exercise · all tools
Design StoryBoards
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Meeting design as explicit craft: before an important session, sketch its arc frame by frame — purpose, participants, and which structure fills each block of time — the way filmmakers storyboard scenes. A meta-tool that turns "let's have a workshop" into a deliberate sequence with a purpose per step.
Practical
- Time
- 40-75 min
- Group
- 1–∞ · individual, pairs, small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Open wall; storyboard template; sticky notes
- Mechanisms
- cognitive-reframing
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Origin & where it lives
Henri Lipmanowicz, Nancy White & Keith McCandless — Liberating Structures
Instructions: open online · CC BY-SA 4.0
In this directory via Liberating Structures
The facilitator's own inner-development tool in disguise: storyboarding forces honesty about each block's purpose — including whether the group is ready for the depth a chosen exercise invites.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25