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TGL: November 2008

TGL: November 2008 is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

Under 5 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), PairsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Andrew: People love games and activities because most of the time they expect to walk into a classroom and be lectured to. Instead they encounter a quick activity to introduce the content.
  2. TGL: What is the most embarrassing moment you had in conducting a training game?
  3. TGL: What advice do you have to newcomers about interactive training?
  4. Guest Gamer Interview with Andrew Boyarsky Learn project management by dropping an egg.
  5. Marketing Game-Based Training Use our flyer with your clients.
  6. 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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Prompts to use +

TGL: What advice do you have to newcomers about interactive training?

Guest Gamer Interview with Andrew Boyarsky Learn project management by dropping an egg.

Marketing Game-Based Training Use our flyer with your clients.

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

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: TGL: November 2008. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: TGL: What advice do you have to newcomers about interactive training?; Guest Gamer Interview with Andrew Boyarsky Learn project management by dropping an egg.; Marketing Game-Based Training Use our flyer with your clients.; Mission To increase and improve the use of interactive, experiential strategies to improve human performance in an effective, efficient, and enjoyable way.. 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.)
  • 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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