Design a Workshop

To talk about God and faith.

The exercise engages the participants in a process of defining culture and discuss the complexity of it.

A short fun exercise to highlight what it does to a conversation when the conversation partner does not listen. 

An exercise giving a tool helping creating focus and a calm atmosphere when reflecting on deeper subjects.

An opening exercise that can be used to share participants’ expectations of the workshop and as an icebreaker to get everyone to introduce themselves

The aim of the exercise is for participants to share experiences of dialogue and together agree on a definition of dialogue. 

To invite all participants to share their perspectives / thoughts on a certain subject.

A simple presentation where everyone gets to talk and say a bit about themselves. The exercise might show that there is a great cultural variety in names. 

1. The participant understands differences on an individual level.
2.  The participant compares her/himself to her/his family members and notices the natural differences among them.
3.  The participant concludes that the difference is just the way life is and a general law.
4. The participant expresses her/his individuality and what characterizes her/him from others.
5. Defend the right to be different and the uniqueness of each person.

The exercise invites participants to share their prejudice and discuss how these affect interaction between groups.

The exercise invites participants to share and respond to existential and faith questions.

A pilgrimage / walk and talk where the participants get the opportunity to share their life stories.

An exercise for sharing thoughts on spiritual questions in groups and thereby create relationships across religious differences.

This exercise clarifies different perspectives and diversity in an instructive, clear and undramatic way when all participants have to physically show their opinion on a given dilemma.

This exercise can be ideal for a teacher or any kind of organization that deals with these topics.

Teachers are often hesitant to introduce topics such as racism, sexism, classism, or heterosexism in the classroom because their training has not prepared them to handle the issues and exchanges that may occur. This activity provides participants with an opportunity to share stories from when discussions about these topics took an unexpected turn they were unprepared to handle, then to share ideas about how to address these circumstances in the future.The participant understands differences on an individual level.

A reflective exercise making the participant aware of their own identity and how they are similar to each other.

The aim of this exercise is to provide participants with experience of what tolerance means. All participants should try to tolerate and even be tolerated. hen use these experiences as a starting point for discussions about tolerance and power. 

A fun activity that identifies the tension between being an individual and belonging to a group. 

A role play highlighting diversity in community and shows how dialogue plays an important role in many aspects of existence.

A role-play shedding light on the different personality roles in a dialogue.

An exercise inviting participants to answer each other existential questions. 

An exercise allowing the participants to explicitly talk about stereotypes and afterwards reflecting on what stereotypes does to people and how principles of dialogue can overcome prejudices.

An exercise focusing on how to recognize the power structures that are taking place in our everyday life.

To talk about God and faith.

The exercise engages the participants in a process of defining culture and discuss the complexity of it.

A short fun exercise to highlight what it does to a conversation when the conversation partner does not listen. 

An exercise giving a tool helping creating focus and a calm atmosphere when reflecting on deeper subjects.

An exercise for participants to reflect on expressions/words we use about other people and groups of people in our everyday language. The aim is to create awareness of what language we use when describing other people or groups, and how often we tend to stereotype through our associations of them.

An exercise creating awareness and reflection on own and other’s prejudices. 

Faith and scriptural texts.

For participants to reflect and understand that scriptures from different faiths have the same message.

An exercise that illustrates and increases the visibility of the participants’ prejudices and beliefs and create reflection on these.

A fun and creative exercise that illustrates how we understand things differently making communication challenging.

A reflective exercise for participants to consider there meaning of God in their lives and discover the beauty in other religions.

A fun activity that identifies the tension between being an individual and belonging to a group. 

A short fun exercise to highlight what it does to a conversation when the conversation partner does not listen. 

A fun and creative exercise that illustrates how we understand things differently making communication challenging.

1. The participant understands differences on an individual level.
2.  The participant compares her/himself to her/his family members and notices the natural differences among them.
3.  The participant concludes that the difference is just the way life is and a general law.
4. The participant expresses her/his individuality and what characterizes her/him from others.
5. Defend the right to be different and the uniqueness of each person.

The exercise invites participants to share their prejudice and discuss how these affect interaction between groups.

The exercise invites participants to share and respond to existential and faith questions.

A pilgrimage / walk and talk where the participants get the opportunity to share their life stories.

An exercise for sharing thoughts on spiritual questions in groups and thereby create relationships across religious differences.

This exercise clarifies different perspectives and diversity in an instructive, clear and undramatic way when all participants have to physically show their opinion on a given dilemma.

This exercise can be ideal for a teacher or any kind of organization that deals with these topics.

Teachers are often hesitant to introduce topics such as racism, sexism, classism, or heterosexism in the classroom because their training has not prepared them to handle the issues and exchanges that may occur. This activity provides participants with an opportunity to share stories from when discussions about these topics took an unexpected turn they were unprepared to handle, then to share ideas about how to address these circumstances in the future.The participant understands differences on an individual level.

