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Method
What we think about a situation, about ourselves and about how the world works, significantly influences our feelings and our ...
Supportive Inner Beliefs
Supportive Inner Beliefs
Method
Active listening is listening and being present with full attention and without judgments. The attention goes primarily to the speaker ...
Active Listening
Active Listening
Method
When past misdeeds are forgiven, the main beneficiary is the forgiver, who experiences a relief of pressure and a release ...
Unconditional Forgiveness
Unconditional Forgiveness
Method
The Path of Four Elements method leads the participants through the four natural elements: earth, water, fire and air on ...
The Path of the Four Elements
The Path of the Four Elements
Basic Tool
Singing easy songs as a group can be a transformational activity. Here's a collection of songs you can learn and ...
Easy Songs
Easy Songs
Method
Guided abundance meditation is a practice that cultivates an open, spacious awareness, and employs visualization to enter into a state ...
Guided Abundance Meditation
Guided Abundance Meditation
Method
This method helps participants identify what they'd like to change in their lives and reorient their minds by constructing a ...
The Power of Yet
The Power of Yet
Method
Assess the totality of your life to clarify what you might like to improve by using a graphic representation to ...
Wheel of Life Tool
Wheel of Life Tool
Method
When people set intentions at the beginning of a session, day, workshop, or project, powerful potential is unleashed. Participants simply ...
Setting your Intention
Setting your Intention
Method
Connection meditation is a practice that cultivates a sense of connectedness by finding a memory of a specific moment of ...
Connection Meditation
Connection Meditation
Method
A powerful way of reconnecting with your deep inner wisdom about nature and about life. A profound approach for story ...
Medicine Walk
Medicine Walk
Method
Dreaming circle can be used to connect personal intentions into a shared dream of a whole group that will work ...
Dreaming Circle
Dreaming Circle
Method
We all have an inner critic, sometimes helpful but often damaging. Stopping negative self talk, facing the inner critic and ...
The Inner Critic: Stopping Negative Self Talk
The Inner Critic: Stopping Negative Self Talk
Method
Gratefulness means perceiving the given moment and every given opportunity as a gift. This is empowering and gives us countless ...
Round of Gratefulness
Round of Gratefulness
Method
With the Garden of Relationships we take a bird's eye view on our relationships and life fields. Through this we ...
Garden of Relationships
Garden of Relationships
Method
This is a trust game, when someone experiences how it feels to lead another person who gives their trust to ...
The tuk-tuk game
The tuk-tuk game
Basic Tool
A person asks a question (typically about advancing a project). They get 3 minutes to explain it, then the group ...
Group Input
Group Input
Method
This is a powerful meditation / reflection practice for being with difficult emotions, building self-compassion, and ultimately shifting your identity.
RAIN Meditation
RAIN Meditation
Method
A classic, easy and effective creativity technique that helps you think outside the box.
Upside down technique
Upside down technique
Method
Stakeholder Interviews are conducted by practitioners with their key stakeholders. The interviews allow you to step into the shoes of ...
Stakeholder Interview
Stakeholder Interview
Method
The Pyramid Lite is a way to accelerate planning for sustainable development, guiding your group through discussion exercises, moving from ...
Pyramid Lite
Pyramid Lite
Method
The object of the money exercise is to create an experiential field for people to observe themselves and gain consciousness, ...
Money Game
Money Game
Basic Tool
Cards stimulate creativity and communication. They can be used as a co-creative, co-operative game designed to enhance communications, encourage expression, ...
Metaphoric Cards
Metaphoric Cards
Method
Deep Listening is intended to help participants access their inner wisdom or intuition. Each of us has knowledge that we ...
Deep Listening
Deep Listening
Basic Tool
Freewriting is similar to brainstorming but is written in sentence and paragraph form without stopping. It is used for reflection ...
Freewriting
Freewriting
Method
Tonglen is a powerful meditation practice central to Tibetan Buddhism. In this practice, one visualizes taking into oneself the suffering ...
