Point to Present
Point to Present is an ideation warm-up exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- Announce to the group that you have the simplest and scientifically proven way to choose the right
- present/share etc
- Start a round of applause for that person/group and welcome them to begin immediately
- Point to Present Timing <5 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Everyone in the room has an opinion about who should talk.
- Use this simple technique to choose a presenter, reporter, summarizer, instigator, sharer every time!
- Process Announce to the group that you have the simplest and scientifically proven way to choose the right.
- person or group to fill in your objective here Announce that at the count of 3, everyone in a room will point to the person or group they want to.
- Cool Possibilities/Options Immediately hand out a prize to that group to give them an immediate reward for being picked .
- Try the exercise with everyone just 'staring intently" at the person or group that should go next.
- Process Explain the Pomodoro technique Humans are only able to focus on a task for about 25 minutes before they need a break.
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Prompts to use +
Announce to the group that you have the simplest and scientifically proven way to choose the right
Start a round of applause for that person/group and welcome them to begin immediately
Point to Present Timing <5 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Everyone in the room has an opinion about who should talk.
Use this simple technique to choose a presenter, reporter, summarizer, instigator, sharer every time!
Process Announce to the group that you have the simplest and scientifically proven way to choose the right.
person or group to fill in your objective here Announce that at the count of 3, everyone in a room will point to the person or group they want to.
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: Point to Present. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Announce to the group that you have the simplest and scientifically proven way to choose the right; Start a round of applause for that person/group and welcome them to begin immediately; Point to Present Timing <5 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Everyone in the room has an opinion about who should talk.; Use this simple technique to choose a presenter, reporter, summarizer, instigator, sharer every time!. 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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