Library of facilitation techniques

Rythm Instruments is a fun way to break the ice in groups, helping each participant to feel involved and create something from "scratch".

This method teaches participants to work together as a team, even under pressure or constant changes. It requires them to be flexible and creative.

Most people have a repertoire of song lyrics in their head. This activity offers the fun of recalling them, the opportunity to belt them out without anxiety about singing "well", and the aspect of learning which songs "everyone" in the group knows and which are familiar to only you.

This is an active team building game and requires participants to move about a lot and so can be also used as an energiser.

This activity could be a great closing of a session or a workshop, revisit all the information/learning points while decorating the space.

This method gives goal setting or vision sharing into a more creative, associative frame, making participants move out of their comfort zones.

A fun, physical activity designed to help a group work on communication, problem solving, to understand roles of leader and follower within the group.

Trust Walk is a great activity for workshop openings, especially if the workshop aims to build trust and understanding between participants. It challenges the participants to give up control over a situation and put their "fate" into other's hands.

A good way  to start a meeting/workshop/training to see how participants are feeling, what might be distractions that they are carrying with themselves into the room and how low/high their energy level is.

A simple, quick-thinking energizer played in a circle where players must respond with the correct hand gestures to stay in the game!

This simple activity is designed to have each person share things about himself or herself with the group after receiving a gift.