Library of facilitation techniques

Fast and very visual way of making positions clear. Creates connections and helps to understand and to accept diversity.

Each participant has 7 minutes to describe his life starting with the present moment, ending in early childhood.

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. 

Player 1 has a problem, Player 2 solves it with a random object, Player 1 is thankful.

In a circle Person 1 mimes an activity. The next person asks them 'what are you doing" and they respond with something different. Then person 2 begins doing that activity.

In pairs, partners find 3 unusual things they have in common. Then each pair chooses one to share with the group. 

Get a window in someone else's life. Gain access to the parts of someone's life you might not otherwise see by having them keep a photo diary for a few days or weeks.

De socratische gespreksmethode helpt een vragende houding en kritisch denkvermogen te ontwikkelen.

An Emoji story is a method to interpret collected data by translating it into a story. In the story, you leave out specific words that describe important and emotional concepts and change them for Emoji‘s.

To be used after having collected data of user behaviour, context and emotions.

Open Book is a quiz game that helps participants become familiar with the structure and organization of a reference manual. During the first phase of the game, individual participants review the manual and prepare 10 questions. During the second phase, participants form into teams and select their five best questions. During the third phase, you conduct a quiz program using these questions and some others that you have prepared earlier.

Fun activation with serious background

Writing with empathy is all about inhabiting the shoes (or paws) of something that is not yourself. In this exercise, we ask participants to imagine the perspective of a fox and then write from the point of view of the fox.