The people in participating groups often know each other, sometimes for years.
Our "Little known facts" is suited to demonstrate that even in the well known, there are still surprising news hidden.

Depending on the number of participants, every participant receives one to three moderator cards. On each these cards, they'll be asked to write down one fact that nobody in the group knows about them. Now the cards are handed to the coach, who every now and then reads out loud one of the cards. Every participant is then asked individually to tell the group who they think has written this card. Every participant must mention one name.

The person who guessed right will be awarded five points. Whose card is not guessed by anyone receives twenty points. The person with the highest score receives a small gift together with the last card.

Participants might ask at the beginning "Do I have to disclose my private feelings here?" - Not at all. Your next dream holiday, the color of your first car or the championship win of your favorite sports club in 1987 - any of these details will do.
Whilst the participants make their notes, I give them some tips, then collect the cards, play the first round to give them an idea how it works, and then everybody is familiar with this game.
And should the energy fade, it might be time for a break. Everybody waits for a colleague and then we can play the next round. Either everybody takes note of their own points or we install a flip chart for all participants.

At the end it's a good idea to read the last three cards out loud at once, so that the disadvantage for the last colleagues is not too big (a few participants will have written down right from the start who has had a go already).
It is often funny to watch who develops a "Who is lying and who isn't?" strategy when their own card is pronounced. Who points at others, and whose expression gives something away?

 

At the end, you can have a debriefing, but in most cases I don't. The participants are supposed to open up, be less bothered, as well as communicate more freely - just learn from each other and have some fun. I've already had European champions, world champions, castle owners, patent owners, somebody who had refurbished 22 vintage motorbikes, people who made their own shoes, etc., etc. ... - ¦

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