Library of facilitation techniques

warm-up activity from Rachel Davis via AJ&Smart

This activity opens up the conversation and makes visible the need to gain a broader perspective of issues in order to effectively explore and address them. What we individually know and experience is important, what we can’t see is just as important in understanding a complex issue.

The Way of Council

This exercise will help develop 'systems intelligence' with a view to being able to influence people in the right direction and in the right way.

An Empathy Walk develops your capacity to “hold space” for someone who is very different from you and establish a relationship across a significant boundary. It is adapted from the work of MIT Professor Emeritus Ed Schein, who has shaped the field of organizational culture, learning, and leadership over the past 50 years.

Learning Journeys invite participants to step out of their daily routine and to experience places, people, and organizations that are relevant to issues they are working on.

With this energizer the idea is to introduce the topic of listening in a group that is going to work together.

Way to disperse a few closing/feedback questions throughout the room