Library of facilitation techniques

Get participants to reflect on facilitation skills they'd like to develop and set out on a quest of personal development.

Wizard's Boon is a quick, energizing activity that encourages group presence and invites participants to consider how they might collaborate more effectively in the session ahead.

Mindfulness of body is a foundational skill for Social Presencing Theater. And like any skill, we learn it through practice. The 20-minute Dance is a practice in which we pay attention to the feeling of the body, without thinking about it or judging it. We are not trying to fix or change or accomplish anything. We welcome every moment.

The Stuck Exercise is a process by which one experiences going through the whole U journey by moving from Sculpture 1 (current reality) to Sculpture 2 (emerging future). We do not know what the movements will be or where they will stop, but we can follow the movement and then reflect on our experience. Surprising insights can arise.

Add bowls full of questions to the coffee break or lunch tables during your event to encourage people to deepen their connections.

Tsunami Monkeys is a team-building game designed to enhance communication, trust, and problem-solving skills. It simulates a survival scenario where groups with different abilities—speaking, blind, and mute—must collaborate to overcome a common challenge: crossing an "ocean" to reach safety.

A hands-on and creative icebreaker that uses LEGO bricks to help teams express ideas, challenges, and personal insights through metaphors.

A fun and engaging team-building game that tests employees' knowledge about their workplace while encouraging collaboration and friendly competition.

If you are working with a team or company that already has a list of values, and are looking for a dynamic activity to refresh participants' knowledge and understanding of those values, look no further. By using embodied and spatial knowledge, this activity will make values basically unforgettable for all involved.

Empathy is a concept that many people understand in broad strokes, but it can be confusing or daunting to use empathy with others. Participants will be able to identify how empathy shows up in the body and the mind, become more familiar and comfortable with what it looks like to practice empathy, and explore a creative medium as a way of connecting and relating to others with empathy.

The Way of Council

This exercise will help develop 'systems intelligence' with a view to being able to influence people in the right direction and in the right way.