Metaplan Cards

On Thu, 21/09/2017 - 15:28 Uploaded by Riad Mustafa 0 Comments

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Type of tool:

Activity

Duration:

30-60 min

Topics addressed:

Adult education

Coaching

Communication

If you are a trainer and you want to work effectively with participants you need to use meta-plan cards! It makes the training more effective!

Aim:

facilitating large information market or conferences
facilitating small management teams

Materials and resources:

Certain physical items (standard oval, cloud-shaped and rectangular cards of various colors).
Felt tipped pens.
pin boards

Documents/handhouts:

METAPLAN CARDS.docx

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TFXII

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Target group

All ages,

Sub-groups (20-25 people) focus on the sub-tasks and collect the ideas. Mini-groups (4-6 people) actually work on the issues contained within each subtask.

Typically the method is used for facilitating large information markets (50-200 people) or conferences, but can be used for facilitating small management teams as well.

BEHIND THE TOOL

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The technique was developed in Germany in the 70s by two brothers, Wolfgang and Eberhard Schnelle, who were initially specialized in office furniture and tools and developed an international consultancy firm out of that.

in the context of (background):

This technique from Wolfgang and Eberhard Schnelle can be used as a facilitation method for groups and as a communication model, in which opinions are developed, a common understanding is built and objectives, recommendations and action plans are formulated to focus on a problem and its possible solutions.

"Moderators" (a kind of facilitators) administer the groups and ensure that good communication, cooperation and high levels of understanding are achieved. Their objective is to provide the group with the right sort of communication tools at the right moment. In this way the group can get successfully and efficiently to the bottom of the matter.

By systematically breaking up larger problems into its smaller constituent parts, and by breaking larger groups into smaller ones, the involvement of all participants is maximized. The plenary group sets the task and reviews the results. Sub-groups (20-25 people) focus on the sub-tasks and collect the ideas. Mini-groups (4-6 people) actually work on the issues contained within each subtask.

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Riyad Mustafa

Last update on

31/10/2017

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