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Facilitation Quick Tips: 1-3-6
By Debra Christopher, MSM | November 3, 2015 This is an extremely grand processing activity used by my mentor and friend, Pat Wolfe, when she conducts her Training of Trainers on The Brain and Learning. It gets all the minds in the game and...

Facilitation Quick Tips: Groupies
By Debra Christopher, MSM Breaking a full participant group into small groups to work collectively on a learning activity is a savvy (and brain-friendly) strategy for increasing participant learning. Here are some clever grouping ideas that can make...

Facilitation Quick Tips: Walk/Stop
By Jodi Bernstein, MEd | July 5, 2017 Capacity Building Specialist, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands Here’s a warm-up or “wake up” activity that is fun, challenging and energizing. It gets...

Facilitation Quick Tips: Quotables
By Debra Christopher, MSM If you deliver trainings or presentations, the tips in this ongoing column can help make your trainings more dynamic, engaging and effective. \"Quotables\" is an exercise you can use to introduce a topic, do team-building or...

Facilitation Quick Tips: I Resolve
By Debra Christopher, MSM | January 3, 2017 How will participants change their approach to their work, given what they’ve learned in their training? This group activity combines thoughtful reflection with an opportunity to state intentions. A...

Facilitation Quick Tips: Hot Potato
By Rebecca Shemesh | July 30, 2015 ETR Consultant Trainer This activity can be easily adapted for use as an opener, energizer or closer. It gets participants up and moving, interacting with each other and rocking to your own special playlist....

Facilitation Quick Tips: Meet Three
By Debra Christopher, MSM | February 18, 2015 Here’s an activity that gets participants up and moving to meet others and establish their own sense of belonging and presence in the training. It can also boost energy and help enliven the training...

Facilitation Quick Tips: Pocket Talk
By Debra Christopher, MSM If you deliver trainings or presentations, the tips in this ongoing column can help make your trainings more dynamic, engaging and effective. Try them and let us know what you think! This month, learn about using \"Pocket...

Facilitation Quick Tips: Group Haiku
By Debra Christopher, MSM & Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES | May 2, 2018 Sometimes, you want training participants to spend some moments in reflection to distill the essence of a message. This Group Haiku activity does exactly that! Groups...

Facilitation Quick Tips: Four Corners
By Stephanie Guinosso, MPH | September 28, 2015 Here’s an activity I like to use to energize the room early in a learning event. It’s useful for getting to know your participants and for allowing them to get to know one another. It can...