WorkshopSkill activity folders

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Workshop
Skill

Activities, filed like skills — for humans and AI agents.

WorkshopSkill is a free archive of ready-to-run workshop activity folders for trainers, coaches and facilitators: each folder holds the minute-by-minute script, printable materials, a debrief guide and a pre/post measure — walk in prepared, walk out with proof. No account needed.

every folder installs as a skill — discover, install, run the prep: the three-step workflow

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no.1 running your first workshop

Start with Two Truths and a Lie

No props, no setup, nothing to print — 15 minutes that cannot go wrong, and a debrief sheet that tells you exactly what to ask afterwards. When it lands, pick your next folder by category below.

open the folder → no.2 you run rooms already

Pull a folder and go

Every folder packs the minute-by-minute script, the failure modes with rescues, poker-spec props and a pre/post measure. Browse by category, take what you need.

browse all folders → no.3 you want AI in the loop

Hand the drawer to your agent

Every folder installs as a skill: your AI agent reads the same files you do — plans the agenda, prints the props, builds the live pre/post measure. Three steps, real commands.

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Workshop activities

// every activity is one folder. open it, take what you need.
46 folders
icebreakers 5
Two Truths and a Lie Listed A 15-minute, 8–20 person icebreaker that rebuilds the classic getting-to-know-you game with two guardrails — public work facts only, eyes-closed voting — so everyone leaves with three checkable facts about every colleague. A spoken boundary rule and a pre/post measure included. 8–20 people 15 min offline + online no props icebreakers Blanket Drop Listed A 10-minute, 8–20 person name-game icebreaker where the blanket drops and the first team to shout the right name wins the round — every name in the room gets learned at a speed introductions cannot match. A spoken safety rule and a pre/post measure included. 8–20 people 10 min offline one blanket icebreakers Common Ground Listed Assessment A 15-minute, 8–20 person icebreaker where small groups hunt for facts true of everyone at the table — surprising ones score 3× — forcing the questions nobody asks in week one. Recorder cards and a pre/post measure included. 8–20 people 15 min offline + online print props icebreakers One-Minute Meetup Listed One minute per pair to find a surprising shared thing, then rotate — three timed rounds plus a one-line gallery that get a room past small talk. Printable poker cards. 6–20 people 15 min offline + online print props icebreakers Paper Plane Intros Listed Write one non-obvious line, fold a paper plane, throw it across the room, then find the author and ask a real follow-up. Printable cards. 8–20 people 15 min offline + online print props icebreakers
communication 5
Blind Portrait Listed Assessment Back-to-back blind drawing: one describes, one draws, and the debrief quantifies both communication styles. Prop cards, timing card and a pre/post measure included. 2 people 15 min offline print props communication Paper Tower Listed Assessment Twenty sheets, one meter of tape, twelve minutes — the tallest tower that survives the book test wins. The build records how the team plans, shares and recovers. Judge cards and a pre/post measure included. 8–20 people 30 min offline print props communication The Listening Ladder Listed Assessment Three rounds of listening that climb from the words, to the feeling, to what was left unsaid. Printable role cards, a validator card and a pair-level pre/post measure included. 2 people 15 min offline print props communication Relay Brief Listed Assessment A five-constraint brief relayed down a line, rebuilt at the end. The gap is your Tuesday handover — printable cards, an observer tally and a pre/post measure included. 8–20 people 20 min offline + online print props communication Draw What I Mean Listed Describe a picture back-to-back, draw it from words only, then compare across three rounds — free words, a shared word card, open questions. Printable poker cards. 2 people 12 min offline + online print props communication
trust 5
Minefield Listed Assessment One blindfolded, one guiding by voice only — trust built one direction at a time, with a safety card read aloud every session. Walker and navigator cards plus a pre/post measure. 8–20 people 20 min offline soft obstacles trust The Reliability Ledger Listed Write what you'll reliably do and what you quietly need, surface the unspoken expectation, commit one repair with an owner and a check-in date. Printable cards. 4–10 people 25 min offline + online print props trust The Trust Timeline Listed Plot the moments trust grew, broke, and got repaired, read what breaks and rebuilds it here, then repair one live break with an owner and a date. Printable cards. 4–10 people 25 min offline + online print props trust The Safety Check Listed Rate four safety questions privately, reveal the bars, and fix the lowest one with one committed behavior. Printable cards. 4–12 people 20 min offline + online print props trust Step In If… Listed Read a statement to a circle; whoever it's true for steps in and is seen. No explanation. Printable cards. 8–20 people 15 min offline + online print props trust
