Open Space Technology
Open Space is a methodology for large groups to create their agenda discerning important topics for discussion, suitable for conferences, community gatherings and whole system facilitation
Library of facilitation techniques
Remote Workshop Activities
Activities suitable for virtual and online workshops and meetings. Get your remote meetings engaging and productive with tools and techniques that foster participation and get everyone contributing.
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Issue Analysis
A process for understanding a complex problem situation
The Journalistic Six - Who What When Where Why How
A questioning method for generating, explaining, investigating ideas.
Remote Note and Vote
Use a remote-friendly version of the classic note and vote exercise to generate ideas quickly, vote on the most suitable, and turn them into how might we statements your group can move forward with!
Debriefing a Traumatic Event
A Focused Conversation to begin to process traumatic situations for use with colleagues, friends and family, and how to respond to them productively. Often traumatic events become undiscussable and this enables persons to talk about them
Quick Reviews in 1 minute
Easy and fun way to review content or atmosphere at the end of a group activity (or in between) in 1 minute.
Brain Writing
The sequential building of ideas without evaluation.
Desert Island Game
In the Desert Island Game, begin by asking your participants an important question – if you were stranded on a desert island, what essential items would you choose to survive?
Participants are given a list of items to choose from and must work together to decide which items will help them stay alive.
The Desert Island Game is a great, remote-friendly exercise for a team to work together and share opinions.
Story Around the Circle
Creating a story together can be merely for fun, or it can help the team imagine its future or recall its past.
Blind Drawing
Blind Drawing is an icebreaker game where one person describes an object the other person must then draw with only verbal instructions as a guide.
Whiteboard Rotation
Using multiple digital whiteboards, participants float to different whiteboards to add their thoughts, contributions, or questions. Final whiteboards are discussed and reviewed.
Hot Air Balloon
A great tool to kick-off ANY workshop! The hot air balloon is a metaphorical method that aims to identify strengths, weaknesses, external forces, stakeholders and goals all in a simple and well-structured process.
The charm is that you’re not relying on another dull matrix but actually going through an imaginary journey that engages us to think outside of our typical thought patterns. Just gather all participants and collect their input step-by-step in the process.