Library of facilitation techniques

Learn through careful observation.

Observation and intuition are critical design tools. This exercise helps you leverage both. Find clues about the context you're designing for that may be hidden in plain sight.

Use this method if you would like to show the participants the importance of collaboration, team strategy and team effectiveness.

This game is effectively shows the power and advantages of collaboration and can be a practical demonstration of the Prisoner Dilemma

Easy and fun way to review content or atmosphere at the end of a group activity (or in between) in 5 minutes.

Studenten maken een Concept Map om concepten en thema’s te identificeren en de onderlinge relaties te visualiseren.

In een Concept Map kunnen de relaties en verhoudingen tussen ideeën, concepten en belangen schematisch weergegeven worden, zodat het verband met het centrale onderwerp of idee zichtbaar wordt. 

This is a modification of an interactive lecture activity that is transformed into a textra game. This activity can be inserted after participants finish reading a handout. It involves a poster preparation contest that taps into the listeners' linguistic and visual intelligences.

This game is most probably the most simple collaborative cost benefit analysis ever. It is applicable onto subjects where a group has expert knowledge about costs and/or benefits.

Players share things they're afraid of, and others who don't have that fear symbolically "take" that fear away.

Participants throw an invisible ball to one another through their computer screen, paying attention to how it changes as it gets passed around.    

How well do you know your colleagues? Encourage your co-workers to share an interesting fact or story about themselves while flexing their artistic and creative skills!

Framework: Consideration for Others x Openness of Communication

Participants practice 4 modes of communication - Aggressive, assertive, passive, passive-aggressive in improv scenario