Training Workshop Activities

Die Übung macht die Wirkung des Aktiven Zuhörens bzw. des fehlenden Aktiven Zuhörens sehr eindrucksvoll deutlich.

A fun, dynamic game useful for introducing topics related to decision making, conflict resolution, win-win scenarios and the importance of clear communication of goals.

Workshops & Wizards is a deck of cards intended to support facilitation training and collaborative sessions by encouraging participants to give one another kudos and celebrate positive group dynamics.

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.

A simple reflection exercises where team members recall as many concepts or phrases relating to a workshop or training as possible for each letter of the alphabet.

Facilitation Market is a training game where participants will choose a set of facilitation skills, create a magical facilitator who embodies those skills and then share best practices with the rest of the group.

Use the Training Needs Assessment canvas collect information from clients, participants and research to prepare a future training course, program or workshop.

An Empathy Walk develops your capacity to “hold space” for someone who is very different from you and establish a relationship across a significant boundary. It is adapted from the work of MIT Professor Emeritus Ed Schein, who has shaped the field of organizational culture, learning, and leadership over the past 50 years.

Container Building is the process of creating a safe space for a group or a team by establishing both trust and ground rules for engagement.

• Die Teilnehmer finden sich in selbst gewählten Kleingruppen zu viert zusammen.
• Die Teilnehmer geben einander anhand verschiedener Leitfragen Feedback.
• Auswertung der Feedback-Sequenz im Fish-Bowl.

Wizard's Boon is a quick, energizing activity that encourages group presence and invites participants to consider how they might collaborate more effectively in the session ahead.

Pairs take turns walking each other through one task from their job, something they do very often, genuinely enjoy, or find difficult, while the listener uses active listening to follow the process. The listener then names the one thing they think a new starter would most need to know to do it well, and the demonstrator confirms, corrects, or adds the part that's hardest to put into words.