Stadium Clap
Stadium Clap is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Have everyone do a normal round of applause
- Then after the presenter says Stadium Clap, the audience does three, simple, short claps■ If the participants don"t clap in perfect sync, make them practice until they have it timed perfectly
- Continue using the Stadium Clap at the end of each presentation or report out, etc
- Stadium Clap Timing <5 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Get an entire room to work in sync and avoid feeble applause as the day progresses Process Introduce the simplest way to keep a group in sync and simplify clapping as different parts of the day.
- ILQLVK Have everyone do a normal round of applause.
- The presenter says 'Stadium Clap" OR Stadium Clap 1, 2, 3 saying 1, 2, 3 makes it much easier, but not■ UHFRPPHQGHG Then after the presenter says Stadium Clap, the audience does three, simple, short claps■ If the participants don"t clap in perfect sync, make them practice until they have it timed perfectly.
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Have everyone do a normal round of applause
Then after the presenter says Stadium Clap, the audience does three, simple, short claps■ If the participants don"t clap in perfect sync, make them practice until they have it timed perfectly
Continue using the Stadium Clap at the end of each presentation or report out, etc
Stadium Clap Timing <5 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Get an entire room to work in sync and avoid feeble applause as the day progresses Process Introduce the simplest way to keep a group in sync and simplify clapping as different parts of the day.
ILQLVK Have everyone do a normal round of applause.
The presenter says 'Stadium Clap" OR Stadium Clap 1, 2, 3 saying 1, 2, 3 makes it much easier, but not■ UHFRPPHQGHG Then after the presenter says Stadium Clap, the audience does three, simple, short claps■ If the participants don"t clap in perfect sync, make them practice until they have it timed perfectly.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Stadium Clap. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Have everyone do a normal round of applause; Then after the presenter says Stadium Clap, the audience does three, simple, short claps■ If the participants don"t clap in perfect sync, make them practice until they have it timed perfectly; Continue using the Stadium Clap at the end of each presentation or report out, etc; Stadium Clap Timing <5 minutes Purpose/Objectives Quick Description Get an entire room to work in sync and avoid feeble applause as the day progresses Process Introduce the simplest way to keep a group in sync and simplify clapping as different parts of the day.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- 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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