Thumper
Thumper is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Thumper From Teampedia Jump to: navigation, search Contents 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions Objectives Icebreakers/Warmups Circle Games Group Size Small Medium Materials None Set Up None Directions Stand/sit around a table or sit in a circle on the floor.
- Ask participants to put right hand on the table and left hand on the table crossing the person to the left.
- The object is to pass a rhythm sequentially around the circle (hand to hand, not person to person) by slapping the table or floor.
- When both hands are removed, a participant is “out” and can help judge from outside the circle.
- 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions
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Thumper From Teampedia Jump to: navigation, search Contents 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions Objectives Icebreakers/Warmups Circle Games Group Size Small Medium Materials None Set Up None Directions Stand/sit around a table or sit in a circle on the floor.
Ask participants to put right hand on the table and left hand on the table crossing the person to the left.
The object is to pass a rhythm sequentially around the circle (hand to hand, not person to person) by slapping the table or floor.
1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Thumper. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Thumper From Teampedia Jump to: navigation, search Contents 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions Objectives Icebreakers/Warmups Circle Games Group Size Small Medium Materials None Set Up None Directions Stand/sit around a table or sit in a circle on the floor.; Ask participants to put right hand on the table and left hand on the table crossing the person to the left.; The object is to pass a rhythm sequentially around the circle (hand to hand, not person to person) by slapping the table or floor.; 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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