Library of facilitation techniques

Help a group get to know each other better with simple mnemonics in this fast, fun game played in a circle.

Creativity is connecting things. If you are looking to give your creative mind a workout with a simple concept mash-up, look no further. The more you do this, the better you’ll get at one of the fundamental skills that lead to new ideas, combining elements. We've found a simple online tool from Dave Birss that helps you to define random objects that can form the basis of your creative combination.

This exercise is ideal for editing written content in a hands-on way. A simple and effective exercise for editing workshop content or presentation text for talks. Use it when you have to write for a specific audience and want them to stay focused on the most important information.

Film producer and innovator Walt Disney used to think-up and refine ideas by breaking the process into three distinct chunks.

Be able to take a step back on a topic and see how to improve it using KISS model.

The topics can be really different: Ways of working, Communication, Team meeting, ....

Plan several stations in your area. Each station will present a ethical dilemma. Participants are traveling in groups and falling to smaller groups as they are choosing different answers. In the end, they all arrive to the final. The reflection is focused on their decision-making process.

2 players create a secret 'handshake' when they see each other again they do their handshake

Use the Team Competency Matrix to detect the Gaps Each Team

Mix qualitative and quantitative objectives to avoid falling into the trap of purely numerical meaningless KPIs

Bei dem Aufwärmspiel müssen Spieler*innen bestimmt Dinge in Ihrem Arbeitszimmer oder Büro suchen. 

Es gibt verschiedene Figuren, die jeweils auf Zuruf und im Team zu dritt pantomimisch dargestellt werden sollen. Die Schwierigkeit kann durch steigende Geschwindigkeit erhöht werden.

This is an online intercultural exchange workshop for English as a foreign language teachers. Each participant EFL teacher will work individually and collaboratively through online tools, video inputs, asynchronous video discussion posts, and text-based discussions.