Tonglen Meditation
Tonglen Meditation
Method
After a program, course, or project, the organizing team can use this method to reflect on each person’s role and ...
Reflection Fishbowl
Reflection Fishbowl
Method
Tinspirations are little tins or boxes that stimulate your creativity in a problem­solving or ideation process. Tinspirations are based on ...
Tinspiration
Tinspiration
Method
This method uses systems analysis and systems thinking approach to improve a group’s understanding of the relationships between various aspects ...
System map
System map
Method
Systemic Consensus is a way of joint decision making. Its is a creative process for finding the greatest possible consensus ...
Systemic Consensus
Systemic Consensus
Method
Prototyping translates an idea or a concept into experimental action. It is a way to create a microcosm that allows ...
Prototyping
Prototyping
Method
Sensing Journeys pull participants out of their daily routine and allow them to experience the challenge through the lens of ...
Sensing Journeys
Sensing Journeys
Method
A classic, effective ideation technique, best used if you already have something to build on: a situation, product, process you ...
Osborn’s Checklist
Osborn’s Checklist
Method
This technique has the power to completely relax your mind and body while energising it, leaving you in a state ...
Wellbeing Meditation Technique
Wellbeing Meditation Technique
Method
Each participant tells their life story to the rest of the group in 15 minutes or less.
Life Share
Life Share
Method
Risk Assessment is used to evaluate and quantify the potential risks of a project/action, and to come up with ideas ...
Risk assessment
Risk assessment
Method
A powerful way of sharing wisdom, processing emotions, resolving conflicts, and forming a deeper sense of community through non-hierarchical communication
Way of Council
Way of Council
Method
This is a creativity technique that reveals aspects that can easily slip your attention.
Pro Action Café
Pro Action Café
Method
This fun and contemplative ideation technique helps generate ideas with depth. The Perspective Carousel is a holistic ideation approach that ...
Perspective Carousel
Perspective Carousel
Method
This method is about opening up and daring to ask any kind of questions concerning your project/enterprise. You present your ...
Dare to Ask
Dare to Ask
Method
This is a creativity technique that reveals aspects that can easily slip your attention.
Blindspotting
Blindspotting
Method
Backcasting is an approach to planning innovation that is based on moving backwards from the vision to the present to ...
Backcasting
Backcasting
Method
The Business Model Canvas is a template for developing new or existing business models. It is a visual chart with ...
Business Model Canvas
Business Model Canvas
Method
This is a facilitation method that serves to deepen the ideas or understanding of a certain issue by a group ...
Carousel
Carousel
Method
Case Clinics guide a team or a group of peers through a process in which a case giver presents a ...
Case Clinic
Case Clinic
Method
In Coaching Dialogue, your partner asks you questions. By answering these questions you form a strategy of implementing solutions to ...
Coaching Dialogue
Coaching Dialogue
Method
The Creative Uncommons is a fun exercise that generates a pool of ideas that can be used to support a ...
Creative Uncommons
Creative Uncommons
Method
A cyclic creative process in 3-4 phases to dream up new ideas, make them realistic and evaluate them by using ...
Disney Method
Disney Method
Method
A contemplative movement exercise inspired by the Cherokee prayer dance called the Dance of the Directions and by certain Tai ...
Directions Practice
Directions Practice
Method
Dialogue interviews engage the interviewee in a reflective and generative conversation. This tool can be used to prepare for innovative ...
Dialogue Interview
Dialogue Interview
Method
An experiencial exercise to overcome self-limitations and discover new sides and habits of oneself. Especially suitable if you want to ...
Dressed in White
Dressed in White
Method
The Dyade is a very structured conversation between two persons using pre-defined questions. The same questions are asked again in ...
Dyade
Dyade
Method
This meditation is a fast and thorough way to break old patterns in the body memory that keep one imprisoned ...
