Library of facilitation techniques

facilitation short cuts
list of ways to instruct how to pair / group up
quickly decide which partner goes first

Using an item as an symbol to allow everyone to have an opportunity to speak.

words are passed like gifts in the group

One partner makes a emotional imperative statement and their partner enthusiastically accepts that perspective. Warm up with acceptance of who they are. 

When you hear about your strengths from others and acknowledge them to yourself, this builds your motivation and self-confidence.

If you do this at the end of a workshop, you go away feeling good about yourself and your colleagues too.

An easy energiser using Zoom virtual backgrounds (with some non-Zoom options) 

begin scene with partners making silent eye contact 

One person is designated as the leader.  Others copy exactly how the leader moves.  The leader calls on a new person to be the leader, and so on. Follow the follower variation is when the leading gets passed to the entire group and no single person is leading.

One person speaks gibberish and the other interprets

You can tap a deep well of curiosity and talent by helping a group focus attention on problems they want to solve. A productive pattern of engagement is established if used at the beginning of a working session. Loose yet powerful connections are formed in 20 minutes by asking engaging questions. Everyone contributes to shaping the work, noticing patterns together, and discovering local solutions.