Icebreaker: Original
Ask participants to create or come up with a ice-breaker question. The icebreaker question must not be a cliché question and or commonly used.
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Constellations
Individuals express their response to a statement or idea by standing closer or further from a central object. Used with teams to reveal system, hidden patterns, perspectives.
Social Presencing Theater: 4D Mapping
In Social Presencing Theater, the word theater is used in connection to its root meaning – a place where something significant becomes visible, or where a community of people can see a shared experience. 4D mapping makes visible the current reality in a social system, such as a school system, health care system, or government.
Break-out Room Tag
Everyone plays tag, using breakout rooms in Zoom
Interdisciplinary Shuttle
Door deze activiteit maken studenten kennis met andermans discipline en de bijbehorende sterke en zwakke punten.
Heard, Seen, Respected (HSR)
You can foster the empathetic capacity of participants to “walk in the shoes” of others. Many situations do not have immediate answers or clear resolutions. Recognizing these situations and responding with empathy can improve the “cultural climate” and build trust among group members. HSR helps individuals learn to respond in ways that do not overpromise or overcontrol. It helps members of a group notice unwanted patterns and work together on shifting to more productive interactions. Participants experience the practice of more compassion and the benefits it engenders.
Secret Handshake
2 players create a secret 'handshake' when they see each other again they do their handshake
Hello Kitty
A simple and short group game all about trying to make each other crack a smile. Participants take turns being 'kitties' and 'puppies'. The puppies try to make the kitties crack a smile or laugh. The last kitty standing is the winner! An original from The Northern Quarter Agency.
Spectrums & Clusters
Various ways to have participants 'map' themselves in response to a facilitator's prompt. See also 'constellations'
Generative Relationships STAR
You can help a group of people understand how they work together and identify changes that they can make to improve group performance. All members of the group diagnose current relationship patterns and decide how to follow up with action steps together, without intermediaries. The STAR compass tool helps group members understand what makes their relationships more or less generative. The compass used in the initial diagnosis can also be used later to evaluate progress in developing relationships that are more generative.
Call To Action Follow Up
Used as a post-session follow up or multiple session activity, participants share their action plan or project success. Results can be posted and discussed on a shared network or brought to a later live session (such as a review session or informal group catch up).