Visual Communication
Affinity diagram
The Affinity Diagram is a visual and participatory tool that organizes ideas into categories to facilitate group analysis and informed decision-making.
Art Trail
Art Trail is a collaborative activity in which participants intervene in a public or community space through collective artistic actions, aiming to reframe and transform it into a unique, meaningful, and shared place for the community.
Back-to-Back Drawing
Back-to-Back Drawing is a participatory activity in which participants work in pairs to describe and reproduce an image without seeing it, fostering communication and active listening skills.
Ball of thread
Ball of thread is a collaborative activity where participants build a symbolic thread network to reflect their connections, fostering group cohesion and teamwork.
Body map
Body mapping is a participatory visual research method in which participants create a life-size representation of their own body to explore their experiences, emotions, identities, and stories through drawing, color, and symbol.
Brainstorming
Brainstorming fosters collective creativity and collaboration by generating multiple proposals to address a specific challenge.
Broken Telephone
Broken Telephone is a collaborative game that demonstrates how messages change when passed along, fostering communication skills, active listening, and creativity.
Circle of gratitude
The Circle of gratitude promotes gratitude and mutual recognition among participants, strengthening group bonds and fostering a positive environment.
Collaborative data portrait
Collaborative Data Portrait is a visual activity where participants create a group portrait using graphically represented data, fostering self-expression and team connection.
Collaborative Life Drawing
Collaborative Live Drawing is an artistic and group-based activity where participants take turns drawing on each other's sheets, based on observation sessions with live models or objects. The constant rotation promotes collaboration, the exploration of multiple styles, and a collective reflection on perception, the body, and shared creation.
Collaborative mind map
The Collaborative mind map is a visual tool that allows groups to explore, organize, and connect ideas on a topic in a creative and participatory way.
Collaborative Oracle Card Creation
Collaborative Oracle Card Creation is a participatory activity where participants co-design a deck of oracle cards with meaningful symbols and messages, fostering creativity and collective reflection.
Collaborative sketching
Collaborative sketching is a visual activity that encourages the expression of ideas and the joint development of solutions through quick and simple drawings.
Collective Journal
The Collective Journal is a participatory activity that allows groups to record daily progress, reflections, and learnings, fostering continuous improvement and collaborative documentation.
Concept Route
The Concept Route organizes and connects key ideas through a collaborative visual journey, facilitating learning and the communication of complex topics.
Confidence Vote
Confidence Vote is a fast participatory dynamic that lets groups gauge consensus, commitment levels, or uncertainty on a proposal by voting with hand signals or visual cues.
Creative Mark Exploration
Creative Mark Exploration is a participatory activity that encourages experimentation with strokes and textures to discover personal styles.
Creative Stations
Creative Stations combine rotating and participatory activities to explore a topic from multiple perspectives, fostering creativity and active learning.
Daily achievements board
The Daily achievements board is a visual and participatory tool for recording and celebrating daily progress, fostering motivation and reflective team analysis.
Diaporama
Diaporama is a creative activity where participants collaborate to create and present a series of images or slides that narrate a story or concept, fostering visual communication and critical thinking.
Emotional map
The Emotional map allows for the identification and visual analysis of emotions, helping to understand their impact on projects, spaces, or experiences.
Empathy Map
The Empathy Map helps to better understand people's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors to design more human-centered and effective solutions.
Evaluation wheel
The Evaluation wheel is a visual and participatory tool that allows for the evaluation and reflection on different aspects of a project or activity, facilitating collective analysis and improvement planning.
Film Society
Film Society is a participatory activity that combines a collective film screening with a facilitated critical discussion to foster empathy, reflection, and shared meaning-making.
First Impressions
First Impressions is a participatory activity that explores initial perceptions through the exchange of descriptive words related to communication and leadership styles.
Flowchart
Flowchart is a collaborative technique that allows participants to analyze cause-effect relationships within a central topic, identify “critical knots,” and assign responsibilities for strategic planning.
Gallery of results
The Gallery of results is a visual and participatory exhibition that allows achievements and lessons to be shared in a creative and reflective way.
