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Workshop Tools

Advanced Workshop Tools

Activities for experienced facilitators: more complex to plan, run and bring together.

7 tools

  • Photovoice

    Service Design

    Photovoice

    People photograph their community with a limited number of shots, then share and discuss the photos to show what matters to them and what should change.

    Duration: 2-4 weeks, including two 2-hour sessions Group size: 6-15

  • A winding path from a start pin to a finish flag, with happy and sad faces along the way

    Service Design

    Customer Journey Mapping

    Map every step people take through a service, from first hearing about it to the end, with what they do, think and feel, to find where it needs to improve.

    Duration: 2-3 hours Group size: 6-20, in groups of three to five

  • Open Space Technology

    Problem Solving & Decision Making

    Open Space Technology

    A self-organising meeting where participants set the agenda and run their own sessions, while the facilitator holds the space and lets go of control.

    Duration: Half a day to 2 days Group size: 20+

  • Illustration of white arrows pushing from the left and yellow arrows pushing back from the right against a central line

    Problem Solving & Decision Making

    Force Field Analysis

    Map the forces pushing a change forward and the forces holding it back, score their strength, then plan how to boost the drivers and weaken the barriers.

    Duration: 45-90 minutes Group size: 4-20

  • Fishbowl Discussion

    Problem Solving & Decision Making

    Fishbowl Discussion

    A small inner circle discusses a topic while everyone else listens from an outer ring, with an empty chair so anyone can step in and have their say.

    Duration: 45-90 minutes Group size: 12+

  • Illustration of a power and interest grid with people placed in each quarter, and a small network of linked dots

    Service Design

    Stakeholder Mapping

    List everyone who affects or is affected by your project, then place them on a power and interest grid to decide who to involve, consult or keep informed.

    Duration: 60-90 minutes Group size: 4-25, in groups of three to six

  • Appreciative Inquiry

    Problem Solving & Decision Making

    Appreciative Inquiry

    Build change on strengths: the group discovers what works at its best, dreams of what could be, designs the future and commits to making it happen.

    Duration: 3 hours to 2 days Group size: 8+