Facilitation Techniques and Workshop Activities | Library

The KJ Method

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A brainstorming and prioritizing method that places emphasis on the most important ideas and actions.

Abigail Story

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Participants will be split in groups and will have to decide on a ranking of the characters from the story.

Memory Test

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Here's a quick jolt that helps participants discover basic psychological facts about our memory.

This game has been designed to help prioritize different ideas or items in a quick and energetic way without getting stuck in endless discussions and avoiding any kind of influencing. It is similar to 20-20 game as it will compare items in pairs.

Sticks - A Metaphorical Simulation Game

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When people interact or communicate with each other, they use certain amount of energy or pressure. Here's an activity that makes participants aware of such energy exchange and helps them explore how to manage this process.

Data Mining

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Here's a game that can be used in a content-heavy training session that relies on reference manuals. It is a combination of a textra game and an interactive storytelling activity.

Common Threads

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A fast get-to-know game that can be tailored according to the participants age/profession/etc.

Quick Situations

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Here's a debriefing card game that enables participants to reflect on a variety of situations and to come up with suitable action ideas

Habit Reflection: Create a Habit that Sticks

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This is a simple tool to help you create a habit that actually sticks! It's a research-backed technique that works very well, and it's called “Habit Reflection.” It’s powerful because it's customized to your personal history and experiences. Habit Reflection is all about using the lessons of your past in the present.

Sink or... sail, swim, surf and scuba!

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This fun activity allows participants to follow instructions on a MURAL whiteboard to perform a variety of activities and eventually share their name and location. You can use this as a short ice-breaker or energiser (remove some of the activities) or as either pre-work or an opening activity to make sure that everyone knows how to use MURAL before an online session begins.

A MURAL template is included for you to use and modify as you wish (at the bottom of this method).