Cross Method
Exit Ticket
An Exit Ticket is a short written response participants produce at the very end of a session — typically in two to three minutes — that captures one specific takeaway, commitment, or question before participants leave the room or log off the call.
April 28, 2026
Structured Silence
Structured Silence is a reflection activity in which the workshop leader deliberately protects a block of quiet time — typically three to eight minutes — for participants to think individually about a named prompt without discussion, writing, or any…
April 28, 2026
Two-Stars-and-a-Wish
Two-Stars-and-a-Wish is a short structured-feedback activity in which participants — reviewing a peer's work, their own work, or a session segment — name two specific strengths (the "stars") and one specific improvement suggestion (the "wish").
April 28, 2026
Muddiest Point
Muddiest Point is a short reflection activity in which participants write — anonymously, in most applications — the one thing from the preceding segment or session that remained unclear, confusing, or unresolved.
April 28, 2026
Minute Paper
A Minute Paper is a short, structured reflection activity in which participants spend one to three minutes at a specific moment in a session — usually a transition point or the end of the session — writing brief responses to a named prompt.
April 28, 2026
Cold Calling
Cold Calling is a facilitation move in which the workshop leader directly names a specific participant and asks them to respond — to answer a question, share their thinking, report on pre-work, or contribute to the discussion — without the…
April 28, 2026
Four-Corners
Four-Corners is a real-time polling activity in which the workshop leader names four positions on a question and assigns each to a specific corner of the room (or a specific spatial zone in a shared virtual space).
April 28, 2026
Fist-of-Five
Fist-of-Five is a brief real-time polling activity in which the workshop leader asks a question and participants respond by holding up zero to five fingers — a closed fist (zero) at one end of the scale, a full open hand (five) at the other, with…
April 28, 2026
Stand-Up / Sit-Down
Stand-Up / Sit-Down is a brief real-time polling activity in which the workshop leader asks a question and participants respond with a physical body signal — standing up for "yes," "agree," or "true for me," sitting down for the opposite.
April 28, 2026