Group Constellations
Group Constellations facilitate reflection and visualization of dynamics, roles, and relationships within a group to enhance understanding and strengthen collaboration.
Guess the Drawing
Guess the Drawing is a participatory activity in which participants represent words or concepts through drawings for their team to guess, promoting creativity and teamwork.
Hangman
Hangman is a classic collaborative activity that reinforces knowledge, fosters teamwork, and stimulates learning through fun and creativity.
How Might We (HMW)
How Might We is a Design Sprint methodology that transforms pain points into positive, collaborative questions, guiding the team toward creative solutions.
Idea Storm
Idea Storm is a collaborative activity inspired by Round Robin that fosters co-creation and innovation through the development and improvement of collective ideas.
Identity sliders
Identity sliders is a participatory and collaborative activity to collectively build the vision and values of a group or project, fostering dialogue and cohesion.
Impact and feasibility scale
The Impact and feasibility scale is a participatory tool for evaluating proposals based on their potential benefit and ease of implementation, promoting strategic and consensus-driven decisions.
Informative Capsules
Informative Capsules are brief and dynamic presentations that deliver key information to prepare participants for subsequent activities.
Interaction map
The Interaction map is a visual activity that enables participants to identify and analyze key relationships within a system to make informed decisions.
Learning puzzle
The Learning puzzle is an activity where participants learn and teach parts of a topic to collectively build a comprehensive understanding.
Mask Making
Mask Making is a creative and participatory activity where individuals design and create their own masks as a form of symbolic, artistic, or emotional expression. It is ideal for exploring identity, emotions, and cultural themes in educational, community, or therapeutic settings.
5-Minute Ideas
Ideas in 5 Minutes is a rapid presentation activity that facilitates idea generation, knowledge sharing, and agile collaboration to address specific challenges.
Mysterious Objects
Mysterious Objects is a participatory activity where participants guess hidden objects based on clues, promoting teamwork and critical thinking.
Now, Next, Later
Now, Next, Later organizes tasks based on their temporal priority to promote clarity, focus, and efficiency in planning.
Participatory Infographic
Participatory Infographic transforms key information into collaborative visual representations, fostering creativity and active learning.
Participatory photography
Empower participants through participatory photography, a creative activity to capture and analyze realities, foster critical reflection, and inspire collective action using visual storytelling.
Participatory SWOT Analysis
Participatory SWOT Analysis is a collaborative tool used to identify and connect strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats to design collective strategies.
Puppets
Puppets is a creative dynamic where participants design and manipulate characters to explore themes, solve problems, or tell stories in a playful and reflective way.
Reflection with Images
Reflection with Images is a creative activity that uses visual elements to express emotions, ideas, and learnings.
Risk mapping
Risk mapping is a visual and participatory tool for identifying and analyzing threats and vulnerabilities in a specific area or context, fostering collective strategies for prevention and response.
Sandwich
The Sandwich dynamic is inspired by visual and collaborative techniques used to structure information in a creative and understandable way.
Skills Mosaic
Skills Mosaic is a participatory activity that helps teams identify and visualize their collective strengths, fostering collaboration, trust, and mutual recognition.
Stories of change
Stories of change are a participatory tool for capturing and analyzing real experiences that showcase significant transformations and deep learning.
The Faces
Faces is a participatory activity where participants design faces that symbolize identity, values, or emotions, promoting diversity, empathy, and group creativity.
The Sunset
The Sunset is a participatory activity that invites participants to reflect on the importance of questions in the creative process.
Two Truths and One Lie
Two Truths and One Lie helps break the ice and foster relationships through fun and interaction.
Visual Inspiration Workshop
The Visual Inspiration Workshop uses images, colors, and symbols to explore ideas, emotions, and concepts in a creative and collaborative way.
Wheel of common interests
The Common Interests Wheel connects participants through hobbies and affinities, promoting interaction and establishing foundations for future group collaborations.
Zine Creation
Zine Creation is an artistic and collaborative activity where participants design and assemble a small handmade publication, exploring a topic from multiple creative perspectives.