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Collaborative Story Building ยท Relationship Mapping

Story Maps - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy

Story Maps - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy is a collaborative story building 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)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
Medium 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. The facilitator can download or create a story map. In a storytelling or presentation program, allow the participants to find or use a specific story map. Free templates are available from Template Lab.
  2. The facilitator should arrange how story maps will be shared with participants. Options include:
  3. c) post on a collaborative whiteboard (with each participant or group getting their own link to work on)
  4. d) create on an editable whiteboard such as Miro so it can be duplicated, saved, and shared easily (our recommendation)
  5. Participants use the virtual story map to create a new story or adapt and existing story to fit the program content. Using breakout rooms is a great idea for groups.
  6. When complete, participants share their stories. Options include:
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Prompts to use +

The facilitator can download or create a story map. In a storytelling or presentation program, allow the participants to find or use a specific story map. Free templates are available from Template Lab.

The facilitator should arrange how story maps will be shared with participants. Options include:

d) create on an editable whiteboard such as Miro so it can be duplicated, saved, and shared easily (our recommendation)

Participants use the virtual story map to create a new story or adapt and existing story to fit the program content. Using breakout rooms is a great idea for groups.

When complete, participants share their stories. Options include:

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Story Maps - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: The facilitator can download or create a story map. In a storytelling or presentation program, allow the participants to find or use a specific story map. Free templates are available from Template Lab.; The facilitator should arrange how story maps will be shared with participants. Options include:; d) create on an editable whiteboard such as Miro so it can be duplicated, saved, and shared easily (our recommendation); Participants use the virtual story map to create a new story or adapt and existing story to fit the program content. Using breakout rooms is a great idea for groups.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

  • Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Knowmium; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Knowmium.)
  • What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
  • 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.
  • Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.

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