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Hi Gabriel.

I’m a Life coach and I had many sessions using Lego tools and it was very useful and very concrete.

1. Explain them how it works.
2. Skills building a)tower b)explain this. 2 min each
3. Personal identity. Real time, brutal honest and focused on the impact the problem is influencing to him/her. Place the model on the left side of the…[Read more]

Hi Gabriel.

I’m a Life coach and I had many sessions using Lego tools and it was very useful and very concrete.

1. Explain them how it works.
2. Skills building a)tower b)explain this. 2 min each
3. Personal identity. Real time, brutal honest and focused on the impact the problem is influencing to him/her. Place the model on the left side of the…[Read more]

http://www.stattys.com/ do deliver those cards as well, no reason to wait for it being backed first. ;-)

Thanks all, for sharing you’re experiences, a must read for all facilitators – imho.

Voila: http://seriousplaypro.com/2015/03/30/video-of-lego-serious-play-session-at-uvm-aguascalientes-university/

:)

Hi Marcos?
Where’s the video? Is it somewhereelse on the page?

Thanks

I think that skills building is an absolute must but from what I have learned, the time allocated for it depends highly on the number of participants and the type of participants, as well as, as Marko stated, the session design. I also think that as I build experience, I will become better at time management.

Marko I like your suggestion about…[Read more]

Hi Marko,
To be honest, I never do the full two hours, but to give you an idea about how the time can be allocated.

Construction:
Instructions 1 minute + building 3 minutes + debrief 2 minutes + deconstructing models 1 minute = 8 minutes

Metaphor:
Instructions 2 minutes, building 10 minutes, explaining 10 minutes, debrief 2 minutes +…[Read more]

Hi everyone,
Thanks you so much for your valuable input!
I’ve facilitated my first 1-day LSP workshop yesterday for the commercial team of an Embassy in Brussels. The goal was to streghten the team, help ‘m to deal with changes and ‘rejuvenate’. I took almost 90′ for intro & skills building, used the Team Life scenario as a base and ended with a…[Read more]

Sean – love your gridcards concept, thank you for sharing! You might have seen that Tesla Amazing has come up with a novel idea about cards of different sizes that can be written-erased and that stick with static charge to just about any walls: http://teslaamazing.com/

Planning your day looks good. Given that thinking with your hands may be…[Read more]

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your experience!

I was reading your post during the lunch break of a 1-day LSP workshop I conducted yesterday. The goal was to streghten the team, help ‘m to deal with changes and ‘rejuvenate’. I took almost 90′ for intro & skills building ans the workshop was a great success!

Next one is sheduled April, 9th and I’m…[Read more]

Gabriel – thanks for your open description of your success and lessons learned. This is always the challenge for a facilitator – how to be well prepared, but still be ready to be flexible to changes during the session.

While you seem to be very critical about the process I would focus to what you have said – the client was happy about the…[Read more]

Hi Eli,

thanks for your comments, they are all so very valuable. I’ll make sure to take into account your suggestions for my next workshop.

Thanks again Eli…

Hi Gabriel,

Thanks for posting your experiences. Everyone should read your story.

I’m surprised that you recommend an hour skill-building. I’m sure I was told in training that it should be 2 hours!

Handling the talkative ones is just part of the job of being a facilitator. Doing the skills building right won’t get your participants obeying…[Read more]

Thanks very much Mark. I have seen the 1000 participant post, but not yours. 3 minutes, vision for a country – brilliant!

The conference I’m designing might begin by asking people to identify the challenges their industry faces. Capturing answers on gridcards (my version of post its…[Read more]

Sean – sure. Please let us know what kind of exercise you have in mind and what is the type of group that you have in mind.

There are lots of interesting case studies of running LSP sessions in large groups. You have probably already seen this:…[Read more]