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This link credits that documented variation, not sole invention of the general practice.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "hopes": { "activityName": "Hopes & Concerns", "credit": "Shared contracting and dialogue practice; original creator not established.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "Constructive Dialogue Institute: Hopes and Concerns", "url": "https://constructivedialogue.org/assets/Hopes-and-Concerns.pdf" } ], "adaptationNote": "A documented dialogue version, not evidence of first invention. 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This credit does not establish exclusive invention or ownership of all bowing-to-failure practices.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "zipzap": { "activityName": "Zip Zap Zop", "credit": "Traditional theatre game. UT Austin documents a version with source credit to Michael Rohd.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "UT Austin: Zip Zap Zop, source citation Michael Rohd", "url": "https://dbp.theatredance.utexas.edu/teaching-strategies/zip-zap-zop" }, { "title": "Matt Smith: Failure Bow extension", "url": "https://www.mattsmithimprov.com/" } ], "adaptationNote": "Rohd is credited for the documented source; sole invention of the wider game is not claimed. The Failure Bow extension is credited to Matt Smith.", "rightsNote": "The linked reference is not a blanket reuse license for its text.", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "machine": { "activityName": "Group Machine", "credit": "Theatre-game tradition; UT Austin cites Viola Spolin for its Machine version.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "UT Austin: Machine, source citation Viola Spolin", "url": "https://dbp.theatredance.utexas.edu/teaching-strategies/machine" }, { "title": "Viola Spolin: official legacy site", "url": "https://www.violaspolin.org/" } ], "adaptationNote": "Playformation facilitation adaptation of the shared machine exercise; no claim of exclusive invention.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "mirror": { "activityName": "Mirror", "credit": "Viola Spolin, Improvisation for the Theater; mirroring also appears in wider theatre traditions.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "Viola Spolin: official legacy site", "url": "https://www.violaspolin.org/" }, { "title": "Gary Schwartz: first-hand account of Spolin teaching the mirror", "url": "https://spolin.com/?p=1" } ], "adaptationNote": "A concise Playformation adaptation, not a reproduction of the book. Attribution identifies this lineage without claiming every mirror exercise began with Spolin.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "giftgiving": { "activityName": "Gift Giving", "credit": "Shared improv exercise. UT Austin credits Chris Vine for its documented Gift Giving version.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "UT Austin: Gift Giving, source citation Chris Vine", "url": "https://dbp.theatredance.utexas.edu/teaching-strategies/gift-giving" } ], "adaptationNote": "Playformation uses the receiver-names-the-gift variation. Chris Vine is credited for the documented teaching source; sole invention is not established.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "silentseeing": { "activityName": "Silent Seeing", "credit": "Related to contemplative and authentic-relating practices; exact lineage unresolved.", "kind": "origin-unresolved", "sources": [], "adaptationNote": "The supplied prototype named a broad tradition but no specific creator. No definitive source for this exact two-minute exercise was established in this review.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "countto20": { "activityName": "Count to Twenty", "credit": "Traditional ensemble concentration game; original creator not established.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "David Farmer / Drama Resource: Count To 20", "url": "https://dramaresource.com/count-to-20/" } ], "adaptationNote": "Farmer is credited for the documented teaching reference, not as the claimed inventor.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "oneword": { "activityName": "One Word at a Time", "credit": "Keith Johnstone, Word-at-a-Time Story.", "kind": "creator-documented", "sources": [ { "title": "Keith Johnstone: official site", "url": "https://www.keithjohnstone.com/" }, { "title": "Courtyard Playhouse: teaching Johnstone’s Word-at-a-Time Story", "url": "https://courtyardplayhouse.com/improv-top-tips-word-at-a-time-story/" } ], "adaptationNote": "Concise Playformation summary and reflection prompt, not a licensed Theatresports performance format.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "Keith Johnstone’s site identifies Theatresports™ and other named performance formats as protected brands. This generic exercise listing does not claim a licence to those formats.", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "onetothree": { "activityName": "One to Three", "credit": "After Augusto Boal’s Two by Three by Bradford.", "kind": "creator-documented", "sources": [ { "title": "UT Austin: Two by Three by Bradford, source citation Augusto Boal", "url": "https://dbp.theatredance.utexas.edu/teaching-strategies/two-three-bradford" }, { "title": "Augusto Boal: Games for Actors and Non-Actors, publisher", "url": "https://www.routledge.com/Games-for-Actors-and-Non-Actors/Boal/p/book/9780367203535" } ], "adaptationNote": "Playformation variation using clap, jump and sound substitutions; the source title and author remain credited.