Library of facilitation techniques

Ask participants to create or come up with a ice-breaker question. The icebreaker question must not be a cliché question and or commonly used.

This leadership development activity offers a self-assessment framework for people to first identify what skills, attributes and attitudes they find important for effective leadership, and then assess their own development and initiate goal setting.

As a group is developing ideas in a brainstorming session, it may be useful to do a quick “reality check” on proposed ideas. In the NUF Test, participants rate an idea on three criteria: to what degree is it New, Useful, and Feasible?

A scripted roleplay highlighting the importance of accountability and good governance.

This can be used as a teambuilding activity or a way to introduce participants to each other.

4 conversations about how to listen, acknowledge, and build

This activity helps participants notice the impact of different listening and response styles, especially how we unconsciously block or build on each other’s ideas. Use this when you want to shift communication habits, build awareness of default patterns, and/or teach communication skills.