What have you been reading?
What have you been reading? is a name learning exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- 6 Debrief
- Set Up Ahead of time, the organizer surveys each team member, asking "What book have you read recently?" [ see alternative below).
- She then makes a list of the names of all team members.
- Directions Invite everyone to guess (but not ask/tell each other) which name goes with which book title.
- Each participant draws a line from the person's name to the book title (some guesses may be the same, so lines will coincide in which case each guesser should use a different color).
- Debrief People can then have discussions with each other about the books and related ideas.
- Alternatives Instead of books, the list can be of magazines; websites; movies; songs.
- What have you been reading?
- 1 Objectives 2 Group Size 3 Materials 4 Set Up 5 Directions 6 Debrief 7 Alternatives
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Set Up Ahead of time, the organizer surveys each team member, asking "What book have you read recently?" [ see alternative below).
She then makes a list of the names of all team members.
Directions Invite everyone to guess (but not ask/tell each other) which name goes with which book title.
Each participant draws a line from the person's name to the book title (some guesses may be the same, so lines will coincide in which case each guesser should use a different color).
Debrief People can then have discussions with each other about the books and related ideas.
Alternatives Instead of books, the list can be of magazines; websites; movies; songs.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: What have you been reading?. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Set Up Ahead of time, the organizer surveys each team member, asking "What book have you read recently?" [ see alternative below).; She then makes a list of the names of all team members.; Directions Invite everyone to guess (but not ask/tell each other) which name goes with which book title.; Each participant draws a line from the person's name to the book title (some guesses may be the same, so lines will coincide in which case each guesser should use a different color).. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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