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "yesand": { "activityName": "Yes, And… Party Planning", "credit": "Shared improv acceptance practice; UT Austin cites Viola Spolin for its Yes, AND… version.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "UT Austin: Yes, AND…, source citation Viola Spolin", "url": "https://dbp.theatredance.utexas.edu/teaching-strategies/yes-and" }, { "title": "Viola Spolin: official legacy site", "url": "https://www.violaspolin.org/" } ], "adaptationNote": "Party-planning scenario and round order are Playformation variations. No sole inventor of all Yes, And exercises is claimed.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "crossarms": { "activityName": "Cross Your Arms", "credit": "Widely circulated change-management exercise; original creator not established.", "kind": "origin-unresolved", "sources": [], "adaptationNote": "A single creator or canonical source for this exact version has not been established. This is not a claim that the activity is in the public domain.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "ninedots": { "activityName": "Nine Dots", "credit": "Early published versions are associated with Sam Loyd and A. Cyril Pearson (1907).", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "Historical reference: Nine dots puzzle, publications and citations", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_dots_puzzle" } ], "adaptationNote": "Historical publication credit, not proof of joint invention. The reference links to the early publications. No ownership claim is made for the generic puzzle.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "lifeline": { "activityName": "Lifeline Drawing", "credit": "Shared life-review and timeline practice; exact exercise origin not established.", "kind": "origin-unresolved", "sources": [], "adaptationNote": "A single creator or canonical source for this exact version has not been established. This is not a claim that the activity is in the public domain.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "w3": { "activityName": "What? So What? Now What?", "credit": "Liberating Structures: Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless (original repertoire); Keith McCandless and Nancy White (2026 Fieldbook).", "kind": "creator-documented", "sources": [ { "title": "Liberating Structures: What, So What, Now What (W3)", "url": "https://www.liberatingstructures.com/what-so-what-now-what" }, { "title": "Liberating Structures: current reuse terms", "url": "https://www.liberatingstructures.com/cc-license" } ], "adaptationNote": "Playformation adaptation: shorter sequence, digital lanes, clustered notes and personal commitments. This is an adaptation rather than the complete Liberating Structure. Earlier versions of source materials may have different terms.", "rightsNote": "This Playformation W3 activity adaptation, including its Flavor Finder summary and W3-inspired Targeted Debrief Deck prompts, is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Keep this attribution, source links and adaptation notice with further copies. This license applies to that activity content, not the whole site.", "trademarkNote": "", "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "orid": { "activityName": "ORID Focused Conversation", "credit": "Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA); R. Brian Stanfield, editor of The Art of Focused Conversation.", "kind": "creator-documented", "sources": [ { "title": "ICA Associates: Focused Conversation Method", "url": "https://ica-associates.ca/tools/focused-conversation-method/" }, { "title": "ICA Associates: ORID facilitation training", "url": "https://ica-associates.ca/courses/the-art-of-focused-conversation/" }, { "title": "ICA USA: Technology of Participation (ToP)®", "url": "https://www.ica-usa.org/top" } ], "adaptationNote": "Independent Playformation prompts following the Objective, Reflective, Interpretive and Decisional sequence. This is not a substitute for ICA training.", "rightsNote": "No open-content licence or permission to reproduce ICA question libraries is asserted here.", "trademarkNote": "ICA USA identifies Technology of Participation (ToP)® as its branded system. Playformation does not imply ICA endorsement or certification.", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "onething": { "activityName": "One Takeaway: Have a Go", "credit": "Studio-specific debrief prompts in the supplied prototype.", "kind": "studio-prompts", "sources": [], "adaptationNote": "Studio-specific reflection prompts. Exact authorship has not been independently established; no separate named creator is asserted.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "pivot": { "activityName": "Why Did We Switch?", "credit": "Studio-specific debrief prompts in the supplied prototype.", "kind": "studio-prompts", "sources": [], "adaptationNote": "Studio-specific reflection prompts for adapting to a group. A named external creator has not been established.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "fourL": { "activityName": "4Ls", "credit": "Mary Gorman and Ellen Gottesdiener (2010).", "kind": "creator-documented", "sources": [ { "title": "EBG Consulting: The 4L’s, original authors’ article", "url": "https://ebgconsulting.com/blog/the-4ls-a-retrospective-technique/" } ], "adaptationNote": "Playformation adaptation of the four reflection categories: Liked, Learned, Lacked and Longed For. No broader open-content licence is asserted.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "rbt": { "activityName": "Rose, Bud, Thorn", "credit": "Scouting reflection tradition; LUMA Institute documents the Rose, Thorn, Bud design-method adaptation.