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Relationship Mapping

TGL: December 2008

TGL: December 2008 is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), Pairs, TriadsGROUP 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. Carefully study the photograph below. On a separate sheet of paper, write down a list of things that you see in the photograph.
  2. Guest Gamer Interview with Nick Smith The future is games.
  3. Rope Game Blind Square by Nick Smith Give them enough rope.
  4. Jolt Principles Finding Jolts from Books Read a good book lately?
  5. Check It Out Creativity and Play Create more, play more.
  6. Mission To increase and improve the use of interactive, experiential strategies to improve human performance in an effective, efficient, and enjoyable way.
  7. On a separate sheet of paper, write down a list of things that you see in the photograph.
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Prompts to use +

Carefully study the photograph below. On a separate sheet of paper, write down a list of things that you see in the photograph.

Guest Gamer Interview with Nick Smith The future is games.

Rope Game Blind Square by Nick Smith Give them enough rope.

Jolt Principles Finding Jolts from Books Read a good book lately?

Check It Out Creativity and Play Create more, play more.

Mission To increase and improve the use of interactive, experiential strategies to improve human performance in an effective, efficient, and enjoyable way.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: TGL: December 2008. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Carefully study the photograph below. On a separate sheet of paper, write down a list of things that you see in the photograph.; Guest Gamer Interview with Nick Smith The future is games.; Rope Game Blind Square by Nick Smith Give them enough rope.; Jolt Principles Finding Jolts from Books Read a good book lately?. 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 The Thiagi Group; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including The Thiagi Group.)
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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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