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Speech Bubbles - Free Energiser

Speech Bubbles - 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
Pairs, Small group (4-8)GROUP 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. Draw several speech bubbles on individual flipchart sheets and place course relevant statements on them. For example…
  2. Place these speech bubbles around the training room.
  3. Provide the participants with post-it notes and ask them to write down some of the responses they have to the speech bubbles.
  4. Ask participants to place their post-it notes on the relevant speech bubble.
  5. Ask the group to stand up and join you at each speech bubble in turn. Discuss the statements made on each speech bubble and highlight any key points.
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Prompts to use +

Draw several speech bubbles on individual flipchart sheets and place course relevant statements on them. For example…

Place these speech bubbles around the training room.

Provide the participants with post-it notes and ask them to write down some of the responses they have to the speech bubbles.

Ask participants to place their post-it notes on the relevant speech bubble.

Ask the group to stand up and join you at each speech bubble in turn. Discuss the statements made on each speech bubble and highlight any key points.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Speech Bubbles - Free Energiser. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Draw several speech bubbles on individual flipchart sheets and place course relevant statements on them. For example…; Place these speech bubbles around the training room.; Provide the participants with post-it notes and ask them to write down some of the responses they have to the speech bubbles.; Ask participants to place their post-it notes on the relevant speech bubble.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

  • Where we observed it: The current corpus has one observed source organization: TrainerBubble. (1 source observed, including TrainerBubble.)
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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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