Facilitator Cards
A powerful facilitation methodology in the palm of your hand.
Facilitator Cards is a powerful facilitation methodology
We created a deck of 56 facilitation processes that help groups connect, contribute, brainstorm and make decisions together. Each card is a simple-yet-powerful tool for group communication.
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Facilitation often feels like magic when you don’t know how it’s done but we assure you it is a practice-able, learn-able, discern-able skill that you can improve!
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FACILITATION METHODOLOGY
Facilitator Cards are split into the four big categories connecting, brainstorming, clarifying, and deciding.
CONNECT
Structures for connecting groups to each other, information, or to the topic at hand. Great for surfacing emotions.
BRAINSTORM
Structures for running brainstorms and generating ideas. Helpful for envision concepts and creative ideating.
CLARIFY
Structures for digging into the heart of the conversation. Processes for answer questions and gain perspective.
DECIDE
Structures for voting, decision making, and identifying next steps. Prioritize, plan, and figure out what’s next together.
All the info you need
Each card summarizes a powerful facilitation process and tells you the group size, materials, and the time needed to facilitate!
WHY THAT INFO MATTERS
GROUP SIZE
Has a big influence on vulnerability, energy levels, and so much more. Changing the group size can help ensure everyone participates!
MATERIALS
Knowing the materials you need ensures you're prepared! Also not every thing has to be said out loud! Stickies, flip charts, paper all help groups participate.
TIME
Facilitation doesn't have to take a lot of time. The processes in the deck take between 5-15 minutes and varying length of time can help energize a group!
The Facilitator Cards Team
Meg Bolger
Meg is an educator and facilitator to her core. She started facilitating in college leading LGBTQ+ inclusion trainings and has been enamored by the power and potential of facilitation to change the world ever since. Meg is the co-created The Safe Zone Project, FacilitatingXYZ, and co-authored the book Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation. Meg has was there at the happy accident that created Facilitator Cards and leading the charge at founder and director since 2020.
Claire Bolger
Claire is a writer, podcaster, and comedian who joined Facilitator Cards in 2021. Claire has deep expertise in the Facilitator Cards methodology and was a key collaborator to the new-and-improved version 2.0 of Facilitator Cards. Claire is the co-author with Meg of the forthcoming Facilitation Field Guide and uses her her depth of understanding around facilitation and meeting dynamics in her company The Meeting Medic where she helps people fix their meetings (one meeting at a time).