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Moving Beyond Icebreakers: An Innovative Approach to Group Facilitation, Learning, and Action 1st Edition
Additional Info:
This book captures TE's approach to successful group facilitation, which works in many different environments with both youth and adult groups of all kinds. Contains more than 300 interactive exercises and explains how to use them within a meeting structure that's bound to get the results your group needs! Find out more at MovingBeyondIcebreakers.org: See excerpts from the book, see what people have said about it, and order online.
TE has 10 short videos posted on YouTube that illustrate how we work interactively to engage groups of youth and adults. See exercises in action from Moving Beyond Icebreakers!
- Concentric Circles
- Make It Up: Paper Chase
- Wordstorm
- Evaluation
- The Human Knot
- Name Wave
- Warm-up Questions
- Bag Toss
- Zip Zap Zup with Foot-Stamp
- Wind Blows with Word
(From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Part I: A Methodology for Interactive Meetings
Introduction
Who Is This Book for?
Beyond Icebreakers: The Interactive Meeting Format
Does This Work with Adults?
ch. 1 Why Use Interactive Methods?
Building Relationships and Bringing a Group to Life
Increasing the Group's Understanding of and Investment in its Mission
Scenario 1: Connecting to the Mission
Surfacing Dissension & Building Strong Agreement for Effective Action
Surfacing and Resolving Dysfunctional Group Dynamics
Scenario 2: Interaction Surfaces Group Issues
ch. 2 Working into Interaction
The Bare Minimum for Meetings
Steps toward Interaction
ch. 3 Coping with Resistance and Fear of Failure
From the Group
From Yourself
From the Top
Scenario 3: Resistance from an Authority Figure
The Resistance Diagram
Scenario 4: Resistance Breeds Resistance
Resistance is Forever
ch. 4 The Interactive Meeting Format
A Note about Processing
Preparation
Format Overview
Table 1: The Six-part Interactive Meeting Format
The Sections in Detail
The Introduction
The Names/Warm-up Section
Table 2: Guidelines for Designing the Names/Warm-up Section
Scenario 5: Processing a Warm-up Question
The Springboard Section
Scenario 6: Balancing Tasks and Group Issues
The Work Section
The Summation
The Evaluation
ch. 5 Interactive Meetings: Making Them Work
Arranging the Setting
The Ideal Setting
The Less-than-Ideal Setting
Designing the Agenda
Clearly Identify the Purposes of the Meeting
Be Aware of Individual and Group Dynamics
Choose Appropriate Exercises
Be Aware of Risk
Be Subtle
Keep Your Designs Fresh
Scenario 7: A Small Change Creates a Fresh Experience
Create Your Own Exercises
Scenario 8: Using a Familiar Experience
Take It Slow
Keep It Simple
Be Inclusive
Facilitating the Meeting
Remain Aware of Your Purpose
Give Good Instructions
Observe the Group's Dynamics
Know When to Participate and When to Observe
Enjoy Yourself
Don't Panic if What You Planned Doesn't Work
Processing the Exercises
Format for Processing
Be Aware of Resistance
How Much Processing Is Enough?
Scenario 9: Three Ways to Process Pair Tag
Use Subtlety in Processing
Scenario 10: Subtle Processing of a Warm-up Question
Making It Work for the Long Term
Be Consistent
Evaluate Your Work
Some Final Thoughts about Facilitation
Template for Planning an Interactive Agenda
ch. 6 Putting It Together
The Super Exercises
Exercises with Movement
The Agendas
Agenda 1. A Meeting to Begin Taking Action
Scenario 11: First Meeting of an Action-Oriented, Ongoing Group
Agenda 2: A Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Workshop
Agenda 3: Evaluating an Event
Agenda 4: A Workshop on Personal Goal-Setting
Agenda 5: A Routine Staff Meeting
Agenda 6: Freshman Orientation: Small Group Agenda
Agenda 7: High School Senior Class Meeting
ch. 7 The Engaged Learner: Interactive Methods in the Classroom
Achieving Important Goals through Interaction
Preparing to Create an Interactive Lesson Plan
The Setting
Components of the Interactive Lesson Plan
Introduction
Name Exercises
Warm-up Questions
Table 3: Warm-up Questions for Specific Learning Goals
Springboard Exercises
Work Section
Summation
Evaluation
Frequently Asked Question
Interactive Lesson Plan: Themes in George Orwellas Animal Farm
Interactive Lesson Plan: Introducing Percentages
Creating Springboard or Work Exercises
There, Their, They're Tag (Homonym Tag)
Pop It Into Place
Scenario 12: A Lesson Plan for Dealing with Test Anxiety
Template for Interactive Lesson Plans
ch. 8 Choosing Exercises to Serve Your Goals - Exercises listed according to the goals they can help your group to meet:
Interconnection
Focus
Introspection
Communication
Trust
Surfacing Group Dynamics
Group Problem Solving
Personal Problem Solving
Leadership
Organizing
Planning
Different Perspectives
Cultural Awareness
Creativity
Visual Arts
Acting
Reinforcing Information
Learning Names
Reinforcing Names
Part II: Interactive Exercises
ch. 9 Name Exercises - Seventeen exercises to help people learn each other's names
ch. 10 Warm-up Questions - More than 180 questions in 21 categories: Beyond "Let's go around and introduce ourselves."
