Better Than BingoActivity slides
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Make Room First
Reconstruct the previous segment by inviting a contribution that has not had much airtime yet.
3–4 min4+ peopleTable groups
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Facilitator prep · Do not project yet
Set the room up for success.
Materials
- None
Before you begin
- Display a visible timer
- Plan to hear no more than two table reports
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What to say
“Here is the ask. You will work only with your table, the timer will stay visible, and passing is always fine.”
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Facilitator notes · Do not project yet
Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Keep participation seated by default.
- Display and read the prompt aloud.
- Allow anyone to pass, write, or contribute through a tablemate.
Watch out for
- Never identify someone as the quietest person.
- Do not require a previously quiet participant to speak first; written contribution and passing remain valid.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
- 1
Give everyone 30 silent seconds to write or think of one point from the previous segment.
- 2
Ask the table to make room first for anyone who has not had much airtime and would like to begin.
- 3
Contributors get up to 15 uninterrupted seconds each.
- 4
Give the table one minute to assemble a three-point reconstruction.
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Prompt 01
What is one point you remember?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 02
What example or question belongs with it?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 03
What are the table's three essential takeaways?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Wrap it up
One last thought.
- What did another voice help the table remember?