Dynamic Meditation
Dynamic Meditation
Method
In order to really understand a situation including the thoughts, needs, problems and hopes of the people you are innovating ...
Empathic Interview
Empathic Interview
Method
“Open Sentences” is an easy-to-lead interactive process in pairs. It is a structure for spontaneous expression and attentive listening. The ...
Open Sentences
Open Sentences
Method
This is a multisensual facilitation method that helps you understand complex patterns in a process flow. It helps you understand ...
Evolution Lines
Evolution Lines
Method
In groups of three, participants draw each other’s eyes without looking at the paper.
Eye Gazing Portraits
Eye Gazing Portraits
Method
Participants share specific appreciations and gratitude for other participants in the group. This practice can seriously transform the energy of ...
Gratitude Circle
Gratitude Circle
Method
Guided journaling leads participants through a self-reflective process. This practice allows participants to access deeper levels of (self)knowledge, and to ...
Guided Journaling
Guided Journaling
Method
The act of group remembering, looking back over a just-completed workshop or project, can be a bonding way of synthesizing ...
Highlights Reel
Highlights Reel
Method
When people set intentions at the beginning of a session, day, workshop, or project, powerful potential is unleashed. Participants simply ...
Intention Setting
Intention Setting
Basic Tool
At the first meal that the group is together, each person answers a series of questions about themselves.
Intro Circle
Intro Circle
Method
A multi sensual process in 6 steps to generate good ideas with ease. This process emphasizes the value of relaxation ...
Eureka Footbath
Eureka Footbath
Method
Jar or box contains a collection of daily inspirational quotes. The quotes are printed on hand rolled, hand tied scrolls. ...
Jar with Inspirational Quotes
Jar with Inspirational Quotes
Method
Shadowing means that a person accompanies someone for a defined period of time to observe him/her during work and learn ...
Job Shadowing
Job Shadowing
Method
A step-by-step creative process adapted from ancient monastic practices for deepening your relationship with a particular text.
Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Method
This is an incredible exercise to do no matter how old you are. Writing a letter to yourself gives you ...
Letter to Myself
Letter to Myself
Method
“A Promise is a Promise” is a group method that helps turn ideas into concrete action. With this process everyone ...
A Promise is a Promise
A Promise is a Promise
Method
An empathy cafe is a facilitation method which allows each individual to speak and be heard for whatever is alive ...
Empathy Cafe
Empathy Cafe
Method
An energiser is an umbrella term used for any short activity that breaks up a long meeting by getting participants ...
Energizers
Energizers
Method
A useful way to begin any workshop, meeting, or event is to start with a check-in: giving each participant the ...
Check-Ins
Check-Ins
Basic Tool
Shared agreements ensure that participants decide on the forms of communication, boundaries, and culture that is appropriate for their group, ...
Participating Agreements
Participating Agreements
Basic Tool
Hand signals are facilitation tools that can be introduced to participants to convey information to the facilitator and other participants. ...
Hand Signals
Hand Signals
Method
A symbolic line is drawn across a room representing a spectrum of ideas. Participants move to the point on the ...
Spectrum Line
Spectrum Line
Basic Tool
Reflective listening involves actively listening, then repeating back the essence of what someone has said so that they feel heard ...
Reflective Listening
Reflective Listening
Basic Tool
Consent is a facilitated method for making quick decisions in groups, which allows all members to voice concerns, and work ...
Consent Decision Making
Consent Decision Making
Basic Tool
Three Horizons is a simple, intuitive method for working with change. The dominant paradigm is identified, along with emerging trends ...
Three Horizons
Three Horizons
Basic Tool
A basic introduction to Non-Violent Communication that can be used for any group. This method explains the basic concepts, as ...
Introducing Non-Violent Communication
Introducing Non-Violent Communication
Basic Tool
Open Space (Technology) is a simple tool to empower participants to simultaneously host conversations on diverse topics no matter the ...
