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Name Learning ยท Relationship Mapping

Rock Paper Scissors Tournament: High-Energy Team Game

Rock Paper Scissors Tournament: High-Energy Team Game is a name learning exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), PairsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High 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. Everyone finds a partner and plays one round of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
  2. The winner advances, and the loser becomes the winner's 'cheerleader'.
  3. Winners find new opponents. When a winner wins again, their cheerleader and the opponent's cheerleader now cheer for them.
  4. Continue until two finalists face off with huge cheering sections!
  5. 10+ PlayersIn-Person15 minEasy How to Play This Icebreaker Game 1.
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Prompts to use +

Everyone finds a partner and plays one round of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Continue until two finalists face off with huge cheering sections!

10+ PlayersIn-Person15 minEasy How to Play This Icebreaker Game 1.

1Everyone finds a partner and plays one round of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Rock Paper Scissors Tournament: High-Energy Team Game. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Everyone finds a partner and plays one round of Rock, Paper, Scissors.; Continue until two finalists face off with huge cheering sections!; 10+ PlayersIn-Person15 minEasy How to Play This Icebreaker Game 1.; 1Everyone finds a partner and plays one round of Rock, Paper, Scissors.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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