In today’s world, being creative is quite critical. Creative staff can solve problems quickly and come up with more imaginative ideas. Practicing a systematic approach to creativity is quite useful in many training courses and you can use this exercises as a creativity enhancer.

This is a fast paced energizer that is ideal for an after lunch activity or when you want to boost the moral and get the delegates’ heart rates going! Younger crowds are particularly more interested in this kind of games.

This is an exercise in describing objects so that delegates can improve their communication skills. It’s all too easy to use jargon and assume that everyone knows what you mean. However, you may need to downgrade and describe a product, a feature or a concept in simpler terms. This entertaining and competitive exercise helps the delegates to train their vocabulary skills and learn how to communicate effectively.

Imagine if your company was a supermarket. Which one would it be? Supermarkets tend to have personalities. It seems that in any society certain classes prefer certain types of supermarkets, and supermarkets respond accordingly as well for supplying appropriate products to this kind of customers. In this exercise, delegates examine their company and decide on its qualities and how best it fits into the supermarket analogy. This analogy helps them to understand their company better.

Modern methodologies on training such as the TAP program, Accelerated Learning, or other top-of-the-range accredited train-the-trainer programs are based on the fundamental theory of Cognitive Training Model. This model captures the essence of learning and shows precisely what you need to do as a trainer to increase the effectiveness of your courses for your learners.

The following shows you what the learners must do to learn and as a trainer what you need to do to satisfy your learners’ needs.

Personal perceptions have an important effect on the way we process information and use them to our benefit. The ability to understand new pieces of information or advice and the skill to apply this information to our own personal and professional situations increases our chances of success significantly. This exercise helps the delegates to understand the differences in perceptions even if the data given to them and their colleagues is exactly the same.

This activity highlights individual’s ability to recognise objects by hearing their visual characteristics and illustrates the importance of perception and attention to detail in gathering information.

This effective exercise helps the delegates to understand how critical it is to listen before they talk in conversations. Most people simply talk from their own point of view and pay little attention to the other. This exercise helps the delegates to understand the need and the mental shift they need to go through to become better listeners.

The purpose of this activity is to illustrate the importance of visual observation when dealing with customers. This game also shows the importance of team work in gathering more information when needed.