Open Space Technology
Open Space Technology
Method
Forming principles that embody shared values and agreements in a group is foundational, and ensures the group’s culture remains true ...
Guiding Principles & Shared Agreements
Guiding Principles & Shared Agreements
Basic Tool
A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning framework to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It can be employed in ...
SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Basic Tool
SCALE 3D is a tool for strategy and evaluation of networks seeking to scale social impact, in terms of contributing ...
Scale 3D
Scale 3D
Pathway
The Work That Reconnects is a four-stage experiential approach to inspire and empower participants to take part in the healing ...
The Work That Reconnects
The Work That Reconnects
Method
This technique from Wolfgang and Eberhard Schnelle can be used as a facilitation method for groups and as a communication ...
Metaplan
Metaplan
Method
A restorative circle is a systemic approach to resolving conflict that is used to restore trust, dignity and respect within ...
Restorative Circles
Restorative Circles
Method
Drawing, painting and writing a vision/idea landscape on a big map using the analogies of geography and topology to intuitively ...
Vision Map
Vision Map
Method
Soft shoe shuffle is is an effective and energizing method for group discussions. It is a group conversation in motion. ...
Soft Shoe Shuffle
Soft Shoe Shuffle
Method
A Synergy meeting engages all participants in agenda-building and time-keeping. For each agenda item it focuses attention on the ‘topic ...
Fleck’s Synergy
Fleck’s Synergy
Method
Normally each participant defines her/his focus and is then coached by one or two other participants. The main role of ...
Why Why Why
Why Why Why
Method
When does neighbourly concern become interference? Or respect for rules prevent achieving results? Or flexibility lead to chaos? When does ...
Work with Values
Work with Values
Pathway
This structured, iterative, 7-step process supports innovation teams to develop ideas, products or services that are based on users' needs, ...
Design Sensing
Pathway
Go Deep combines the Elos Philosophy, Processwork and Non Formal Education, to create an asset-based community development process, which is ...
Go Deep Game
Go Deep Game
Method
Three steps: Create a list, vote and count the votes. The voting has the particular characteristic that each person is ...
Fast Prioritization
Fast Prioritization
Method
This is a guided visualisation or meditation on creativity.
Meet Your Muse: a meditation on creativity
Meet Your Muse: a meditation on creativity
Method
When you need to co-create a significant amount of content (in the first place documentation, but it could also be ...
Co-Creation Sprint
Co-Creation Sprint
Pathway
Learning for Change developed from the need to accelerate the building of sustainable societies. Based on 2 decades of action ...
Learning for Change
Learning for Change
Method
This method consists of finding all the reasons why a project as a whole or an action you are considering ...
Devil’s Advocate
Devil’s Advocate
Method
The project tree is a method to structure an innovation project, get a good overview and clarify it on all ...
Project Tree
Project Tree
Method
This flexible non-religious guided meditation can be a powerful attitude changer, sending well wishes to all beings.
Lovingkindness Meditation
Lovingkindness Meditation
Method
For introductions or for any other 'all inclusive' plenary exercise. Builds a positive group dynamic. Theoretical background: Martin Buber: in ...
Throw The Ball
Throw The Ball
Method
We previously used Lego in schools, face-to-face, to enable pupils to bypass rational thinking and access their emotions and intuition, ...
Lego Online
Lego Online
Method
This method is useful whenever you need to quickly gather and synthesize input (facts, opinions, evaluations) from a group of ...
Nominal Group Technique
Nominal Group Technique
Method
Appreciative Dialogue offers a simple way to share information and create trust at the start of a change process.
Appreciative Dialogue
Appreciative Dialogue
Basic Tool
If you work with or care about contentious issues like climate, sustainability, or social justice, you have no doubt found ...
Meaningful Conversation
Meaningful Conversation
Basic Tool
The Focused Conversation offers participants a clear structure for effective communication, conversation and decision making around a topic, problem or ...
Focused Conversation
Focused Conversation
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