1. 4Cs
How to play
1. Before the meeting, decide on a topic you want the players to explore and
draw a 2x2 matric in the large white space of the meeting room.
2. Write the following categories in each box of the matric, “Components”,
“Characteristics”, “Characters”, and “Challenges”. Then, draw something that
represents each category.
3. Tell the players that this game is about exploring and sharing what they
know about the topic based on the 4Cs. Define the terms of each “C”
a. Components are parts of the topic. For example, a component of social
commerce strategy might be responsive tweets.
b. Characterists are features of the topic. For example, speed of response
is a characteristic of a social commerce strategy.
c. Challenges are obstacles associated with the topic.
d. Characters are people associated with the topic.
4. Devide the group into teams of roughly equal size.
5. Assign a different “C” to each team and tell them their goal is to collect
information about that “C”, specific to the topic. Tell them they’ll have three
minutes to play information gathering, 10 minutes to collect the information,
and three minutes to analyze and organize it.
6. Announce the start – 3 minutes – Go
7. After information gathering, people present their findings to the rest of the
group.
8. Close the game – after each team presents, ask
a. What is missing?
b. Are their duplications?
c. What doesn’t belong?