What's New with Facilitator Cards!
The latest version of Facilitator Cards are an improvement (and not an expansion) of the original deck. We want to make sure you know all that’s new with the update so you can know if upgrading to the new deck is right for you!
Summary of Changes!
Below you’ll find all the details of what we changed and upgraded wth V2 but here’s a summary.
- Added time duration to each card
- Added card page URL to bottom of each card
- Improved clarity of the group size, materials, and category icons
- Improved clarity of process descriptions
- Changed the titles of multiple
- Replaced 5 of the least used cards with 5 new processes
- Revamped the colors
- Revamped the design
When people ask us, “Do I need to buy a new deck of Facilitator Cards?” our answer is no, you definitely don’t need to. You can still attend all our Facilitator Cards 101 (formerly called Card Sharks) trainings and any of the new workbooks or supplimental materials will still work with the V1 deck. You may want to upgrade but that’s entirely up to you!
V1 Card Design Vs. V2 Card Design
The V1 Facilitator Cards has the icons indicating group size, focus area, and materials along the top, the title of the cards in white, and the text mostly center justified below.
With the new V2 cards all the text is in black, left justified, and we’ve redesigned the icons entirely to have word and images to make it easier and more clear to use. The other significant change on the V2 cards is the addition of time duration (information not on the V1 cards) and the fc.cards URL at the bottom which brings you to a webpage where you can find out more information about that card!
Cards with New Titles
Some cards got new titles that we felt were more accurate and descriptive to the process. You’ll find the Original Name on the left and the → Updated Name on the right.
Silent Reflection → Journal Journey
Airport Signs → Statement Signs
Spectrum Questions → Spectrum Responses
Fill in the Gap → Fill in the Blank
Case Studies → Scenarios
Analogizing → Analogies
100 Bad Ideas → 100 Ideas
5 Whys → Five Whys
4 Squares → Four Squares
What’s the MVP → Minimum Viable Product
Subcommittes → Conversation Pods
Rank Order Voting → Ranked-Choice Voting
New Cards (and what they replaced)
There were some cards in the original decks of Facilitator Cards that just weren’t as used or widely useful as we thought they could be. So we removed those and replaced them with some updated processes.
NEW CARDS
Draw It Out
Passing Notes
Stenographer
Categorization
Comments & Critiques
REPLACED CARDS
Drawing Caricatures
Magnet Statements
Matchstick Conversations
Venn Diagram
Fill in the Model
Have more questions?
Drop us a line! We’d love to hear from you and we’d love to continue to know what it is you’re curious about when it comes to this card!
Contact hello@facilitator.cards and we’ll be in touch soon!