Library of facilitation techniques
Active Listening Workshop Activities
Active listening exercises to help improve your team's active listening skills and approach workshops and meetings with consideration and care. Improve interpersonal communication skills and raise empathy with active listening games and methods.
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Methods (39)
Word association pass
words are passed like gifts in the group
I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me of...
I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me of... is a structure and practice for honing observational skills and practicing active listening and appreciative inquiry. It's a thinking routine that can encourage deeper observations and connections. Participants are encouraged to develop curiosity and engage with their environment.
Widen the Lens
justification game to expand context
Kontrollierter ABC-Dialog
Kommunikation, soziale Wahrnehmung, Feedback, präzises Sprechen und genaues Zuhören
Hybrid rounds
If you want everyone in the group to have a say, but are in a hybrid setting, with people joining both online and in-person, how can you set up a talking round? Here are some ideas!
Relationship Sculpture
One person sculpts 2 people in relationship. Sculpted people shift their relationship to each other.
You! Patterns
Establish pattern to pass in a circle. Create a category that each person has a contribution (ie. breakfast cereals). Add another category.
Yes And Incubator
One idea enters the circle. The group builds it together, one sentence at a time. Every statement begins with "Yes, and..."
Sound Ball
Sounds are tossed around the group as if they are physical objects.