Group Activities

Human Knot

“Human Knot” is a team-building exercise where participants form a circle, reach across, and grab the hands of others randomly to create a “knot” of intertwined arms. The goal is to untangle the knot without letting go of hands, requiring communication, patience, and teamwork. This activity encourages problem-solving and collaboration, often with plenty of laughter […]

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Two Truths and a Lie

Two Truths and a Lie

Two Truths and a Lie is an engaging icebreaker that promotes connection and fun by encouraging participants to share a bit about themselves. Participants each prepare two true statements and one falsehood about themselves. The group then guesses which statement is the lie. This can be done in pairs, small groups, or with the entire

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World Café

World Café

The World Cafe Method is a collaborative way of engaging people in meaningful conversations about topics that matter to them. It’s a way to create a warm, friendly, and inviting atmosphere that encourages people to share their thoughts and experiences. Participants are invited to sit at one of the tables and start a conversation with

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Evaluation Valerie

Evaluation Valerie

Evaluation Valerie is an interactive and visual evaluation tool that’s great for gathering feedback about a service, event or session. Method Here is Valerie – you can draw or design your own version of her: Valerie has: Ask participants to spend a few minutes writing down their thoughts on a post-it note, then stick them

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Dot Voting Facilitation decision making technique

Dot Voting & Weighted Dot Voting

Dot voting is a simple and effective way of making group decisions by allowing members to cast their vote and express their preferences. It can be used in team-building activities, brainstorming sessions, and decision-making processes where it is necessary to prioritize ideas, concepts, or options. Standard Dot Voting Method: After idea generation, it’s time to

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The Parking Lot - Participatory Activity for Facilitators

The Parking Lot

This is a workshop or meeting technique that allows participants to “park” ideas, suggestions or topics that are off-topic or not directly related to the agenda. This entails creating a designated space, either on a whiteboard or flipchart, where group members can write down any ideas or questions that come up during the discussion, but

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Hopes and Fears

Hopes & Fears

Works brilliantly as an icebreaker to gage the mood of a session right at the start. It also gives participants a chance to voice their hopes & fears right from the beginning. Method The method use for the Hopes & Fears is very simple, ask people what their hopes and fears are for the upcoming

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World's Worst

World’s Worst [X]

World’s Worst involves thinking about the absolute worst example of a public service, professional or business! This method works because it get’s people talking and get’s their imagination running wild. Method Ask participants to think about the world’s worst example of a business or public service. You may also them to draw it or write

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Post-it Avalanche - Participatory technique for facilitators to use in workshops

Post-it Avalanche

Sometimes, it’s easier for people to write their thoughts down in a group environment rather than speak them out loud. The post-it avalanche technique is perfect for this. Also, it allows people to write their thoughts down immediately instead of wait for their turn to speak. It also leaves a great display to look at

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Evaluation Thermometer

The Evaluation Thermometer

Just like The Evaluation Target, The Evaluation Thermometer an extremely simple and easy ‘stick and go’ evaluation tool to use at in-person events, meetings and workshops. It can help you gage whether your participants are ‘hot’ or ‘cold’ about the content of your session or event. Method Ask participants to stick a sticker onto a

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Graffiti Wall - Participatory Activity for Facilitators

Graffiti Wall

Graffiti walls as public events are extremely engaging, interactive and produce exceptionally stunning results that everyone has ownership of. You can have huge, elaborate graffiti walls or even smaller whiteboards in corporate or small group settings. Method Put up a large blank canvas, leave pens, stickers and creative materials and allow participants to write their

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The Problem Tree - Participatory Activity for Facilitators

The Problem Tree

The Problem Tree is a visual technique that encourages you to think about the causes of problems and their consequences. This is one step you need to take before solving the problem. You could flip this on its head and use it as a ‘Solution Tree’ instead! The Problem Tree: Method Using a printed diagram

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Hot Air Balloon Evaluation - Participatory Activity for Facilitators

Hot Air Balloon

This is such a useful and extremely visual planning and evaluation tool. This can be used for evaluating a new business idea or for designing a new service. Hot Air Balloon Workshop Tool: Method The method use for The ‘Why’ Game is extremely simple, the basic concept is that you just keep asking “why” until

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Evaluation Target - Participatory Activity for Facilitators

Evaluation Target

This a quick and easy ‘stick and go’ evaluation tool to use at in-person events, meetings and workshops. Evaluation Target: Method Ask participants to stick a sticker onto a pre-printed target to rank their opinion on something or to evaluate an event or session. Step 1: Pre-print some large target images onto blank paper. Add

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Human Bingo - Participatory Activity for Facilitators

Human Bingo

Human bingo is a human-based version of Bingo, using personal traits or facts in place of numbers on a Bingo card. It’s an excellent icebreaker, it’s loads of fun, get’s people talking and can reveal interesting facts about people. This works best with a decent size group of approximately 20+ people. Human Bingo: Method Give

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