All-Purpose Questions
Time
Personal and Work Goals
Remembering Your Life
Relationships
Self-Analysis
Food
Entertainment
Seasons/Holidays
Community/School
This Group/Program/Organization
Ending the Group/Reflecting on Time Together
Event Planning
Event Outreach or Marketing
Theme/Message
Hypothetical
Envisioning the Future
Drugs
Stereotypes/Prejudice/Racism
Social Class
Miscellaneous
ch. 11 Five-Minute Springboard Exercises - Thirty-five exercises that a group can do in five minutes or less
ch. 12 Fifteen-Minutes-Plus Springboard Exercises - Twenty-six exercises that go more in depth
ch. 13 In-Your-Chair Springboard Exercises - Forty-three exercises the group can do without much physical movement
ch. 14 Tag-Style Springboard Exercises - Twenty-eight exercises that wake people up and generate energy
ch. 15 Springboard Exercises for Groups both Large and Small - Fifteen exercises that work with large groups, as well as small ones
ch. 16 The Rest of the Springboard Exercises - One hundred and two exercises that take between 5 and 15 minutes, require some movement (but not tagging), and work with groups of moderate size
ch. 17 Work-Section Exercises- Thirty-five exercises that provide interactive ways to do the work of your meeting or class
ch. 18 Evaluation Exercises- Seven exercises to structure the group's evaluation of its experience
Appendices
A Written Evaluation Form
B Adapting Interactive Exercises for Physical Limitations
C Words for Word Association
D Creating Visualizations
This book captures TE's approach to successful group facilitation, which works in many different environments with both youth and adult groups of all kinds. Contains more than 300 interactive exercises and explains how to use them within a meeting structure that's bound to get the results your group needs! Find out more at MovingBeyondIcebreakers.org: See excerpts from the book, see what people have said about it, and order online.
TE has 10 short videos posted on YouTube that illustrate how we work interactively to engage groups of youth and adults. See exercises in action from Moving Beyond Icebreakers!
- Concentric Circles
- Make It Up: Paper Chase
- Wordstorm
- Evaluation
- The Human Knot
- Name Wave
- Warm-up Questions
- Bag Toss
- Zip Zap Zup with Foot-Stamp
- Wind Blows with Word
(From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Part I: A Methodology for Interactive Meetings
Introduction
Who Is This Book for?
Beyond Icebreakers: The Interactive Meeting Format
Does This Work with Adults?
ch. 1 Why Use Interactive Methods?
Building Relationships and Bringing a Group to Life
Increasing the Group's Understanding of and Investment in its Mission
Scenario 1: Connecting to the Mission
Surfacing Dissension & Building Strong Agreement for Effective Action
Surfacing and Resolving Dysfunctional Group Dynamics
Scenario 2: Interaction Surfaces Group Issues
ch. 2 Working into Interaction
The Bare Minimum for Meetings
Steps toward Interaction
ch. 3 Coping with Resistance and Fear of Failure
From the Group
From Yourself
From the Top
Scenario 3: Resistance from an Authority Figure
The Resistance Diagram
Scenario 4: Resistance Breeds Resistance
Resistance is Forever
ch. 4 The Interactive Meeting Format
A Note about Processing
Preparation
Format Overview
Table 1: The Six-part Interactive Meeting Format
The Sections in Detail
The Introduction
The Names/Warm-up Section
Table 2: Guidelines for Designing the Names/Warm-up Section
Scenario 5: Processing a Warm-up Question
The Springboard Section
Scenario 6: Balancing Tasks and Group Issues
The Work Section
The Summation
The Evaluation
ch. 5 Interactive Meetings: Making Them Work
Arranging the Setting
The Ideal Setting
The Less-than-Ideal Setting
Designing the Agenda
Clearly Identify the Purposes of the Meeting
Be Aware of Individual and Group Dynamics
Choose Appropriate Exercises
Be Aware of Risk
Be Subtle
Keep Your Designs Fresh
Scenario 7: A Small Change Creates a Fresh Experience
Create Your Own Exercises
Scenario 8: Using a Familiar Experience
Take It Slow
Keep It Simple
Be Inclusive
Facilitating the Meeting
Remain Aware of Your Purpose
Give Good Instructions
Observe the Group's Dynamics
Know When to Participate and When to Observe
Enjoy Yourself
Don't Panic if What You Planned Doesn't Work
Processing the Exercises
Format for Processing
Be Aware of Resistance
How Much Processing Is Enough?
