Belonging Lab — Exercises for Your Group

The Problem

"Newcomers often keep their doubts to themselves and read small moments as proof they don't fit. Well-meant welcomes can miss the real question, and "You belong!" posters can backfire. Small exercises, run wisely and in a setting where belonging is really available, can help a whole group."

What you'll achieve

Outcomes you can expect

Listen for the real question behind a newcomer's doubts
Run belonging stories, an anonymous round and strength stories safely
Use norms as invitations and caring notes to keep people connected
Change the setting so belonging is really available

The science behind it

What you'll learn

Walton's wise approach: with people, not to them
Why stories from people a little further along help, and how to share them
How anonymity, choice and framing keep exercises safe and effective
What to do at each moment in a group's life

What's included

Everything you get

24 tools across 6 modules, 12 of them built for this course
A reader for every module, built from the tools and checked against them
An audio guide on every tool and a course audio guide
Private fillable workbooks for 23 tools, kept on your own device; the group check stays online because it works out a score

Who it's for

The right fit

Designed for For mentors, house committees, residence and society leaders, team leads, teachers, coaches, and faith and community hosts.

Almost everyone who joins a group quietly wonders whether they belong. A companion to Gregory Walton's Ordinary Magic, with the Handbook of Wise Interventions, this facilitator's kit helps you run tested belonging exercises with a group you serve: belonging stories, letters to newcomers, an anonymous round, strength stories, a difference panel, norms as invitations and caring notes, always with people rather than to them.

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A facilitator's kit of tested belonging exercises, run wisely with your group

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