Tools

How to set up many simultaneous one-on-one interactions in your online training group; great for skill-building, for applying a principle you've just taught, for community-building, or for raising individual awareness.

How to set up many simultaneous one-on-one interactions in your training group; great for skill-building, for applying a principle you've just taught, for community-building, or for raising individual awareness.

What's a workshop without some games? Well.... anyways, here are some of our favorites gathered from training around the world. (also known as ice breakers, light and livelies)

Looking for fresh ideas for your closing circles? Here are some of our favorites that we have used with different groups! E-mail us with new closing circle favorites.

This activity is designed to provide participants with an opportunity to share information about themselves in a low-intensity activity and warm the group up for deeper conversations. It's also a great way to get the group energized!

I think we’re doing ourselves a huge disservice by abandoning playfulness. I would argue that far from being just a source of fun, play has huge benefits to us as learners, organizers, and activists. Playfulness feeds creativity and positivity, which in the long term helps us to be more effective and more sustainable. Those qualities are essential to success in our work for human rights, the environment and social justice.