Library of facilitation techniques

The World Cafe is designed primarily to generate collective knowledge sharing, webs of personal relationships, and new possibilities for action.

One person gives a suggestion and everyone does what they say. 

A workshop to support teams to reflect on and ultimately increase their alignment with purpose/goals and team member autonomy. Inspired by Peter Smith's model of personal responsibility. Use this workshop to strengthen a culture of personal responsibility and build your team's ability to adapt quickly and navigate change.

Pass out 2 colors of cards. Everyone answers "what does it look like when X topic is present (positive goal). One color puts down cards and builds out answers in paired yes, and conversations. Then switch roles. 

Plan induction for newcomers in order to provide them all the necessary information for them to be equipped and to feel part of the team. It has to be done by a team member (a tutor) and be prepared. It may concern activities, inputs, stakeholders, ways of working, values, rituals, governance, tools, frameworks, ...

One player initiates with object work.  The second player joins the scene by doing complementary object work, then verbally initiates by saying "You seem _______."  Player 1 yes-ands, and so on.  

You can help a large group of people identify obstacles and opportunities for spreading ideas or innovations at many levels. Panarchy enables people to visualize how systems are embedded in systems and helps them understand how these interdependencies influence the spread of change. Participants become more alert to small changes that can help spread ideas up to other system levels; they learn how shifts at larger or lower system levels may release resources to assist them at another level. With better appreciation of the Ecocycle dynamics at play, the group creates “opportunity windows” for innovations to spread among levels and across boundaries.

By focusing on the exploration of positive elements, the rules of engagement assist in the search for opportunities rather than problems. 

To explore how it feels to be excluded—and to be excluding.