The Best Piece of Advice
The Best Piece of Advice is a prompted conversation exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Ask the participants if they would like to "take advantage of all the best advice that has ever been given
- Ask each participant to turn to their neighbor ideally People Science neighbor/team and answer "What
- is the best piece of advice you have ever received?"
- Have each person write down the other persons answer on a note card or in extra large writing on an
- 11x/A4 piece of paper with Sharpie, not pen If it is a group of less than 20 participants, have each neighbor share their neighbor's answer
- larger than 20, have a few people call out the really good ones Post the written answers around the gatherings location, walls etc
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Prompts to use +
Ask the participants if they would like to "take advantage of all the best advice that has ever been given
Ask each participant to turn to their neighbor ideally People Science neighbor/team and answer "What
is the best piece of advice you have ever received?"
Have each person write down the other persons answer on a note card or in extra large writing on an
11x/A4 piece of paper with Sharpie, not pen If it is a group of less than 20 participants, have each neighbor share their neighbor's answer
larger than 20, have a few people call out the really good ones Post the written answers around the gatherings location, walls etc
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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: The Best Piece of Advice. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask the participants if they would like to "take advantage of all the best advice that has ever been given; Ask each participant to turn to their neighbor ideally People Science neighbor/team and answer "What; is the best piece of advice you have ever received?"; Have each person write down the other persons answer on a note card or in extra large writing on an. 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 Relationship Makers Handbook; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Relationship Makers Handbook.)
- 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.