//*Photo for social media sharing*// //*Javascript*//

Tools

Training Tools Publications Resource Links

Below is our toolbox of tool topics. Click to reveal tools that correspond with the categories you select.

Filters

Type

Language

Workshop

Translation Priority

FREE EBOOK: Leading Groups Online

Topic:Meeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training ToolsTraining Fundamentals iconTraining Fundamentals
COVID-19 has created new challenges for facilitators and educators. Across the globe, people are being asked to lead groups online: teachers, trainers, professors, event managers, organizers, activists. Jeanne Rewa and Daniel Hunter swiftly wrote this booklet for this moment. Download free ebook or purchase print copies.
Type :Article
Language :English
Translation Priority :Optional

Getting Started with Online Training & Facilitation

Topic:Meeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training ToolsTraining Fundamentals iconTraining Fundamentals
If you are used to training or facilitating people in person and are asked to train or facilitate online or over the phone, you might understandably feel a bit nervous. The good news is that most of what you already know and do as a facilitator in person also applies online and over the phone. With an understanding of the challenges and opportunities of this different medium, you can adjust the tools and approaches you already use, resulting in engaging and effective trainings and meetings online and over the phone.
Type :Article
Language :English
Translation Priority :Optional

Building Virtual Rooms for Online Facilitation

Topic:Meeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training ToolsTraining Fundamentals iconTraining Fundamentals
Modify these slides to use for your own meetings or use them as inspiration to create your own! See the speaker notes on each slide for how to use them.
Type :Training Tool
Language :English
Translation Priority :Optional

Quick Guide to Online Meeting Platforms

Topic:Meeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training Tools
There are many different tech options available for your remote team meetings, and all have different pros and cons. Here are just a few of the options available, with some of their pros and cons.
Type :Training Tool
Language :English
Translation Priority :Optional

Tips for Zoom Breakout Rooms

Topic:Meeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training Tools
Some quick tips and guides for using Zoom breakout room features.
Type :Training Tool
Language :English
Translation Priority :Optional

10 Ways to Use A Spectogram Online

Topic:Meeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training Tools
Spectograms can be used in online meetings and trainings! This video explains what a spectogram is, reasons why you might use one with a group, how to set one up, and ten different variations on a spectogram for online.
Type :Training Tool
Language :English
Translation Priority :Optional

Facilitating Hybrid Groups Online

Topic:Meeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training Tools
It is not unusual to find yourself facilitating what I call a “hybrid” online group. Instead of everyone connecting individually with their own devices (what I call individual connect format), or everyone but the facilitator together in one room (what I call group connect format), with a hybrid format you have some people connecting as individuals and some people connecting in groups...
Type :Training Tool
Language :English
Translation Priority :Optional

Maximize & Minimize Learning

Topic:Meeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training ToolsTeam Building iconTeam Building
A favorite tool! Maximize/Minimize Learning is a powerful tool to help participants take responsibility for their own learning and identify personal strategies for them to make the most of the training. Given that people have been taught not to take ownership of their own learning, this tool helps people take that ownership back.
Type :Training Tool
Language :EnglishSpanish
Workshop :Training for Social Action Trainers
Translation Priority :Optional

Closed-Eye Group Process

Topic:Meeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training ToolsTeam Building iconTeam Building
Here's an alternative to lecturing about a topic when you want important information to be transmitted: have people find their own successful experience! This tool uses individual work, small groups and then large group to help the group access its own wisdom about a particular topic (you decide the topic based on the elicitive questions you use: fundraising, carrying out a successful protest, leading a group, overcoming a challenge).
Type :Training Tool
Language :EnglishSpanish
Workshop :Training for Social Action Trainers
Translation Priority :Optional

Closing Circles

Topic:Energizers & Games iconEnergizers & GamesMeeting Facilitation iconMeeting FacilitationOnline Training Tools iconOnline Training ToolsTeam Building iconTeam Building
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.
Type :Training Tool
Language :EnglishSpanish
Workshop :Training for Social Action Trainers
Translation Priority :Optional

We're grassroots funded. Donations help us rapidly scale to meet movement needs in this moment. We know many are facing financial uncertainty, and unable to donate right now. We also know others are called to respond to this crisis by investing in movements now more than ever. Thanks to matching gifts, new monthly Sustainers are matched with an additional $100 donation; these funds directly support our Spanish language online programming. DONATE ❤️

[google-translator]