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Arrival Check-In ยท Reflection and Learning

What Are You Bringing to the Meeting?

What Are You Bringing to the Meeting? is an arrival check-in exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25)GROUP 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. 6 Debrief
  2. From Teampedia Jump to: navigation, search Contents 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions 6 Debrief 7 Alternatives Objectives Ice-breaking; introductions; check-in.
  3. Each will also be able to let go of distractions from their own lives during the meeting/project.
  4. Group Size Small Materials none Set Up Be in circle or otherwise arranged so each person can see each other.
  5. Ask people to take a few moments to "check-in" with themselves: How is their energy?
  6. What have they been involved with that day?
  7. 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions 6 Debrief 7 Alternatives
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From Teampedia Jump to: navigation, search Contents 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions 6 Debrief 7 Alternatives Objectives Ice-breaking; introductions; check-in.

Each will also be able to let go of distractions from their own lives during the meeting/project.

Group Size Small Materials none Set Up Be in circle or otherwise arranged so each person can see each other.

Ask people to take a few moments to "check-in" with themselves: How is their energy?

What have they been involved with that day?

1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions 6 Debrief 7 Alternatives

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: What Are You Bringing to the Meeting?. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: From Teampedia Jump to: navigation, search Contents 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions 6 Debrief 7 Alternatives Objectives Ice-breaking; introductions; check-in.; Each will also be able to let go of distractions from their own lives during the meeting/project.; Group Size Small Materials none Set Up Be in circle or otherwise arranged so each person can see each other.; Ask people to take a few moments to "check-in" with themselves: How is their energy?. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

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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.
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