I need to design an engaging workshop activity
Design sessions people lean into, not endure.
From 162 coaching tools, these 5 fit your challenge:
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Liberating Structures
Offers thirty-plus ready microstructures that get everyone participating, so you can design an activity that fits your exact goal instead of defaulting to discussion.
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35 Game (Thiagi)
Gives you a fast, energising structure for surfacing and ranking a group's best ideas, turning passive input into a lively, self-prioritising activity.
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World Cafe
Provides a proven format for large-group conversation in rounds, designing in the cross-pollination that keeps a big workshop engaged.
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Sticks Activity
A simple, physical exercise that gets a group moving and laughing while making a point stick — useful when energy and embodiment matter more than slides.
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Design Thinking for Educators
Gives you a human-centred design process for building the workshop itself, so the activity is shaped around what participants need rather than what you want to cover.