Area of influence
A world cafe
ACTIVITY TYPE Informing Consulting Deciding together Dialogue Involving Reflection and feedback DESCRIPTION A world café event can enable people to participate through speaking or simply listening or both. The linked conversations from several small groups helps to identify common themes and bring about new insights. WATER AGRICULTURE When there are 3 or 5 most important […]
Six thinking hats
ACTIVITY TYPE Consulting Deciding together Reflection and feedback DESCRIPTION This tool enables groups to look at a decision from several points of view. It was created by Edward de Bono in his book Six Thinking Hats and is an important and powerful technique. The tool is used to look at decisions from a number of important perspectives. […]
Lotusflower/Lotusblossom Technique
ACTIVITY TYPE Consulting Deciding together DESCRIPTION The Lotus Blossom technique adds focus and power to classic brainstorming. Once mastered, the technique helps you create more and higher quality ideas for products and services, find innovative ways of improving your project and helps you solve a variety of problems you frequently encounter. The Lotus Blossom technique […]
Fold to five – Voting by hand/finger
ACTIVITY TYPE Consulting Deciding together DESCRIPTION Five-Finger Voting is a voting format to agree upon alternatives after they are discussed extensively. A group has to decide in a very short time on a proposal and possible alternatives to solve the issue. The participants debated extensively the proposal and its alternatives in a discussion up-front, e.g. […]
Walt Disney
ACTIVITY TYPE Consulting Deciding together DESCRIPTION On the basis of a role play, several people look at and discuss a situation from three different perspectives (roles). The Walt-Disney-Method method looks for the solidarity between creativity and feasibility. Goals and visions are transferred into a form that is suitable for practical application. The method serves to […]
Local Solutions
ACTIVITY TYPE Informing Consulting DESCRIPTION This is a group exercise to investigate local solutions to a problem, list and explain the strengths and weaknesses, and investigate how development workers or other partners could support the solution. It provides a basis for building on or adapting local skills and technology. It assumes that a key problem […]
High five – desire for the future
ACTIVITY TYPE Reflection and feedback DESCRIPTION The facilitator shares a story or example of what could be a desire for the future concerning a change in a project or a situation. The example is intended to inspire others to think about the future. After this, participants are invited to take a moment to think about […]