Academy / Templates
Find an activity by the room you have.
Program leads don't think in topics. They think "I have 60 people and need an opener" or "I have eight people and need them to reflect." Kolab's library of 200+ templates is indexed that way, by group size and session moment. Here are the ones we reach for most.
Openings and arrivals
Hotel Lobby
An illustrated lobby with eight audio zones, so arrivals drift into small conversations on their own.
Speed Networking Track
A structured rotation where pairs meet, talk and move on. Run live at IREX network sessions.
Fireside Chat
A stage and audience seating for a conversation with a guest, without the webinar feel.
Strategic Prioritization Grid
An impact and effort matrix for sorting ideas into Quick Wins, Major Projects, Low Priority and Time Sinks, with a sticky bank and built-in instructions.
World Cup Debate Pitch
A football pitch for debates. Teams take a half, pick a side on the central question and argue it out. A lively way to kick off a meeting.
Agree / Disagree
A five-point spectrum from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. People place themselves in response to a statement, so the room's view shows at a glance.
The main work
World Café
Small tables, rotating rounds, and a shared harvest at the end. The classic format for surfacing ideas across a whole cohort.
Pitch Competition
Teams present on a stage and the room scores. Built for accelerator demo days and final presentations.
Pros and Cons
A simple two-column board for weighing a decision as a group before you vote.
Panel Discussion Stage
A moderator and four panelist seats, a questions area for audience sticky notes, and an emoji reactions zone that keeps the audience involved.
Farm Mingle
A farmyard with six topic-based audio zones and haystack seating. People wander between zones to join different conversations, and the farm animals can be moved around for extra fun.
Ecosystem Mapping Canvas
Concentric rings for Proximity, Alignment, Power and Influence. Participants place stakeholders and forces on sticky notes to see how a system fits together.
Reflection and closing
SWOT Analysis
A four-quadrant board for mapping Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats together from a shared sticky bank.
Rapid Feedback
Quick reactions on a single board in the last five minutes, while it's still fresh.
Campfire Story Circle
A small circle around a fire for sharing stories and reflections. Works at the start or the end of any session.
Conversation Café
An illustrated café and courtyard full of two-seat spots, where people wander and drop into one-on-one conversations. No agenda, just connection.
Block Builder
A shared canvas stocked with Lego-style blocks in retro toy colors. The whole group builds one structure together in response to a design brief.
Roses and Thorns
What went well, what didn't. A fast retrospective that doubles as session feedback.
Short clips are on the way. We're recording each of these with real people in them, so you can see how a template runs before you use it. Until then, the fastest way to see one is to send us an agenda and we'll build your session with the right templates in it.