TGL: November 2013
TGL: November 2013 is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Keep time. Set the timer for 2 minutes and blow the whistle. Ask the participants conduct the roleplay and ask the observers to listen carefully. Watch the timer and blow the whistle again at the end of 2 minutes.
- Repeat the roleplays. Ask another person to assume the role of the observer. Repeat the roleplay activity as before. Finally, ask the third player in each triad to act as the observer.
- Debrief the participants. Point out that each participant had four opportunities to give feedback: once as the observer, once in the primary role, once in the secondary role, and once for himself or herself. Ask and discuss the following types of questions:
- What were the differences between giving positive feedback and constructive feedback?
- What was the most enjoyable positive feedback you received?
- What the most useful constructive feedback you received?
- What were some effective techniques for giving positive feedback?
- What were some effective techniques for giving constructive feedback?
- Puzzle Extra Letters Solve the puzzle and create your own.
- 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 +
Keep time. Set the timer for 2 minutes and blow the whistle. Ask the participants conduct the roleplay and ask the observers to listen carefully. Watch the timer and blow the whistle again at the end of 2 minutes.
Repeat the roleplays. Ask another person to assume the role of the observer. Repeat the roleplay activity as before. Finally, ask the third player in each triad to act as the observer.
Debrief the participants. Point out that each participant had four opportunities to give feedback: once as the observer, once in the primary role, once in the secondary role, and once for himself or herself. Ask and discuss the following types of questions:
Puzzle Extra Letters Solve the puzzle and create your own.
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: November 2013. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Keep time. Set the timer for 2 minutes and blow the whistle. Ask the participants conduct the roleplay and ask the observers to listen carefully. Watch the timer and blow the whistle again at the end of 2 minutes.; Repeat the roleplays. Ask another person to assume the role of the observer. Repeat the roleplay activity as before. Finally, ask the third player in each triad to act as the observer.; Debrief the participants. Point out that each participant had four opportunities to give feedback: once as the observer, once in the primary role, once in the secondary role, and once for himself or herself. Ask and discuss the following types of questions:; Puzzle Extra Letters Solve the puzzle and create your own.. 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 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.
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