SF Activities, Tools & Methods

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Comment by Hans-Peter Korn on March 3, 2009 at 8:34pm

This "Planning Poker Cards" are a really simple an nice tool ... try it out!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_poker

Comment by Loraine Kennedy on November 7, 2008 at 3:16pm

Thanks for this Carole, sounds good will await a chance to try it.
Loraine

Comment by Carole Waskett on October 26, 2008 at 3:42pm

Hello, One of my favourite activities which I use early in the day for teaching something like peer supervision is:
Get into pairs, decide who is A and who is B
As are the interviewers. I ask the As to come outside the room with me, and brief them like this: "You are going to invite your partner to talk about a period of change in their life - any time in their life, any kind of change (not too anxious-making). Then you'll have 10 minutes to find out all about that change, Your job is to help them tell the story, not to have a 2-way conversation. Your other, secret job is to notice any strengths, resources, good qualities which may be demonstrated as they tell the story - to help you remember, you may want to take brief notes about these.
They go back to their partners and I reassure the Bs that 'this is nothing scary'. They do the exercise; then I ask the Bs first to say how the interviewers helped them to tell the story; next the interviewers feed back what they have noticed (big smiles, laughter!!) and then both discuss what they have learned. What they seem to learn is something about the importance of and effects of being appreciated - a great start to a day after Best Hopes etc.
Best wishes,
Carole

Comment by Marco Matera on August 3, 2008 at 11:22am

To better read every visualization this is the link
Bye Marco

Comment by Marco Matera on August 3, 2008 at 10:50am

dear All,
as you know I'm also a chemist so you can understand my good surprise in this innovation periodic table

A great tool
Bye Marco

Comment by Carin Mussmann on July 8, 2008 at 10:47pm

we just startet with our group sf at university level (in Switzerland) and one of our goals is to develope lots of tools and tecnics for our lectures. Perhaps we can share in about some month, by Carin

Comment by Petra Mueller-Demary on June 14, 2008 at 10:43pm

Dear Petra, I liked the introduction exercises you posted and defenitly will try them out. Here is a version of defining the goal of the workshop that fits well as a 2. step.
Participants sit in 2 circles (inner and outer circle so everybody has a partner). They ask their partner the following 3 questions.
- How do I realize this workshop was successful? What will be different?
- What has been helful (that it was successful) from the trainers/colleagues side?
- What was your impact?
Give 2-3 minutes, than the inner circle move one chair further so they have a new partner and ask the same questions. It can also be split, so each round you give a new question into the group. In my experience you get with this procedure a higher quality of the statements then when you aks the participans directly. Petra

Comment by Carin Mussmann on June 12, 2008 at 12:19pm

What a great input. Lets start to work everything out. I'm going to add my experience with appreashive observation at work next time. Carin

Comment by Sue Lickorish on June 9, 2008 at 10:54pm

Thanks Petra, I will certainly try this out!
Sue :-)

Comment by Loraine Kennedy on May 31, 2008 at 8:47pm

Thank you Petra,for a wonderful description of a wonderful exercise. Let's do more of what works!!
Loraine

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