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Title:
Jeff Stibbard's training games... from the inside : the secret to what works and what doesn't.
Author:
Stibbard, Jeffrey.
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Publication Information:
Warriewood, N.S.W. : Business and Professional Publishing, 1998.
Physical Description:
viii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781875680726
Format :
Book
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Library | Call Number | Material Type | Home Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Library | HF5549.5.G73 S85 1998 | Adult Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction Area-Oversize | Searching... |
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Summary
Summary
Games can lift an ordinary presentation or training session into a memorable learning experience, involving participants in a way that a talking-head or high-tech presentation can't. This book includes 50 training games that have notes on where it works best, possible pitfalls and variations and strategies for getting the most out of participants.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. viii |
| Part I Introduction to training games | |
| Electrify your presentations | p. 1 |
| Introduction to the training process | p. 2 |
| What are training games? | p. 8 |
| What games can do | p. 11 |
| Pitfalls in using games | p. 14 |
| When to use games | p. 17 |
| How to run games | p. 20 |
| Managing problem participants | p. 38 |
| Designing your own games | p. 42 |
| Part II Guidelines to 50 great games | |
| Before you play the games | p. 49 |
| What's in each game | p. 51 |
| The Future Space Game | p. 52 |
| 15 minutes | |
| 20 maximum | |
| Opener | |
| The Me Square | p. 53 |
| 30 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Opener | |
| Who's That? | p. 54 |
| 25 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Opener | |
| Who's That sheet | p. 55 |
| Meet My Best Friend | p. 56 |
| 25 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Opener | |
| Meet My Best Friend worksheet | p. 57 |
| Who's Who Game | p. 58 |
| 10 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Opener/Workplace difference | |
| Dealing with Know-Alls | p. 60 |
| 20 minutes | |
| 15 | |
| Opener | |
| Walkies | p. 62 |
| 15 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Communication | |
| Stop Telling | p. 64 |
| 30 minutes | |
| 10 minimum | |
| Communication/leadership | |
| Where to Next? | p. 66 |
| 10-15 minutes | |
| Fewer than 8 | |
| Communication/teamwork | |
| The Visual Game | p. 68 |
| 5 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Communication/listening | |
| What Can You Remember? | p. 70 |
| 5 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Communication | |
| What can you remember? | p. 72 |
| Fists | p. 74 |
| 8 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Communication | |
| The Change Game | p. 75 |
| 25 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Change | |
| Power of Visualisation | p. 77 |
| 10-15 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Change | |
| The Mentor | p. 79 |
| 25 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Leadership | |
| The Mentor worksheet | p. 81 |
| The Leadership Game | p. 82 |
| 1 hour | |
| Any number | |
| Leadership | |
| The Magnetic Chair | p. 84 |
| 10 minutes | |
| Even number | |
| Goal setting | |
| Time Out | p. 86 |
| 25 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Goal setting | |
| Time Out worksheet | p. 87 |
| Push Arms Down Game | p. 88 |
| 15 minutes | |
| Even number | |
| Goal setting | |
| Apple and Straw Game | p. 90 |
| 20 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Goal setting | |
| Noughts and Crosses | p. 92 |
| 15 minutes | |
| Even number | |
| Goal setting/creativity | |
| Metaphors | p. 94 |
| 40 minutes | |
| Teams of 3 | |
| Goal setting | |
| Let's Get Creative | p. 96 |
| 20 minutes | |
| 12 minimum | |
| Creativity/content reinforcer | |
| The Bizarre Animal Game | p. 98 |
| 12 minutes | |
| Teams of 4 | |
| Creativity | |
| Build a Paper Plane | p. 100 |
| 15 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Creativity | |
| Know the Answer | p. 102 |
| 10 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Creativity/communication | |
| Name that Job | p. 104 |
| 25 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Creativity | |
| Job that Name | p. 106 |
| 5 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Creativity | |
| Job that Name--trainer's suggested answer sheet | p. 107 |
| The Opera House | p. 108 |
| 1 hour | |
| Groups of 5 | |
| Creativity | |
| The Feast | p. 110 |
| 1 hour | |
| Groups of 8 | |
| Workplace difference | |
| The Feast role descriptions | p. 112 |
| Lost at Sea | p. 113 |
| 20 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Workplace difference | |
| Most Frequented Fast-Food Outlets in the USA | p. 115 |
| 1 hour | |
| Teams of 5-7 | |
| Teamwork | |
| Most Frequented Fast-Food Outlets in the USA: | |
| ranking sheet | p. 117 |
| correct answers | p. 117 |
| The Blind Walking Race | p. 118 |
| 50 minutes | |
| 12 or more | |
| Teamwork/body | |
| The Bum Race | p. 120 |
| 10 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Teamwork | |
| Feelings and Emotions | p. 122 |
| 30 minutes | |
| 2 teams of 5 | |
| Teamwork | |
| The Seven Ps | p. 124 |
| 10 minutes | |
| 10 minimum | |
| Teamwork/difference | |
| Pass the Deck | p. 126 |
| 10-15 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Teamwork/leadership | |
| Stand or Fall | p. 128 |
| 20 minutes | |
| 10 minimum | |
| Teamwork/communication | |
| Feedback and Teams | p. 130 |
| 30 minutes | |
| 10 minimum | |
| Teamwork/communication | |
| Resourceful State Game | p. 132 |
| 10 minutes | |
| 12 minimum | |
| Teamwork/creativity | |
| Mish-Maths | p. 134 |
| 40 minutes | |
| Teams of 506 | |
| Communication/leadership | |
| Mish-Maths team member roles | p. 136 |
| The Balloon Game | p. 138 |
| 15 minutes | |
| Even number | |
| Teamwork/communication | |
| Hands Off! | p. 140 |
| 30-40 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Teamwork | |
| Sexual harassment situations | p. 141 |
| Animal Noises | p. 142 |
| 20 minutes | |
| 20 minimum | |
| Teamwork | |
| Our Strengths | p. 144 |
| 25 minutes | |
| Even number | |
| Teamwork/opener | |
| Roots and fruits | p. 146 |
| Did We Learn Anything? | p. 147 |
| 40 minutes | |
| 12 minimum | |
| Content reinforcer | |
| Areas of the course | p. 149 |
| Anagrams | p. 150 |
| 10 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Content reinforcer | |
| Anagrams examples | p. 151 |
| Paper Aeroplane Game | p. 152 |
| 10 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Listening skills | |
| Are You Listening? | p. 154 |
| 5 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Creativity/listening skills | |
| Are You Listening? worksheet | p. 155 |
| Pick the Sound | p. 156 |
| 20 minutes | |
| Any number | |
| Listening skills | |
| End with a Bang! | p. 158 |
| 15 minutes | |
| 12 or more | |
| Listening skills/teamwork |