A reflective exercise making the participant aware of their own identity and how they are similar to each other.

The aim of this exercise is to provide participants with experience of what tolerance means. All participants should try to tolerate and even be tolerated. hen use these experiences as a starting point for discussions about tolerance and power. 

A fun activity that identifies the tension between being an individual and belonging to a group. 

A role play highlighting diversity in community and shows how dialogue plays an important role in many aspects of existence.

A role-play shedding light on the different personality roles in a dialogue.

An exercise inviting participants to answer each other existential questions. 

An exercise allowing the participants to explicitly talk about stereotypes and afterwards reflecting on what stereotypes does to people and how principles of dialogue can overcome prejudices.

An exercise focusing on how to recognize the power structures that are taking place in our everyday life.

To talk about God and faith.

The exercise engages the participants in a process of defining culture and discuss the complexity of it.

A short fun exercise to highlight what it does to a conversation when the conversation partner does not listen. 

An exercise giving a tool helping creating focus and a calm atmosphere when reflecting on deeper subjects.

An exercise for participants to reflect on expressions/words we use about other people and groups of people in our everyday language. The aim is to create awareness of what language we use when describing other people or groups, and how often we tend to stereotype through our associations of them.

An exercise creating awareness and reflection on own and other’s prejudices. 

Faith and scriptural texts.

For participants to reflect and understand that scriptures from different faiths have the same message.

An exercise that illustrates and increases the visibility of the participants’ prejudices and beliefs and create reflection on these.

A fun and creative exercise that illustrates how we understand things differently making communication challenging.

A reflective exercise for participants to consider there meaning of God in their lives and discover the beauty in other religions.

A closing exercise that can be used to measure how the day/workshop went and give the participants a chance to reflect on what they have learned.

A closing exercise giving the participants and chance to evaluate the workshop and highlight the most important learning points.

A closing exercise that invites the participants to share their current state of mind

Closing exercise creating a possibility to reflect on lessons learned and allowing the participants to appreciate the group as a whole.

1. The participant understands differences on an individual level.
2.  The participant compares her/himself to her/his family members and notices the natural differences among them.
3.  The participant concludes that the difference is just the way life is and a general law.
4. The participant expresses her/his individuality and what characterizes her/him from others.
5. Defend the right to be different and the uniqueness of each person.

The exercise invites participants to share their prejudice and discuss how these affect interaction between groups.

The exercise invites participants to share and respond to existential and faith questions.

A pilgrimage / walk and talk where the participants get the opportunity to share their life stories.

An exercise for sharing thoughts on spiritual questions in groups and thereby create relationships across religious differences.

This exercise clarifies different perspectives and diversity in an instructive, clear and undramatic way when all participants have to physically show their opinion on a given dilemma.

This exercise can be ideal for a teacher or any kind of organization that deals with these topics.

Teachers are often hesitant to introduce topics such as racism, sexism, classism, or heterosexism in the classroom because their training has not prepared them to handle the issues and exchanges that may occur. This activity provides participants with an opportunity to share stories from when discussions about these topics took an unexpected turn they were unprepared to handle, then to share ideas about how to address these circumstances in the future.The participant understands differences on an individual level.

A reflective exercise making the participant aware of their own identity and how they are similar to each other.

The aim of this exercise is to provide participants with experience of what tolerance means. All participants should try to tolerate and even be tolerated. hen use these experiences as a starting point for discussions about tolerance and power. 

A fun activity that identifies the tension between being an individual and belonging to a group. 

A role play highlighting diversity in community and shows how dialogue plays an important role in many aspects of existence.

A role-play shedding light on the different personality roles in a dialogue.

An exercise inviting participants to answer each other existential questions. 

An exercise allowing the participants to explicitly talk about stereotypes and afterwards reflecting on what stereotypes does to people and how principles of dialogue can overcome prejudices.

An exercise focusing on how to recognize the power structures that are taking place in our everyday life.

To talk about God and faith.

The exercise engages the participants in a process of defining culture and discuss the complexity of it.

A short fun exercise to highlight what it does to a conversation when the conversation partner does not listen. 

An exercise giving a tool helping creating focus and a calm atmosphere when reflecting on deeper subjects.

An exercise for participants to reflect on expressions/words we use about other people and groups of people in our everyday language. The aim is to create awareness of what language we use when describing other people or groups, and how often we tend to stereotype through our associations of them.

An exercise creating awareness and reflection on own and other’s prejudices. 

Faith and scriptural texts.

For participants to reflect and understand that scriptures from different faiths have the same message.

An exercise that illustrates and increases the visibility of the participants’ prejudices and beliefs and create reflection on these.

A fun and creative exercise that illustrates how we understand things differently making communication challenging.

A reflective exercise for participants to consider there meaning of God in their lives and discover the beauty in other religions.