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Team Reflection · Reflection and Learning

Who Am I?

Who Am I? is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

Under 5 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. Explain that the activity is designed to foster observation, creativity, and recognition among participants.
  2. Emphasize that it’s a playful exercise where fun and participation matter more than winning.
  3. Divide the group into two or more teams, depending on the total number of participants.
  4. Ensure each team has a similar number of members.
  5. Each team places the names of its members into a container.
  6. The opposing team draws two names at random and chooses one to be imitated.
  7. The team that selected the name performs the imitation, using gestures, characteristic phrases, or mannerisms.
  8. is a participatory and competitive team-based activity where participants must imitate a member of the opposing team while others try to guess who is being portrayed.
  9. Prepare materials: A box or container for drawing names.
  10. Paper or cards to write the names of team members.
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Prompts to use +

Explain that the activity is designed to foster observation, creativity, and recognition among participants.

is a participatory and competitive team-based activity where participants must imitate a member of the opposing team while others try to guess who is being portrayed.

Prepare materials: A box or container for drawing names.

Paper or cards to write the names of team members.

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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: Who Am I?. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Explain that the activity is designed to foster observation, creativity, and recognition among participants.; is a participatory and competitive team-based activity where participants must imitate a member of the opposing team while others try to guess who is being portrayed.; Prepare materials: A box or container for drawing names.; Paper or cards to write the names of team members.. 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 Participatory Methods; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Participatory Methods.)
  • 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.

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