Teambuilding Free Resources

Debrief Cards are a multi-use tool from TeachMeTeamwork designed to help you process experiences with groups both small and large. One set of Debrief Cards is designed to be used with discussion groups sized between 4 and 8 people.

There are 8 cards per set of Debrief Cards. Supply a group of 4-8 people with one set of cards. If your group is larger than 8 people, divide this larger group into “small discussion groups” of 4-8 people and give each small discussion group their own set of cards.

If you’re working with a group of 12 people, divide this group into two or three small discussion groups. If you’re working with 60 people you would need 10 sets of Debrief Cards so you could create ten small discussion groups with 6 people in each group.

Debrief Cards are easy to use. Here’s a sample scenario…

You’re working with a group of 15 people. The group has just completed a team building activity. Now you want the group to debrief (process) the activity.

Divide the group of 15 into three “small discussion groups” (5 people in each small group) to debrief. Provide one set of Debrief Cards to each small discussion group.

Give the following assignment to each of the small discussion groups:

“Using the side of the cards with the colored pictures, your discussion group must come to agreement as to the picture that best represents the most important lesson learned in the last teambuilding activity. Pick a spokesperson for your group who will be able to explain why you chose the picture you did.”

Allow the small discussion groups enough time (5-15 minutes) to discuss and reach consensus. During this time your job is to move amongst the groups to listen in on conversations and be available to the groups to answer any questions or to provide feedback.

Once each of the small discussion groups has reached consensus, ask the small discussion groups to share their findings with the entire group. During this stage, your job as the facilitator is to ask questions that will help everyone gain greater understanding.

There are six pages of detailed facilitator directions included.