Facilitation, Meeting, & Gathering

Joe Edelman; social games to play in groups, etc.

• What’s one word on your mind right now?

• What’s an idea that jumped out at you from what you just heard?

• What did this remind you of?

• Share one way you might make this better. 

• On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident/excited/clear are you on what you just heard?

• Raise your hand if you felt ____ about this. Raise your hand if you felt _____ about this. (Bonus points: can pick on a person to go deeper after that.)

• Turn to someone next to you and share what’s on your mind. 

• Who did this make you think of in your life, either because it reminded you of them or you’d like to share it with them?

• What would you need to start using/trying/applying this tomorrow?

• What was your honest first impression when you heard about what we’d be talking about today? How did that change or not?

• What questions do you have for [Name of person speaking]?

• What’s a wish you have for this work going forward?

• Let’s enter a No Dumb Questions zone: what’s a question on your mind that might feel silly or random or obvious? 

• Offer thanks or gratitude for what you just heard.

• Who in your life would be skeptical about this? Why?

• What fear is coming up for you right now?

• Turn to the person next to you and explain your understanding of what you just heard. Then switch.

• I would love to get at least three questions from the group before we break.

• What was the most confusing/wild/inspiring/exciting part of what you just heard?

• What was missing from what you just heard?

Interesting tool to look into more