TitleDescriptionType
1-2-3-4 Fingers

Use when you need to quickly assess the skills or knowledge levels of your audience members.

13 Principals Wrap Up Activity

Use to tie together components of the workshop and help participants reflect on their learning.

3-2-1

Use at the end of a teaching segment or end of a workshop to get participants to review notes/learning and identify what they plan to implement.

A-Z

Use with 12 or more participants. This is a great wrap-up activity for a full-day workshop or may be used to break a multi-day workshop into segments. The strategy requires reflection and helps cement the learning.

All Aboard

Activity Source:  International Association of Teamwork Facilitators

Objective: The entire group must fit inside the circle on the ground formed by two shoestrings.

All My Neighbors

A fun, moving-around activity that breaks the ice, loosens people up, gets people alert and engaged.  Good for a group just beginning to get to know one another.

All Write Rally Robin

Use to process learning, reflect and share ideas with a written list and notes.

Animal Sounds

Participants are blindfolded and assigned an animal.  The challenge is to use animal noises in order to meet up with other animals of same species.

Baby Pictures

Participants match baby pictures with names.

Background Knowledge Probe

Use when you need to quickly assess the skills or knowledge levels of your audience members. This strategy is especially effective in a workshop that lasts several days or is delivered in multiple sessions over time.

Baggage Claim
People will find things out about each other before putting faces to names.
Balloon Finger Balance

How long can you balance a balloon on your fingertip?

Balloon Frantic

See how many balloons the group can keep in the air wihout being penalized.

Balloon Help

Try to keep all of the balloons afloat by asking for help from the group.

Balloon Juggle & Sort

Juggle balloons to help groups work together.

Birds of Feather

Using giant stickie pads participants organize themselves into interest groups to discuss, study or learn about topics of choice.  Can be used for meal discussions, or to organize presentation sessions.

Card Organizing

Use to mix people into groups, help stretch and move, or make a point about collaboration.

Catch the Balloon

A name game using a balloon.

Charting Strategies

Use as a way to keep track of strategies and resources. Particularly useful during long workshops where many strategies and resources are shared. Can also be used as a review strategy to identify learning over time.

Coded Nametags

Use in situations when you know the names of participants and are making nametags ahead of time. Appropriate for full-day and multi-day workshops.