Event exercises

Event exercises

Exercise # 1 Make animal sounds and find like-minded people

Part # 1 The moderator asks each participant to make a sound of an animal that he or she likes. Make sure you sound relatively loud, so other participants can hear you.

Part # 2 The moderator asks each participant to go and find like-minded people by listening to the sounds other participants make and approach participants who make sounds that come closest to one’s own sounds.

Inspiration http://www.kommunikationskollektiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Moderationsmethoden-S4C-KoKo.pdf

Exercise # 2 What do we have in common?

In groups of 3-4 people, please find out what you have in common.

Inspiration https://www.amazon.de/Sell-Human-Surprising-Influencing-ebook/dp/B00AO3K05S location 1230.

Exercise # 3 What postcard shows your feelings best?

Postcards with different images are spread out on a slide or – if on a physical room - on a table.

Each participant is asked to pick one card that expresses his / her current feelings in the best possible way.

Inspiration https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/zfh/methodenbar_2012.pdf

Exercise # 4 Make a vernissage

Step # 1 Each person creates a photo or drawing about the topic of the event.

Step # 2 In 2-3 person groups, each participant talks about the photo or drawing he or she created.

Inspiration https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/zfh/methodenbar_2012.pdf

Exercise # 5 Agree – disagree exercise

Ask participants to place themselves where they have their opinion on a certain topic.

Totally disagree

Totally agree

Ask people to share with another person why they placed themselves where they did.

http://www.kommunikationskollektiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Moderationsmethoden-S4C-KoKo.pdf p. 6.

Exercise # 6 Finish the sentence

Unfinished sentenced are shown, for example on slides or on walls.

Then participants are asked to finish the sentences.

https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/zfh/methodenbar_2012.pdf p. 12.

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What did you learn from the presentation?

What do you think about x?

How can you contribute to this?

What do you need to know more about?

Example # 1 When cars drive by themselves, people will..............

Example # 2 A great city is a city where people......

Exercise # 7 3 minute chat with the person next to you

3 minute chat with the person next to you

What is important to you in what has just been presented?

Sources of inspiration https://hbr.org/2014/08/four-ways-to-fix-the-qa-session/ http://www.kommunikationskollektiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Moderationsmethoden-S4C-KoKo.pdf p. 4. http://legacy.hbr.org/tip/2014/10/30/turn-your-boring-qa-session-around Ib Ravn: Facilitering, p. 93-94.

Exercise # 8 What’s your idea to solve the problem?

30 seconds per person

Each of you, please communicate 1 idea to solve the problem.

Exercise # 9 Please share a success experience you had

1 minute per person

Each of you, please share a success experience, you had in your life related to the event topic.

Exercise # 10 How can you help?

One at a time, each participant asks everyone for help to solve a problem he / she has.

After a participant has shared what he / she needs help with, all other participants use their knowledge, resources, and connections to help the person.

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/givers_take_all_the_hidden_dimension_of_corporate_culture

Exercise # 11 Appreciative inquiry exercise

3 questions to be discussed in groups of 2-3 people: 1. What is the best meeting you have participated in?

2. What was really good about this meeting?

3. How can we do more of this in coming meetings?

Inspiration http://oqi.wisc.edu/resourcelibrary/uploads/resources/Facilitator%20Tool%20Kit.pdf p. 11-12.

Exercise # 12 How can we improve the questions?

Step # 1 The workshop moderator suggests a topic to work on.

Example: Farming innovation.

Step # 2. 3 minutes Each participant develops questions individually.

Step # 3. 3 minutes Participants develop 5 questions in groups of 2 people, write each question on Post-It notes and put them on the wall.

Step # 4. 3 minutes The moderator defines criteria for prioritizing questions.

Participants prioritize questions.

Inspired by http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/09/11/learning-to-ask-the-right-question-2/

Exercise # 13 Advice from 2 people

First, create groups of 3 persons.

Part # 1. 2 minutes

 Person A talks about a challenge he/she has at work.  Persons B and C listen.

Part # 2. 5 minutes Persons B and C Persons B and C speak to each other, as they both give feedback to person A in the roles as consultants. During their talk, they ignore person A. Examples:  I need to understand better why he/she....…. because.......?  What do you think would happen if he/she.…?  This is what I would do:…..

Person A When listening to the conversation between persons B and C, person A writes down what he/she can use.

Part # 3. 5 minutes

Person A picks out what he or she thinks is the best idea he / she heard when listening to persons B and C talk.

Person A discusses this idea with person B and C.

Further inspiration http://www.managerseminare.de/downpdf/moderieren.pdf page 17.

Exercise # 14 Create multiple choice questions

Part A. 5 minutes Each of you, please create 3 multiple choice questions about the topic we discuss.

Each question must  be relevant, and concrete, and simple.  have minimum 3 different answers of which minimum 1 answer is correct.

Part B. 2 minutes

Please pass the multiple choice question to the person on your left, and let him/her do the multiple choice test.

Part C. 5 minutes

Please hand the multiple choice test, you have just taken, to the person on your left and ask him / her to correct the test.

The person correcting the test gives a short feedback to the person, who did the test - arguing for why the answer of the question is right or wrong.