Library of facilitation techniques
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Zauberstab Übung
Die Teilnehmer müssen den Stab gemeinsam balancierend auf den Zeigefingern auf dem Boden ablegen
- Die Aufgabe scheint einfach, bald zeigen sich jedoch die Tücken.Der Stab geht wie von Zauberhand statt nach unten nach oben
- Anschließend kurze Reflexion über die Zusammenarbeit in der Gruppe
Team Credo-Scrabble
Das Team bekommt den Auftrag einen Slogan, ein Credo bzw. einen Schlachtruf für den Tag zu schreiben. Dabei dürfen sie nur die Buchstaben ihrer eigenen Vornamen benutzen.
Multiplication Exercise
Structured Networking
The Relationship Scan
- Remove any distractions (no phones, tablets, laptops)
- If you are parents (no kids allowed)
- Choose a place where you will not be interrupted
- Set a time - (non-negotiable) 30 min is a good amount of time and doable even for busy people and a place.
If you can make it a ritual:
- Go to your favourite coffee shop together
- Have a morning meeting over a hot chocolate
- Open a really good wine
This is a time for you and your partner to talk about how you both are doing, your relationship, any unfinished conversations or arguments or things that are unsaid, or any needs that are not being met.
Collectively match best practices with new problems
Applying existing best practices for new problems
What I know, What I ponder on, What I learned
using defamiliarzation is one of the best ways of drawing attention of people, posing problems and making them contemplate about the problem in hand. hence this brief activity is a
Polling in hybrids
Most prioritization and polling processes require participants to either be in the same room (e.g. dot voting) or on the same whiteboard if online. Here is your cheat sheet on how to adapt those to hybrid environments! Tech tasks
Collect all available options on a virtual whiteboard
Number the options
Create a poll on a tool that is easy to use from phones (e.g. Mentimeter) and share the link
Small groups in hybrids
Most small-group activities will work in a hybrid setting: here are some tips on how to adapt them.
Hybrid rounds
If you want everyone in the group to have a say, but are in a hybrid setting, with people joining both online and in-person, how can you set up a talking round? Here are some ideas!
Hybrid scavenger hunt
Form hybrid groups combining in-person and remote participants and leverage the different possibilities of the different settings in a fun scavenger hunt.