 is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- I finished writing before they did, and placed my card in front of me with the written side hidden. After they finished writing, I told them what to do next.
- “We are going to play a mind-reading game. Each one of us will take turns guessing one of the words that each of the other two players wrote. We get one point for each correct guess.”
- We spent about 3 minutes playing the game and Martha won. Leslie and I were tied for the second place.
- PFP: March 2004 PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: March 2004 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
- Editorial Show and Tell Ask The best way to sell the concept of training games.
- Guest Gamer An Interview with Matthew Richter by Les Lauber My long-term associate is grilled by another long-term associate.
- Structured Sharing 4Cs by Matthew Richter Use this activity as an opener-or a closer.
- Debriefing When To Debrief Includes some unconventional applications.
- Announcement Learn, Play, Perform by Brian Remer Brian Remer organizes another NASAGA Chapter conference.
- Masthead PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
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Prompts to use +
“We are going to play a mind-reading game. Each one of us will take turns guessing one of the words that each of the other two players wrote. We get one point for each correct guess.”
We spent about 3 minutes playing the game and Martha won. Leslie and I were tied for the second place.
PFP: March 2004 PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: March 2004 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
Editorial Show and Tell Ask The best way to sell the concept of training games.
Guest Gamer An Interview with Matthew Richter by Les Lauber My long-term associate is grilled by another long-term associate.
Structured Sharing 4Cs by Matthew Richter Use this activity as an opener-or a closer.
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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: PFP: March 2004. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: “We are going to play a mind-reading game. Each one of us will take turns guessing one of the words that each of the other two players wrote. We get one point for each correct guess.”; We spent about 3 minutes playing the game and Martha won. Leslie and I were tied for the second place.; PFP: March 2004 PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: March 2004 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.; Editorial Show and Tell Ask The best way to sell the concept of training games.. 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.