Library of facilitation techniques

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Games of pure chance discourage smarter players from mastering new skills and knowledge. Games of pure skill discourage weaker players from trying hard once they fall behind. An effective training game strikes a balance between chance and skill. That's exactly what Review Roulette does.

A 4-step process to co-create group agreements (also known as codes of conduct, group contracts, or ground rules). Discuss each 'G' in turn, starting with Gains, then Gives and Groans, then use the topics that emerged to define Guidelines.

In this debating game, participants imagine they are in an inflatable lifeboat that is running out of air. Each round, participants must state why they should remain on the boat and then vote on who should leave. Encourage critical thinking and develop presentation skills in this fun debating activity.

Help a group get to know each other better with simple mnemonics in this fast, fun game played in a circle.

The Make a World game appeals to visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners because of its layers of interaction. It’s useful (and downright fun) because it lets players imagine the future and take action to create a first version of it. All successful ventures start with a vision and some small, initial effort toward crystallization. Alexander Graham Bell’s vision for the telephone started as highly rudimentary sketches.

The following activities are part of dance therapy methods. They allow the group to feel connected and explore body movement on their own and in pair.

Film producer and innovator Walt Disney used to think-up and refine ideas by breaking the process into three distinct chunks.

Be able to take a step back on a topic and see how to improve it using KISS model.

The topics can be really different: Ways of working, Communication, Team meeting, ....