Affirming Strengths

Purpose

• Take an appreciative stance to identify peer strengths
• To identify what is working and affirm the positive characteristics of the group.

Facilitation Instructions

• Each person takes a piece of paper or digital slide and writes their name on it. Pass the paper to the left, or rotate slides. Each person should now have a paper/slide with somebody else’s name on it.
• Each person writes one strength or positive characteristic they’ve noticed about the person. You can +1 other comments or add additional detail, but make sure participants each add a comment of their own.
• The game is complete when you get the paper/slide with your name on it back.

Products Generated

• A list of strengths/positive characteristics for each person participating.

Time/Commitment Needed

• Icebreaker/Warm up Activity
• Facilitation tool/supplementary activity

Reference

Joel Gardner, Reflections on Learning Success