Comments on: Facilitation Card Decks

By: It Is Here! Group Pattern Language Deck | Full Circle Associates

It Is Here! Group Pattern Language Deck | Full Circle Associates — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:02:24 +0000

[...] I’m thrilled to learn that the Group Pattern Language Project has released the Group Pattern Language deck ….and happy to add the deck as an an update to this post from 2010: Facilitation Card Decks. [...]

By: Facilitation card decks | learn.logic

Facilitation card decks | learn.logic — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:50:27 +0000

[...] the always inspirational Full Circle Associates blog collages Nancy White’s collection of facilitation card decks. While most of the collection are old sort friends, particularly the IDEO [...]

By: Nancy White

Nancy White — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:43:56 +0000

Thanks for the Australia purchase info, Alison.

I need to buy a new deck here in the US. I am finding that people fall in love with images and want to keep their cards!

By: Alison Bickford

Alison Bickford — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:12:14 +0000

Hi Nancy. Greetings from Sydney. Just a note to thank you for introducing me to the Ideo cards during the workshop you ran at the Learning Technologies conference in Mooloolaba. I used them during my workshop for a Blended Learning conference last month. They were a great icebreaker. For those interested in purchasing them from Australia, cost & freight is about $72. I look forward to using them lots.
I appreciate the facilitation tip. Thank you, Nancy.

By: Nancy White

Nancy White — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:21:31 +0000

Thanks again, Patrick. I’m updating the body of the post with these additional resources.

By: Patrick Lambe

Patrick Lambe — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:22:03 +0000

Similar to the story cards as conversation stimulants, is the new “On Q” game produced by Triarchy Press. I haven’t used them yet but have ordered them – they sound interesting, and it seems like a number of different applications have been thought through and documented in an accompanying booklet. http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/The_OnQ_Game.htm

By: Nancy White

Nancy White — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:59:44 +0000

Thank, Geoff, for the pointer to vonOech's Whack Pack and the reflection about fit with the people present. I used my story cards with a group earlier this year, because the sense amongst our organizing group was that they might need "warming up" to tell their stories. Well, they didn't and they resented the time it took to do the picture/story warm up. I should have read the room better!

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:37 +0000

I use the Creative Whack Pack by Roger von Oech to encourage people to think about problems from different perspectives. I have had mixed responses. The more ‘buttoned up’ the audience, the less they appeal. I just love them myself.

…Geoff

By: Nancy White

Nancy White — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:15:48 +0000

Jason, thanks for adding your insights. I had not thought about the connection between theory and practice – I’ll use that in my planning next time. Thanks!

Patrick, I got the cards. Thanks! They are on the stack of “to be pl;ayed with soon!”

Yesterday I used my IDEO cards again and had two things happen – one familiar, and one a bit new.

The familiar thing was at least one person wanted to keep her card. A coworker put it back, but I would have let her keep it.

The unfamiliar was that someone wrote on the card to change its meaning for them. That was also really cool.

The fact is, I need to buy a couple more decks!

By: Jason Reed

Jason Reed — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:18:31 +0000

What a great post. I must confess I love games, card games and board games and it is great to see how someone is using card games in their facilitation.

I have dabbled with using games, mostly created around scenarios, as a way of learning, during face to face workshops as part of a consultancy engagement. I have the long term intention to utilise them more, I know I have only just scratched the surface.

What is great about them is the seeing and feeling of the cards/game pieces as you suggest. It is also great when they bring theory a lot closer to practice by simulating the underlying organic systems that exist and provoke reflection and change.