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Relationship Mapping

Virtual Sharing Activity for Online Connection - Care About

Virtual Sharing Activity for Online Connection - Care About 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), Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
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. Host an online session or meeting with your group.
  2. Invite participants to switch on their webcams.
  3. Pose a question to your group, eg identify one object within reach of your computer that you care about.
  4. Allow 20 seconds for each person to grab an item.
  5. When ready, invite a volunteer to show the object they chose in front of their webcam and share the story connected to it.
  6. Allow up to one minute for the sharing of stories.
  7. Continue the invitation to ‘show and tell’ until everyone has shared or your time has elapsed.
  8. In conclusion, reflect on the results of this exercise if desired.
  9. Care About Virtual sharing activity that deepens personal connections.
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Prompts to use +

Invite participants to switch on their webcams.

Pose a question to your group, eg identify one object within reach of your computer that you care about.

Allow 20 seconds for each person to grab an item.

When ready, invite a volunteer to show the object they chose in front of their webcam and share the story connected to it.

Continue the invitation to ‘show and tell’ until everyone has shared or your time has elapsed.

In conclusion, reflect on the results of this exercise if desired.

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: Virtual Sharing Activity for Online Connection - Care About. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Invite participants to switch on their webcams.; Pose a question to your group, eg identify one object within reach of your computer that you care about.; Allow 20 seconds for each person to grab an item.; When ready, invite a volunteer to show the object they chose in front of their webcam and share the story connected to it.. 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 Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
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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.
  • 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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