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To explore how it feels to be excluded—and to be excluding.
Library of facilitation techniques
Self Awareness Workshop Activities
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Weather check in
Each person describes how they are feeling as they are weather
Map Participation Styles
In most meetings, 20% of participants do 80% of the talking. Unfortunately, remote meetings amplify this lousy behavior.
Some people like to talk to think, while others need to think before they talk. Some people are shy and quiet, while others are more vocal and outspoken.
This activity helps assess participation style and adjust behaviors.
Playing with Status
Participants are given a short script of 8-10 lines of neutral dialogue. The scene may depict a job interview (see the sample below) or a coaching session. Pairs take turns enacting the scene, playing with the status relationships through non-verbal behaviours.
Object Meditation
A focused meditation to become present and aware. We accept our feelings, leaving behind what we doesn't serve us right now. A ideal way to open a workshop or team meeting.
Weather Check-in
Each person describes how they are feeling in terms of a weather system.
"When I feel..."
People take turns sharing how they feel and stating what they do when they feel the way someone else is feeling.
Guess who I am
plan some time with your teammates to test your personalities
Listen to my heart
The activity is aimed so that community or group grows closer and forms bonds through listening to each other's hearts.
Enough? A poem
This poem can help bridge diversity in a group.
Rhythm of the hearts
The activity is aimed to get in touch with our own body, inner rhythm as well as rise awareness of people around us.