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Rapid Review - Free Energiser

Rapid Review - Free Energiser is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
PairsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
High 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. Tell the participants that you would like to check their memory of the key issues by performing a rapid review.
  2. You will quickly work your way around the room asking each participant in turn to shout out a key word or statement that represents something from the training so far. While they are doing this you will quickly write these points on a flipchart.
  3. Keep the energy up for this review by quickly moving from participant to participant saying, ‘that’s one, thanks, next’ etc. throughout.
  4. In review - discuss each point on the flipchart and explore in more detail where necessary. Ask participants if there are any key points given by others that they had not considered and if so, why did they not think of them?
  5. Finally, ask each person to pick their key point - They might like to add this to their action plan or learning log.
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Prompts to use +

Tell the participants that you would like to check their memory of the key issues by performing a rapid review.

You will quickly work your way around the room asking each participant in turn to shout out a key word or statement that represents something from the training so far. While they are doing this you will quickly write these points on a flipchart.

Keep the energy up for this review by quickly moving from participant to participant saying, ‘that’s one, thanks, next’ etc. throughout.

In review - discuss each point on the flipchart and explore in more detail where necessary. Ask participants if there are any key points given by others that they had not considered and if so, why did they not think of them?

Finally, ask each person to pick their key point - They might like to add this to their action plan or learning log.

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: Rapid Review - Free Energiser. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Tell the participants that you would like to check their memory of the key issues by performing a rapid review.; You will quickly work your way around the room asking each participant in turn to shout out a key word or statement that represents something from the training so far. While they are doing this you will quickly write these points on a flipchart.; Keep the energy up for this review by quickly moving from participant to participant saying, ‘that’s one, thanks, next’ etc. throughout.; In review - discuss each point on the flipchart and explore in more detail where necessary. Ask participants if there are any key points given by others that they had not considered and if so, why did they not think of them?. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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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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