Library of facilitation techniques

The whole group imagines it is walking around on a plate balancing on a single fulcrum. Each person is partnered with another and must keep the plate balanced.

Players get in groups of three and form a “house” with the end players raising their arms in a “roof” above the inside players. There are three commands that cause the players to move:

In 2 groups: One group is clay, and they close their eyes. The other group are sculptors.The sculptors build one sculpture out of all the `clay` players.

One player 'sculpts' another player like clay

One player creates obstacles that a second player must navigate

Whole group forms silent sculpture and then steps out with their takeaways

Stand in circle. Each person gives a SCES around the circle.  

in pairs people enthusiastically create new idioms

Sounds are tossed around the group as if they are physical objects. 

Pass a sound & motion, repeating only what was shared with you

Create a design prototype without a single line of code.

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