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Circle Dialogue · Relationship Mapping

Super-Fun Circle Energiser for Quick Energy - Look Up Look Down

Super-Fun Circle Energiser for Quick Energy - Look Up Look Down is a circle dialogue exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

Under 5 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. Form a tight circle, asking your group to place their arms on the shoulders of their neighbours.
  2. When you say “LOOK UP” everyone looks straight up into the air.
  3. When you say “LOOK DOWN” everyone casts their eyes down and directly at the eyes of one specific person in the circle.
  4. When two people happen to look directly at each other, they immediately let out a scream and leave the circle.
  5. The circle rejoins and continues the looking up and down routine.
  6. People move between the two circles with each round.
  7. Look Up Look Down Fun circle energiser to create laughter & quick reactions.
  8. Look Up Look Down is a fun circle energiser that promises to trigger shrieks of laughter and delight as participants react to catching each other’s gaze.
  9. The flow of people between circles keeps everyone involved throughout.
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Prompts to use +

Form a tight circle, asking your group to place their arms on the shoulders of their neighbours.

When two people happen to look directly at each other, they immediately let out a scream and leave the circle.

People move between the two circles with each round.

Look Up Look Down Fun circle energiser to create laughter & quick reactions.

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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: Super-Fun Circle Energiser for Quick Energy - Look Up Look Down. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Form a tight circle, asking your group to place their arms on the shoulders of their neighbours.; When two people happen to look directly at each other, they immediately let out a scream and leave the circle.; People move between the two circles with each round.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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