Library of facilitation techniques

This step-by-step method is intended to facilitate the co-creation of actual measures and steps towards change within a team or an organisation. All participants are involved and develop all the ideas together. You have idea owners but the content is created through a process where everyone is involved in all ideas.

Teams of 3. (See strategy section for discussion of different team sizes.) No limit to the number of teams other than what the organizer wants.

This is a tool that you can use thought a whole change process of a team or a company. It is strength oriented and gives you both orientation of the facilitation and summary of the common status of the process.

Participants will design a Coat of Arms that represents them, their support system, and the things they like to do. Participants can draw or write within the different spaces to create the picture. A "Coat of Arms" is a shield with pictures that mean something.

Instructions:

1. Draw a Coat of Arms with these pictures in different spaces: 1. The people in my support system, or the people in my life who are special to me, are.... 2. My favorite food, is.... 3. The things I do best, are..... 4. My future self, 10 years from now (in 2033) is.....
   
1. Other options: favorite music artist/genre, animal that represents who you are
2. Participants will share their "Coat of Arms" with the group once completed. Participants should be given 7 minutes to complete the activity and depending on the size of the group, the facilitator should encourage group share or peer sharing. The Participants can also take the Coat of Arms home with them to hang up in a special place.
   

I was using this approach when facilitating workshop on Continuous Improvement within my organisation. I saw another approach using this method and continuous with this sharing as I feel it was bringing across different message.

Le « World Café » est un processus créatif qui vise à faciliter le dialogue constructif et le partage de connaissances et d’idées, en vue de créer un réseau d’échanges et d’actions. Ce processus reproduit l’ambiance d’un café dans lequel les participants débattent d’une question ou d’un sujet en petits groupes autour de tables.

Attività di facilitazione creativa per sfidare i limiti reali o presunti.

This activity gets participants thinking about the power of relationships and what it means to be a part of a connected community.

Participants use the shared visualization to create a visual representation of all the communities and groups that they have been and currently are a part of. They can create their "map" any way that want, but it's best if the facilitator has an example to share with participants for reference.

After five minutes, participants pair up and share their maps with each other. Alternatively, the reflection can be in a full group.

Reflection Questions:

• How did you feel while you were making your map, and how did you feel looking at your completed map?

• Considering everything you included in your map, what do you think makes a community “woven strong”?