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General Collaboration Exercise ยท Closure and Transfer

Spiders Web

If each person in the group scores, all the holes reopen and can be used again to score additional points, if time permits.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), PairsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Follow Through This closure and transfer exercise strengthens Follow Through, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. GOAL - to get the highest final score you can.
  2. The specifications - a point is scored each time a person passes entirely through an opening in the web without touching it.
  3. Once a person goes through an opening, the hole is closed. No one else can go through that hole.
  4. If each person in the group scores, all the holes reopen and can be used again to score additional points, if time permits.
  5. You may use the openings between the ground and the string, and between the wall and the string.
  6. If any person touches a string at any time, all must return to the starting side of the web, the score returns to zero, and all holes are open for scoring.
  7. All members of your group must start from the original side of the web.
  8. No one may go over or around the web, except when returning to start over.
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Prompts to use +

Once a person goes through an opening, the hole is closed. No one else can go through that hole.

If each person in the group scores, all the holes reopen and can be used again to score additional points, if time permits.

You may use the openings between the ground and the string, and between the wall and the string.

All members of your group must start from the original side of the web.

No one may go over or around the web, except when returning to start over.

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: Spiders Web. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Once a person goes through an opening, the hole is closed. No one else can go through that hole.; If each person in the group scores, all the holes reopen and can be used again to score additional points, if time permits.; You may use the openings between the ground and the string, and between the wall and the string.; All members of your group must start from the original side of the web.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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