Creative Stations
Creative Stations is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Explain the overall objective of the activity and how each station will address the topic from a different perspective.
- Briefly describe the activities at each station and their purpose.
- Divide participants into small groups and assign a starting point for each group.
- Groups work at each station for the assigned time.
- At each station, participants document their ideas, reflections, or progress using provided materials or digital tools.
- After completing the rotation, gather all participants to share the outcomes from each station.
- Facilitate a final discussion to evaluate the experience:
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Explain the overall objective of the activity and how each station will address the topic from a different perspective.
After completing the rotation, gather all participants to share the outcomes from each station.
Facilitate a final discussion to evaluate the experience:
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Creative Stations. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Explain the overall objective of the activity and how each station will address the topic from a different perspective.; After completing the rotation, gather all participants to share the outcomes from each station.; Facilitate a final discussion to evaluate the experience:. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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