Session Templates
Ready-made agendas for various formats – ready to use
1-2-4-All (from Liberating Structures)
Structured method for idea generation and including all participants. Learn more: [Liberating Structures guide](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/liberating-structures-guide).
15% Solutions from Liberating Structures
Workshop for identifying actions that can be implemented right away without additional permission or resources
25/10 Crowd Sourcing
Rapidly prioritise the best ideas through crowd rating
3-Hour D&D Session: Ambush in the Shadowwood
The party must find the kidnapped NPC Elara in the Shadowwood and defeat the goblin band. D&D 5e, level 3 party (4 players)
4Ls Retro (Make Learning Visible)
A structured retrospective using the 4Ls framework (Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For) for reflection and continuous improvement. Learn more: [Retrospective formats](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/retrospective-formats).
AI Co-Facilitation: Example Workshop
A 90-minute team workshop showing how AI-assisted prep, live timing in Sessionplan, background documentation, and an AI sparring partner work together.
AI Governance Workshop: From Stocktaking to Team Rules
From an honest stocktake of AI tools in use to practical, jointly adopted team rules. Learn more: [AI governance workshops](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/ai-governance-workshop-team-rules).
Check-in & Check-out
Emotional anchors at the start and end of a workshop — builds presence, connection and reflection in just 5-10 minutes.
Consent Decision: A Sociocracy-Style Facilitation Round
A sociocracy-style facilitation round with clarifying questions, objection rounds and integration. Learn more: [Facilitating consent decisions](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/facilitating-consent-decisions).
Decision Workshop: The 7 Building Blocks for Clear Outcomes
A structured flow with 7 building blocks for traceable team decisions. Learn more: [Facilitating decisions](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/facilitating-decisions-decision-intelligence).
Dot Voting
Fast, democratic prioritisation with sticker dots — ideal after brainstorms or gallery walks to surface top themes.
Design Thinking Workshop
A full-day Design Thinking workshop covering all five phases: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test.
Hackathon Example: Day 1
Opening evening: reveal the theme, form teams, kick off the first research sprint.
Hackathon Example: Day 2
Main working day: from idea to first prototype.
Hackathon Example: Day 3
Closing day: finalise prototypes, pitch to the jury, celebrate.
Fishbowl
Discussion format with an inner and outer circle for contentious topics — surfaces different perspectives and balances uneven airtime.
Gallery Walk
Make team outcomes visible, collect feedback and debrief in plenum — with clear poster guidelines.
Hybrid Workshop: On-Site, Remote and Async, Synchronized
On-site, remote and async, synchronized – with dedicated tasks per mode. Learn more: [Hybrid workshops that work](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/hybrid-workshops-that-work).
Intensive Workshop
Full-day intensive workshop with input sessions, group work, breakouts and structured reflection
Lightning Talks
Share knowledge in 5 minutes — a compact format for conferences, team events and workshop closings, with a real timer and Q&A per slot.
Internal Workshop for Beginners
A 2-hour agenda for your first internal workshop, with facilitation notes in every block – ideal for project leads without facilitation experience. Learn more: [In-house facilitation](https://sessionplan.de/en/in-house-facilitation).
Mad-Sad-Glad Retrospective
An emotion-led retrospective focused on the team's frustrations, disappointments and wins. Learn more: [Retrospective formats](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/retrospective-formats).
Management Offsite Agenda
Strategic management offsite for planning, team alignment and key decisions
Micro-Workshop: 60-Minute Format
A compact 60-minute workshop with a clear focus question, an idea-gathering phase, small-group work and a decision – ideal for micro-facilitation between two meetings. Learn more: [Micro-workshops](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/micro-workshops-micro-facilitation).
Micro-Workshop: 90-Minute Decision Format
A 90-minute format to take a concrete question from problem framing all the way to a committed decision – without a full-day workshop. Learn more: [Micro-workshops](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/micro-workshops-micro-facilitation).
Neuroinclusive Workshop – An Agenda for Different Ways of Thinking
Workshop agenda with quiet reading time, anonymous idea collection and sensory breaks for different ways of thinking. Learn more: [Neuroinclusive workshops](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/neuroinclusive-workshops).
Office Exercises: Shoulders & Neck Relief (10 min)
A 10-minute exercise sequence for desk workers: 5 targeted exercises against neck pain and tight shoulders – designed as a counterbalance to the typical screen-work posture.
Office Exercises: Team Activation After Lunch (10 min)
10 minutes of full-body movement for the whole team: 5 exercises without equipment for after lunch or as a weekly warm-up – from activation to focused breathing.
Sailboat Retro
A team retrospective using the sailboat metaphor: our team is a sailboat heading for an island (our goal). What drives us forward? What holds us back?. Learn more: [Retrospective formats](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/retrospective-formats).
Silent Brainstorming
Quiet idea generation without groupthink — followed by clustering and discussion. Ideal for diverse teams and hierarchy-sensitive groups.
Somatic Facilitation: A Decision Workshop with Body-Based Exercises
A decision workshop with grounding exercises, physical position-taking and movement breaks. Learn more: [Somatic facilitation](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/somatic-facilitation-workshops).
Sprint Planning Template
Agile sprint planning meeting to align the team on the upcoming sprint: goal-setting, backlog refinement and task breakdown
Starfish Retrospective
A retrospective in the Starfish format with 5 phases: Set the Stage, Gather Data, Generate Insights, Decide What To Do, Close. Learn more: [Retrospective formats](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/retrospective-formats).
TRIZ (Creative Destruction) from Liberating Structures
Workshop for creative problem-solving through the TRIZ method: first figure out how to make sure something fails, then reverse those ideas into constructive solutions
Timeline Retro (Understand the Chronology)
A chronological sprint retrospective to spot patterns and connections over time. Learn more: [Retrospective formats](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/retrospective-formats).
Troika Consulting
Peer coaching in groups of three – structured mutual consulting. Learn more: [Liberating Structures guide](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/liberating-structures-guide).
What, So What, Now What?
Shared reflection and sense-making after experiences or events
Workshop with Energizers
A balanced half-day workshop with three built-in energizers – after each intensive work phase and after the lunch break. Just customize and go. Learn more: [Energizers for workshops](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/energizers-for-workshops).
World Café
Participatory workshop method: participants rotate in small groups through several table stations and discuss different questions. Insights are brought together in the plenary at the end. Learn more: [Participatory methods](https://sessionplan.de/en/blog/liberating-structures-guide).