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "LUMA Institute: Rose, Thorn, Bud", "url": "https://www.luma-institute.com/rose-thorn-bud/" } ], "adaptationNote": "LUMA describes its adaptation from scouting practice. This is source lineage, not a claim that LUMA invented all rose/bud/thorn reflections. Playformation changes the order and uses brief prompts.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "hhh": { "activityName": "Head, Heart, Hands", "credit": "Broader holistic-learning tradition. Related research: Yona Sipos, Bryce Battisti and Kurt Grimm (2008).", "kind": "related-tradition", "sources": [ { "title": "Sipos, Battisti & Grimm: original research article", "url": "https://doi.org/10.1108/14676370810842193" } ], "adaptationNote": "The paper supports the head/hands/heart learning framework. It does not establish these researchers as creators of this exact debrief or its gesture sequence. Playformation prompts are an adaptation.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "spectro": { "activityName": "Spectrogram", "credit": "Related to J. L. Moreno’s sociometry tradition.", "kind": "related-tradition", "sources": [ { "title": "American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama: sociometry tradition", "url": "https://asgpp.org/about-us/" } ], "adaptationNote": "The link establishes the professional lineage, not authorship of this particular 0–10 facilitation exercise. The exact origin of this version remains unresolved.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "tableau": { "activityName": "Frozen Tableau", "credit": "Shared tableau practice; this adaptation is informed by Augusto Boal’s Image Theatre.", "kind": "related-tradition", "sources": [ { "title": "Augusto Boal: Games for Actors and Non-Actors, publisher", "url": "https://www.routledge.com/Games-for-Actors-and-Non-Actors/Boal/p/book/9780367203535" }, { "title": "UT Austin: Frozen Picture / Stage Picture", "url": "https://dbp.theatredance.utexas.edu/teaching-strategies/frozen-picturestage-picture" } ], "adaptationNote": "Frozen images predate this Studio. Boal is credited for the Image Theatre influence; not every frozen tableau is claimed to be his invention.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "whip": { "activityName": "One-Word Whip", "credit": "Shared closing-round practice; original creator not established.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "CASEL: One Word Whip Around", "url": "https://signaturepractices.casel.org/one-word-whip-around/" } ], "adaptationNote": "CASEL documents a related practice. This credits its reference, not sole invention of one-word rounds.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "headline": { "activityName": "Front-Page Headline", "credit": "Shared headline and gallery-walk reflection practice; exact creator not established.", "kind": "origin-unresolved", "sources": [], "adaptationNote": "A single creator or canonical source for this exact version has not been established. This is not a claim that the activity is in the public domain.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "gifts": { "activityName": "Gifts & Appreciations", "credit": "Shared appreciation and closing-circle practices; exact creator not established.", "kind": "origin-unresolved", "sources": [], "adaptationNote": "The prototype referenced appreciative inquiry broadly. This exact exercise has not been traced to a named appreciative-inquiry creator.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "shift": { "activityName": "Open to the Shift", "credit": "Studio prompts inspired by Otto Scharmer’s Theory U and the Presencing Institute.", "kind": "related-tradition", "sources": [ { "title": "Presencing Institute: Theory U", "url": "https://www.presencing.org/theoryu" }, { "title": "Presencing Institute: content and trademark policy", "url": "https://www.u-school.org/contentpolicy" } ], "adaptationNote": "Independent short debrief prompts, not a reproduced Presencing tool or an official Theory U programme.", "rightsNote": "The Institute applies CC BY-SA 4.0 to materials specifically marked for that licence. This reference does not claim that all its materials or trademarks are freely licensed.", "trademarkNote": "The Presencing Institute identifies Theory U, Presencing, u-lab and its name as trademarks. These names identify the inspiration only; no endorsement is implied.", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "postcard": { "activityName": "Postcard to Future Self", "credit": "Shared transfer-of-learning practice; original creator not established.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "Jennifer Stanchfield / Experiential Tools: Postcard to Your Future Self", "url": "https://experientialtools.com/2018/06/01/postcard-to-your-future-self/" } ], "adaptationNote": "Stanchfield is credited for her published practitioner version. This is a documented reference rather than a sole-inventor claim.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" }, "plusdelta": { "activityName": "Plus / Delta", "credit": "Shared improvement and debriefing method; original creator not established.", "kind": "documented-version", "sources": [ { "title": "Original research: Embracing informed learner self-assessment during debriefing: the art of plus-delta", "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8180042/" } ], "adaptationNote": "Research reference for the method, not an origin claim. Playformation uses independently worded reflection prompts.", "rightsNote": "", "trademarkNote": "", "license": null, "reviewedAt": "2026-10-19" } }