Event exercises

Exercise # 1

Icebreaker questions

2 examples of icebreaker questions

Sourcehttp://www.amazon.de/Sell-Human-Surprising-Influencing-ebook/dp/B00AO3K05S/ location 2716.

Where do you come from?

What do you do?

Exercise # 2

First impressions game

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Exercise # 3

What is interesting for you?

What’s interesting for you regarding this topic?

30 seconds per person

Exercise # 4

What is your ideato solve the problem?

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

30 seconds per person

Exercise # 5

What success experience can you share?

1 minute per person

Each of you, please share a success experience, you had in your life.

Exercise # 6

3 minute chat withthe person next to you

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

3 minute chat with the person next to you

5 other examples of questions the moderator can ask

1. What was your key take-away from this presentation?2. What do you think about x?3. What might you do differently going forward? 4. How can you contribute to this?5. What do you need to know more about?

Sources of inspiration

Ib Ravn: Facilitering, p. 93-94.https://hbr.org/2014/08/four-ways-to-fix-the-qa-session/http://legacy.hbr.org/tip/2014/10/30/turn-your-boring-qa-session-around

Exercise # 7

How can you help?

Step # 1One at a time, each participant asks everyone for help on a concrete topic.

Step # 2All participants use their knowledge, resources, and connections to help the person.

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Exercise # 8

Appreciative inquiry exercise

Step # 1. 2 minutesWhat is the best experience you’ve had with X?

Step # 2. 2 minutesWhat did you do to make this experience so good?

Step # 3. 2 minutesWhat would you wish was possible in relation to X?

Step # 4. 2 minutesWhat can you do to make your wishes come true? Please be concrete.

Exercise # 9

Poster exercise

4 participants each place a poster in each corner of the room.

The other participants in the room split up in each corner.

Each of the 4 participants with posters talks about his/her idea for 5 minutes.

Round # 1. 5 minutes

Using post-it notes, each participant places questions on any poster.

Round # 2: 5 minutes

Round # 2: 5 minutes

In groups of 2 persons, participants discuss questions with each other.

Exercise # 10

How can we improve the questions?

Step # 1The workshop moderator suggests a topic to work on.Example: Innovating farming.

Step # 2Participants develop questions.

Step # 3Participants improve questions.

Step # 4Participants prioritize questions.The moderator defines criteria for prioritizing questions.

Step # 5Participants and moderator decide on next steps.

Step # 6Participants reflect on what they have learned during the exercise.

Source

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

Exercise # 11

Ideas from 2 people

Preparation

Participants are named as A, B, and C persons respectively.

Groups of 3 persons are made. Each group consists of the following persons: One A Person. One B Person. One C Person.

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 give feedback to person A by speaking to each other, i.e. they ignore person A.

Examples: What would happen if he/she.…? I’m thinking about whether he/she needs to do activity B in that way? Why doesn’t he/she….? Here’s what I would do:…..

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.

Person A discusses this idea with person B and C.

Exercise # 12

Create multiple choice questions

Each of you, please create 3 multiple choice questions about course related topics.

Each question should be relevant. be concrete, simple, and clear. have minimum 3 different answers

of which minimum 1 answer is correct.

Part A. Create multiple choice questions. 5 minutes

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

Part B. 2 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.

Part C. 5 minutes

Exercise # 13

What do we have in common?

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

Source

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

Exercise # 14

Reflect individually during the next 3 minutes

3 examples of reflection questions When you think about what you have worked on, what is

the most useful for you in your life at the moment? What is your take-home-message from this meeting? What challenges does each one of you have in this area?

Adapted fromRavn, Ib: Facilitering, p. 96.

Exercise # 15

Individual feedback

Question # 1: How was the event? Please draw a line of your choice

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Question # 2: What, in particular, did you like? Please write 3 things.1.2.3.

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