Facilitation Encyclopedia

When embarking on a complex project, it can be useful to work backward and to acknowledge from the start that timeframes are extremely likely to chang...

Time Frame: 30-60 min, 1-2 hours Objectives: Action Planning, Consensus Building, Idea Assessment and Development Audience Size: Tiny, Small, Medium, ...

In this exercise, you will have everyone choose an “origin story” memory to share with the group Have your group sit down and take a few deep brea...

This exercise is based on the concept of guided meditation and uses the creative arts for personal reflection. You will spend about 5 min walking your...

Ask your group to close their eyes and spend a few minutes envisioning the future they want to create. With everyone keeping his/her/their eyes closed...

Help your group get to know each other using storytelling. This exercise should focus on building community, with people meeting more as humans than �...

Help your group get to know each other using storytelling. This exercise should focus on building community, with people meeting more as humans than �...

Steps: Have people select “three moments” from their life to share. They can choose any moment, little or big, easy or difficult, happy or sad. Th...

After being introduced to the concept of a wicked question (one that captures and enables exploration of a paradoxical dynamic), participants work in ...

The Resource Garden exercise uses gardening-themed metaphors to help participants decide what they need to do in order to nurture an idea or develop a...

The Ask Me Anything format provides a framework for highly engaging one-to-many sessions where an expert answers the audience’s questions. The proce...

Spectrum mapping allows you to quickly identify varying opinions, perspectives, roles, and opinions within a group and organize them into meaningful d...