leadership 5
Silent Lineup Listed Assessment Line up by birthday — no talking, no writing. Leadership without words: who moves first, who makes themselves legible, who unsticks the jam. 8–20 people 10 min offline no props leadership The Delegation Map Listed Sort a leader's whole plate into three zones and circle one real hand-off — owner, support, review date. A hand-off without support is a dump. Printable cards. 4–10 people 25 min offline + online print props leadership The Leader Checkup Listed The team gives upward feedback — keep doing / blocking / one ask — and the leader listens without defending, then commits to one change. Printable cards. 3–10 people 25 min offline + online print props leadership The Decision Rights Map Listed Name exactly one decider per decision, separate consulted from informed, find the ambiguous ones, and reassign one. Printable cards. 4–10 people 25 min offline + online print props leadership Rotate the Lead Listed On a real task the lead rotates every ~4 minutes; each handover restates goal, done, next before directing. Printable cards. 8–16 people 25 min offline + online print props leadership
conflict 5
The Orange Listed Assessment Two teams, one orange, one hidden fact each. Position-takers split it in half; interest-askers both walk away whole. Confidential brief cards and a pre/post measure included. 2 teams of 2–4 20 min offline print props conflict Same Boat Listed Two sides each write only what they'll both lose if the dispute keeps running; the overlap becomes one shared problem. Printable cards. 6–16 people 20 min offline + online print props conflict Escalation Map Listed Plot a conflict's arc on a heat ladder, name the cheapest move at each rung, and circle the earliest one — no names on the wall, just the shape of getting hot. Printable cards. 4–12 people 25 min offline + online print props conflict The Third Story Listed Each side tells the story a neutral observer would — camera footage, not blame — then finds the need underneath and one shared move. Printable cards. 4–10 people 25 min offline + online print props conflict Roleswap Argument Listed Each side argues the other's position honestly, steel-mans it, and names one true thing plus the shared need. Printable cards. 6–16 people 20 min offline + online print props conflict
creativity 5
Worst Idea First Listed Assessment Reverse brainstorming: spend five minutes engineering how the project fails, then flip every item into prevention. The awkward things get said inside a game that rewards saying them. 8–20 people 20 min offline + online no props creativity Yes-And Ramp Listed Build one idea by going around with accepts-only “yes, and” turns — a plain seed climbs until it's unrecognisable. Printable cards. 4–12 people 15 min offline + online print props creativity Four-Lens Sweep Listed Review one idea four times — Facts, Feelings, Risks, Upside — the whole room in one lens at a time, so it's seen whole, not argued. Printable cards. 4–10 people 20 min offline + online print props creativity Assumption Audit Listed Surface the unwritten beliefs a plan rests on, tag and rank the fragile ones, and date who checks each. Printable cards. 3–8 people 20 min offline + online print props creativity Storyboard the Journey Listed Draw one person's whole journey as panels, mark each high / low / hope, then draw the line — the shape points at the valley nobody owned. Printable cards. 4–12 people 25 min offline + online print props creativity
reviews 5
Start · Stop · Continue Listed Assessment The retrospective that fits on one wall: every card is one verb — start, stop, keep. No card survives without an owner and a date. Three-verb cards and a pre/post measure included. one team of 4–8 30 min offline + online print props reviews The Premortem Listed Assume the project already failed, write how, and give each top cause an early-warning signal and a preventive action with an owner. Risks named while they're cheap. Printable cards. 4–12 people 25 min offline + online print props reviews The Not-Anymore List Listed List the recurring work, run the "would we start it today?" test, and actually stop one thing — with a bring-back trigger, an owner, and a date. Printable cards. 4–12 people 25 min offline + online print props reviews The Turning Point Listed Rebuild the timeline, mark where it turned up or down, name each cause, then keep one habit and kill one. Printable cards. 4–12 people 25 min offline + online print props reviews Mad · Sad · Glad Listed Write what made you mad, sad and glad; cluster and vote; one owned action per colour. Printable cards. 6–20 people 20 min offline + online print props reviews
