Whose Line Is It Anyway • WorkshopBank
Whose Line Is It Anyway • WorkshopBank is an ideation warm-up exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- The facilitator puts individual joke punchlines into a hat or bag and passes it around. Each participant draws one and keeps it secret.
- Works well at the start of the day with a group that doesn’t know each other.
- Perfect after lunch to counter the “afternoon slump.” Great at the end of the day to send everyone away in a good mood.
- Objectives To re-energize a group and create a sense of lightness.
- To demonstrate the importance of active listening.
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Works well at the start of the day with a group that doesn’t know each other.
Perfect after lunch to counter the “afternoon slump.” Great at the end of the day to send everyone away in a good mood.
Objectives To re-energize a group and create a sense of lightness.
To demonstrate the importance of active listening.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Whose Line Is It Anyway • WorkshopBank. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Works well at the start of the day with a group that doesn’t know each other.; Perfect after lunch to counter the “afternoon slump.” Great at the end of the day to send everyone away in a good mood.; Objectives To re-energize a group and create a sense of lightness.; To demonstrate the importance of active listening.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from WorkshopBank; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including WorkshopBank.)
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