Scenario 9: Three Ways to Process Pair Tag
Use Subtlety in Processing
Scenario 10: Subtle Processing of a Warm-up Question
Making It Work for the Long Term
Be Consistent
Evaluate Your Work
Some Final Thoughts about Facilitation
Template for Planning an Interactive Agenda
ch. 6 Putting It Together
The Super Exercises
Exercises with Movement
The Agendas
Agenda 1. A Meeting to Begin Taking Action
Scenario 11: First Meeting of an Action-Oriented, Ongoing Group
Agenda 2: A Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Workshop
Agenda 3: Evaluating an Event
Agenda 4: A Workshop on Personal Goal-Setting
Agenda 5: A Routine Staff Meeting
Agenda 6: Freshman Orientation: Small Group Agenda
Agenda 7: High School Senior Class Meeting
ch. 7 The Engaged Learner: Interactive Methods in the Classroom
Achieving Important Goals through Interaction
Preparing to Create an Interactive Lesson Plan
The Setting
Components of the Interactive Lesson Plan
Introduction
Name Exercises
Warm-up Questions
Table 3: Warm-up Questions for Specific Learning Goals
Springboard Exercises
Work Section
Summation
Evaluation
Frequently Asked Question
Interactive Lesson Plan: Themes in George Orwellas Animal Farm
Interactive Lesson Plan: Introducing Percentages
Creating Springboard or Work Exercises
There, Their, They're Tag (Homonym Tag)
Pop It Into Place
Scenario 12: A Lesson Plan for Dealing with Test Anxiety
Template for Interactive Lesson Plans
ch. 8 Choosing Exercises to Serve Your Goals - Exercises listed according to the goals they can help your group to meet:
Interconnection
Focus
Introspection
Communication
Trust
Surfacing Group Dynamics
Group Problem Solving
Personal Problem Solving
Leadership
Organizing
Planning
Different Perspectives
Cultural Awareness
Creativity
Visual Arts
Acting
Reinforcing Information
Learning Names
Reinforcing Names
Part II: Interactive Exercises
ch. 9 Name Exercises - Seventeen exercises to help people learn each other's names
ch. 10 Warm-up Questions - More than 180 questions in 21 categories: Beyond "Let's go around and introduce ourselves."
All-Purpose Questions
Time
Personal and Work Goals
Remembering Your Life
Relationships
Self-Analysis
Food
Entertainment
Seasons/Holidays
Community/School
This Group/Program/Organization
Ending the Group/Reflecting on Time Together
Event Planning
Event Outreach or Marketing
Theme/Message
Hypothetical
Envisioning the Future
Drugs
Stereotypes/Prejudice/Racism
Social Class
Miscellaneous
ch. 11 Five-Minute Springboard Exercises - Thirty-five exercises that a group can do in five minutes or less
ch. 12 Fifteen-Minutes-Plus Springboard Exercises - Twenty-six exercises that go more in depth
ch. 13 In-Your-Chair Springboard Exercises - Forty-three exercises the group can do without much physical movement
ch. 14 Tag-Style Springboard Exercises - Twenty-eight exercises that wake people up and generate energy
ch. 15 Springboard Exercises for Groups both Large and Small - Fifteen exercises that work with large groups, as well as small ones
ch. 16 The Rest of the Springboard Exercises - One hundred and two exercises that take between 5 and 15 minutes, require some movement (but not tagging), and work with groups of moderate size
ch. 17 Work-Section Exercises- Thirty-five exercises that provide interactive ways to do the work of your meeting or class
ch. 18 Evaluation Exercises- Seven exercises to structure the group's evaluation of its experience
Appendices
A Written Evaluation Form
B Adapting Interactive Exercises for Physical Limitations
C Words for Word Association
D Creating Visualizations