Facilitation Encyclopedia

Purpose Align participant needs with available resources Difficulty As we move through the Awareness, Alignment, and Action phases with resource activ...

Purpose To segment your community into small groups of people with a shared commonality. Difficulty Low to medium. The difficulty level depends on the...

Purpose To bring a group into agreement around an issue or course of action. Difficulty Very high. Helping the group reach consensus may be extremely ...

Purpose Building specific connections to transfer resources: money, time, or talent Difficulty Effective resource transfer is one of the more challeng...

Purpose Activate a group to develop and execute a project Difficulty Since groups coming together in convenings naturally find no shortage of inspirat...

Purpose Experience growth, evolution, or change on an individual level Difficulty Since this activity deals with the individual within a group, and th...

Purpose Generate ideas, strategies, and solutions around an issue or challenge Difficulty Difficulty in ideation and problem-solving engagements is di...

Purpose Create a sense of group coherence and shared identity Difficulty This activity is a low-level difficulty due to its focus on creating genuine ...

How it works: MadIntros (a play on the ‘80s children’s word game MadLibs) is a fun and versatile introduction and icebreaker format. This can be u...

  During a variety of sessions it helps to have some potent questions that can inspire participants to engage in a deeper level of conversation ̵...

How it works: The facilitator provides a prompt question to get people thinking.  Participants have 60 seconds to think about their response, and the...

How it works: Participants are asked to be seated at specific roundtables, which are organized based on industry, sector, or focus area. The facilitat...