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Why Buy? - Free Energiser

Why Buy? - Free Energiser is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Pairs, Small group (4-8)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. Divide the participants into teams of 3-4 participants.
  2. Provide each team with a company or product and ask them to research it.
  3. Give the teams 20 minutes to research and create a sales pitch for their company/product.
  4. After the 20 minutes are up, have each team present their sales pitch to the participants.
  5. Encourage the participants to ask questions and give feedback on the sales pitches.
  6. After all the teams have presented, discuss as a group what elements make a good sales pitch and what strategies the teams used to make their company/product appealing to potential buyers.
  7. Ask the participants to write down any reminders this energiser has provided.
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Prompts to use +

Provide each team with a company or product and ask them to research it.

Give the teams 20 minutes to research and create a sales pitch for their company/product.

After the 20 minutes are up, have each team present their sales pitch to the participants.

Encourage the participants to ask questions and give feedback on the sales pitches.

After all the teams have presented, discuss as a group what elements make a good sales pitch and what strategies the teams used to make their company/product appealing to potential buyers.

Ask the participants to write down any reminders this energiser has provided.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Why Buy? - Free Energiser. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Provide each team with a company or product and ask them to research it.; Give the teams 20 minutes to research and create a sales pitch for their company/product.; After the 20 minutes are up, have each team present their sales pitch to the participants.; Encourage the participants to ask questions and give feedback on the sales pitches.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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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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