SWOT Analysis Exercise
DESCRIPTION: SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. It’s the planner’s equivalent to the journalist’s who, what, where,…
Simulation / Simulations Exercise
DESCRIPTION: Simulations are among the best ways possible to have people understand a new idea, process, way of working, or set of tools. People…
Simulation Using Video Games : SimCity
DESCRIPTION: This is a DesignTeam simulation module that employs a commercial computer simulation game called SimCityTM (from Maxis Corporation)(Many…
Scenario Exercise - Anticipating The Future
DESCRIPTION: The scenario is a basic tool for talking about the future and being anticipatory — prepared for the changes that will occur in your…
Build A House Exercise
Click here to download (6MB) the materials necessary for the assignment (graphics, price lists, design requirements, materials...) No overview…
Small Team Reports to Large Group - Options and Exercises
DESCRIPTION: There are many ways to report individual or team work. Here’s a short run-down on the most common. Standard Presentation - Assemble the…
Quaker Conversation Exercise
DESCRIPTION: The Quakers’ manner of worship is to sit in silence until a member feels “moved” to speak; the individual delivers his or her message,…
Priority Screening : Exercise to Help Groups Define and Prioritize
DESCRIPTION: This is a specific type of model that you might ask participants to build. The concept is simple: groups often come into conflict around…
Making Presentations Count
DESCRIPTION: There is often a pressure to insert presentations (also known by us as Sit ‘n Get sessions) into events. It doesn’t work well. The…
Models : Overview To Help Set Context
DESCRIPTION: In the “classic, 3-day DesignShop” an hour or so is set aside during the first day for the facilitation team to introduce models about…