Library of facilitation techniques

Everyone plays tag, using breakout rooms in Zoom

A simple game that will have everyone running within minutes. Very effective to fight the "after-lunch" dip.

A fun energizer that uses multiple senses.

Form hybrid groups combining in-person and remote participants and leverage the different possibilities of the different settings in a fun scavenger hunt.

This ia a 3-minute jolt activity that enables the participants to explore what makes a task highly motivating.

Energize your group with a fun series of physical poses and movements.

Participants at a training session are often preoccupied with other important things in their life. Here's a simple jolt to wake them up.

Test

Here's an experiential introduction to this activity:

What is your preferred technique for learning something new?

Write your answer on a piece of paper. If you don't have a piece of paper, just say your answer out aloud.

I am now going to ask you a different question. Once again, write down your answer (or say it out aloud).

What method do you usually use to train other people?

Compare your answers to the two questions. Are they consistent with each other? If not, why is there a discrepancy between the way you like to learn and the way you train others? Should you not help others learn the same way you like to learn?

Does this inconsistency exist because you believe that training is different from learning? Don't you believe that training has to result in learning?

Does this inconsistency exist because you believe that your learning preference is unique only to you? Don't you think that other people may have unique learning preferences? How does your training accommodate these individual differences?

Virtual High Five - energetic icebreaker for online groups

The key to such procedures as need analysis, market research, and evaluation is the ability to find patterns in available information, collect additional information, and come to logical conclusions. We devised a game with a pocket calculator to teach this type of logical thinking.