feedback forms 6
Post-Training Survey Listed Assessment The post-training survey that goes one step past the smile sheet: 6 Likert items plus two open questions — one Monday commitment, one honest obstacle. Print-ready cards or one-click online version, 5 minutes, anonymous. any group 5 min after the session paper or online feedback-forms Workshop Feedback Form Listed Assessment The exit ticket for public workshops: 4 rating items, one 0-10 recommendation score, two open questions. Ninety seconds at the door — and the feedback turns into two assets: permissioned testimonials for your workshop page, and a voted topic list for your next quarter. any group 90 seconds at the door paper or online feedback-forms Training Evaluation Form Listed Assessment The Kirkpatrick-ready evaluation pack for corporate training: 8 reaction items, 3 confidence self-reports, keep/change open questions, plus the day-30 follow-up that turns feedback into behavior evidence — and a one-page report a manager can forward as-is. any group 7 min + day-30 follow-up paper or online feedback-forms Beyond the Smile Sheet Listed Swap the smile sheet for six items that surface what landed, how confident the room feels, and what will block Monday. Print-and-pick poker cards plus a reading guide. Any group size 10 min offline + online printable feedback forms Training Needs Survey Listed Send it before you design: six items that surface what people can do now, what they need to do, and the cost of the gap — the pre-course questionnaire that sets your agenda. Any group size 15 min offline + online printable feedback forms Exit Ticket Listed Ninety seconds at the door: one thing learned, one question still open, one next move — on one printable slip you read before you leave. The smallest honest check for understanding. Any group size 3 min offline + online printable feedback forms
self-assessment 5
The Advantage Compass Listed Assessment A personal strategy self-assessment: cross strength against vision, audit two weeks of your calendar into four quadrants, and find the golden track — plus the firefighting trap you are stuck in. 6 items, one committed move, 25 minutes. solo 25 min paper or online monthly re-run self-assessment The Values Sort Listed Sort values into Core (max five) / Important / Not mine, then test one real decision against your five and close one gap. A value that costs nothing isn't yours. Printable cards. 1–8 people 20 min offline + online print props self-assessment The Energy Audit Listed Mark a real week + / − / =, name the drain you chose and the plus you starved, then commit one dated swap. Printable cards. 1–2 people 15 min offline + online print props self-assessment The Feedback Digest Listed Sort your real feedback into knew / surprised / dismiss, read the surprised pile as your blindspot, then one honest sentence and one action. Printable cards. 1–2 people 20 min offline + online print props self-assessment Skill Radar Listed Rate the role's axes 1–5, connect a radar, overlay the target shape, target the one short spoke. Printable poker cards. 6–16 people 20 min offline + online print props self-assessment

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What is WorkshopSkill?

WorkshopSkill is a free archive of ready-to-run workshop activity folders. Each folder holds a minute-by-minute run sheet, printable prop cards and a debrief script; assessment-type folders also carry a pre/post measure. Folders are filed by hand.

Are these workshop activities free for commercial use?

Yes. Every folder is released under CC BY 4.0: run it inside paid client work, print it for your own participants, adapt it or translate it. The only condition is keeping the attribution line. There is no account, no pricing page and no paywall on this site.

What is a pre/post measure and why do assessment folders carry one?

A pre/post measure is the same short questionnaire given before the session and again after it, so change can be shown rather than claimed. Assessment-type folders ship it as plain JSON with an answer key plus a printable paper answer sheet, and the folder page names the construct it scores.

Which activity should I pick for my first workshop?

Two Truths and a Lie: fifteen minutes, eight to twenty people, nothing to print, and a debrief sheet that says exactly what to ask afterwards. For an online room, Worst Idea First and Common Ground run without props as well.

Can an AI agent use these folders?

Yes. Each folder carries a SKILL.md manifest whose match fields are identical to catalog.json, so an agent can filter by category, group size, duration and setting, install the folder with one request and follow its prep steps. The three-step workflow is on the agent page.

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