Resources
Facilitation Resources
These are a selection of my favourite processes, activities and games for facilitation. See lower down the page for training resources.
I’m adding new resources through the summer (and I keep remembering more activities so it might take a while!)
Intelligent networks
These processes and activities foster intelligent networks by distributing communication. I co-authored an academic paper on these methods.
Full Circle
Iterative sense-making
Impromptu Networking
Connect people & ideas
New Shoots
Explore ideas & possibilities
Open Space
Conversations that matter
Swap & score
Create shared priorities
World Cafe
Weave conversations together
1,2,4,All
Shared sense-making
Connecting people (warm ups)
Here are some games and activities that connect people and ideas and set the tone for a gathering.
Cat on yer head
A silly game for large groups (to add)
Pass the clap
Connecting with a rhythm
Pointing at things
A low stakes way to loosen up
Mirroring
Embodied leading & following (to add)
RPS competition
Rock paper scissors meets (to add)
Clap, snap…
Wake up body and mind (to add)
Danish clapping
Very high energy – use with caution! (to add)
Framing questions
Techniques that use critical thinking and curiosity (a powerful combo!) to turn problems and challenges into possibilities and opportunities.
Framestorming
Explore different ways of framing a challenge
Free Association
Swap words to reframe a challenge
Root cause
Work out where to start
Polarities
Explore both/and thinking
Design questions
Get inspired by focusing on impact
Creative thinking
These activities encourage playfulness, lateral thinking, embodied presence and messy art and more to generate insights, ideas and innovations.
Analogies
Use metaphors to generate solutions
Flip It
STOP doing what isn’t working
Reversal
Wild & wonderful idea generation
Six hats
Fluid & layered perspective taking (to add)
Generative practices
These activities encourage playfulness, lateral thinking, embodied presence
Improv for creativity
Spontaneous idea generation (to add)
Social theatre
Embodied constellations (to add)
Messy art
It surprising what comes art unlocks (to add)
Rapid prototyping
Learn by doing rather than talking (to add)
Stories
It’s hard to beat a story and these simple ways of sharing are deeply human and often deeply affecting.
Story circle
A deceptively simple way of sharing (to be added)
Story rounds
Short rounds of stories (no surprise!) (to be added)
Story harvesting
Listening in different roles (to be added)
Story mapping
Collect stories on a timeline (to be added)
Story spine
A tool for structuring stories (to be added)
Story swap
Pairs activity with many variations (to be added)
Playback theatre
Real stories and creative responses (to be added)
Deeper conversations
These containers offer ways of holding conversations that go deeper and may enter uncharted territory.
Unhurried conversations
A relaxed pace where time expands (to be added)
Fishbowl
Listen in on a conversation (to be added)
Open Space
Self-organising conversations
World Cafe
Weaving conversations together
Clearness committee
Helping someone find clarity (to add)
Strategy & vision
The lightest visioning technique (to add)
Training resources
I’m just starting to add resources for training, team building and CPD.
Creative confidence
Infinite Box
Practicing spontaneous discovery
Presents
Playful generosity & acceptance
Expert interview
Finding ease with uncertainty (to add)
Word-at-a-time
It’s all in this simple game (to be add)
Sideliner
Incorporate random words into a story (to add)
Angel & Crown
Creative & positive self-reflection (to be add)
VIEW
A psychometric for thinking styles (to be add)
Team building
The chair game
An awards ceremony with a difference (to add)
Team celebration
An awards ceremony with a difference (to add)
RPS Tag
A rock paper scissors tribute to Bernie de Koven (to add)
A classic game from Augusto Boal (to add)
Instant co-operation by leading and following (to add)
Swarming
Easy games for leading and following (to add)
Leading with presence
Circles of presence
Know & adapt your energy signature (to add)
Status behaviours
Explore the impact of nonverbals (to add)
Clouds
A deep dive into presence and trust.
Character walk
Physical storytelling with movement (to add)
The art of the debrief
Over the years I’ve collected all sorts of questions and practices for getting feedback. I’ll make them into a resource over the summer.
