exercise · all tools

The Handshake

Depth · what it can open○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readinessany
Disclosure · what is sharednone

Everyone moves around shaking hands, and at each handshake you say your own name and swap names with the person you greeted — so the names travel round the group. When your own name comes back to you, you step aside. It is over when everyone has their own name again.

Hold with care
  • Repeated handshaking with everyone in the room

Practical

Time
min
Group
? · large-group
Settings
in-person
Mechanisms
attention-training, dialogic-encounter
Change scope
state · repeatable

Instructions

Where
xn--dramavningar-8ib.se/handslaget Dramaövningar.se, open
Availability
Open online — published at the link, free to read

Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Martin Wiss (published as 'Martin' on dramaövningar.se) — Swedish dramapedagogik

In this directory via Dramaövningar.se

status: checked · added 2026-09-01