Library of facilitation techniques

Each person describes how they are feeling in terms of a weather system.    

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

In this short and physically active energizer, participants dance playfully in small teams. Periodically, the music changes and members take turns leading the dance. The aim is to generate fun energy and playfulness in a group, often as a counter-balance to more “serious” group work.

One person moves and the rest of the group freezes. Then another person 'takes' focus. 

Any creative endeavour can generate a certain amount of anxiety. The first step is always the hardest… has anyone not heard that before?

In his book ‘Being Creative’, Michael Avatar suggests that we draw inspiration from the Zen Buddhist idea of the 'beginner's mind' - where everything is beginning. In a beginner's mind there is possibility, openness, curiosity: all qualities that are useful for an exploration of creativity. This activity is a short, grounding ideation and exploration that taps into the beginner's mind.

In this short exercise, a group must count up to a certain number, taking turns in a random order, with no two people speaking at the same time. The task is simple, however, it takes focus, calm and awareness to succeed. The exercise is effective to generate calm and focused collective energy in a group.

Vote with your feet exercise to set up insightful conversations and activities

Track daily what energises and drains participants to reveal their strengths. Over a week, participants log the activities that lift or deplete their energy, sometimes called green and red activities, then read the pattern to surface strengths and weaknesses. Daily noticing is far more accurate than recalling it all at the end. Ideal for strengths, self-awareness and role-design work.

Die Übung ist gut geeignet für einen frischen, entspannten Einstieg nach einer Pause, vor einer Meditation oder einem mentalen Training, im Sport, wo 100% Fokus benötigt wird, oder als tägliches Achtsamkeits- und Konzentrationstraining.

Pass a simultaneous clap around the circle

Partner A either repeats, rewords, or supports Partner B's statement before adding their own dialogue.

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