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The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect
:: Article Rating :: Exercises, Body Language, Large Group, Acting, Attention and Focus

Sometimes a little action can lead to a lot of change as the actions are amplified. This exercise helps delegates see this effect in a symbolic exercise on what is famously known as the “butterfly effect”. It is ideal for courses on team building, communication skills, change management and leadership skills.

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Pass the Orange Game

Pass the Orange Game
:: Article Rating :: Games, Exercises, Icebreakers, Team Building, Exercises for Kids, Energizer, Body Language

This a simple and entertaining exercise which can be used as an ice breaker as well to make team members feel more comfortable with each other. It is rather physical and the casual intimacy can help to break the ice, though it may not be suitable for certain formal settings.

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Team Building Exercise: Shrinking Platform

Team Building Exercise: Shrinking Platform
:: Article Rating :: Leadership, Games, Exercises, Team Building, Communication Skills, Creativity, Exercises for Kids, Body Language

This is a simple yet challenging exercise which puts pressure on a group to solve a problem as the clock is ticking. To successfully survive the task, the group must learn to work together quickly and efficiently.

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Non-Verbal Awareness Exercise: Use Your Senses

Non-Verbal Awareness Exercise: Use Your Senses
:: Article Rating :: Games, Exercises, Communication Skills, Body Language, Personal Impact, Attention and Focus

The purpose of this exercise is to help delegates examine their non-verbal senses and build their confidence in sensing others. It demonstrates the power of our conscious and unconscious ability to sense other people.

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Attention to Detail Exercise: What Was in The Box?

Attention to Detail Exercise: What Was in The Box?
:: Article Rating :: Leadership, Exercises, Team Building, Communication Skills, Body Language, Attention and Focus, Memory

The purpose of this exercise is to help delegates practice memorising and paying attention to detail. Repeated exercise can increase focus and help people to become more aware of their surroundings. It also highlights the importance of using all senses, such as touch to increase memory retention and recall. The exercise is also useful for teamwork and leadership skills.

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Acting Exercise: Moving and Following

Acting Exercise: Moving and Following
:: Article Rating :: Public Speaking, Exercises, Exercises for Kids, Body Language, Large Group, Acting

This is quick acting exercise usually used to get delegates to familiarise with space and movement. You can also use it as a fun energizer.

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Acting Exercise: Act Like an Actor

Acting Exercise: Act Like an Actor
:: Article Rating :: Leadership, Roleplays, Public Speaking, Body Language, Acting, Emotional Intelligence

This is a useful exercise in acting. Use this exercise to help people adopt certain roles or learn how to imitate target behaviours. Acting and understanding how an ideal role feels like can help delegates to get to those targets. For example, being able to act like a manager can significantly help people to eventually become a manager. Not only acting like a manager helps the person to see what it takes to be a manager, others will start to respond appropriately and will be more receptive when that person is elevated to the managerial level.

This exercise helps with various useful roles provided as mission cards. You can use the exercise as a template for other useful roles or choose based on the content of your course.

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Brainstorming Exercise: Relocation

Brainstorming Exercise: Relocation
:: Article Rating :: Exercises, Communication Skills, Creativity, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Body Language, Emotional Intelligence, Brainstorming

You can use this exercise to get a group of people practice brainstorming and participate in constructive discussions. Delegates will go through a case study which can be applicable to just about anyone while still creating complex challenges. This exercise is also flexible in the choice of brainstorming method used or alternatively you can leave it to the delegates to decide. For example, you can use this exercise after explaining a particular brainstorming method such as mind mapping, six hats, Delphi method, etc., and then evaluate the performance of the delegates based on what you have discussed in the course. This exercise is ideal if all delegates are from the same organisation, though you can also use it when delegates are not from the same place.

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Acting Exercise: Act Out The Roles

Acting Exercise: Act Out The Roles
:: Article Rating :: Games, Exercises, Team Building, Communication Skills, Body Language, Acting

In this exercise, participants learn how to act or roleplay certain roles. Acting is a very useful skill. It can greatly help people to place themselves in position of others and learn to think like them. Unfortunately, most people are not trained on this skill and simply find it strange to perform an act. They might feel shy, awkward or simply start laughing at their own abstract acting. The best way to overcome these problems is to simply act. Acting isn’t hard once people understand that all they need to do is to commit to it. This exercise helps the delegates to act in front of each other based on specific scenarios.

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Team Building Exercise: Guess Who is the Leader

Team Building Exercise: Guess Who is the Leader
:: Article Rating :: Games, Exercises, Team Building, Exercises for Kids, Energizer, Body Language

In this activity, participants engage in a fun and entertaining exercise. A person at the centre of a group attempts to guess the leader of others based on what people do. It requires attention to detail, quick decision making and observation of body language.

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Communication Exercise: Mime it out!

Communication Exercise: Mime it out!
:: Article Rating :: Games, Exercises, Communication Skills, Body Language, Acting

This is a fun activity which can be used to demonstrate the importance of non-verbal communication as well as a good energiser. This exercise is most suited to bigger groups of delegates but can be used in any group size.

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Body Language Quiz

Body Language Quiz
:: Article Rating :: Games, Exercises, Quiz, Problem Solving, Body Language, Personal Impact, Sales , Interview Skills

This is quick quiz on body language. It encourages delegates to put their knowledge on body language to test and see how well they can respond to realistic situations.

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Communication Exercise: Job Pantomime

Communication Exercise: Job Pantomime
:: Article Rating :: Roleplays, Public Speaking, Exercises, Communication Skills, Exercises for Kids, Problem Solving, Body Language, Acting, Personal Impact

This fun exercise generates a lot of laugh and is very effective in putting participants in a good mood especially after a long training session. Although designed as a communication exercise, it can easily be used as a team building exercise or energiser.

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Energiser: What am I Doing?

Energiser: What am I Doing?
:: Article Rating :: Exercises, Communication Skills, Exercises for Kids, Energizer, Body Language, Acting, Personal Impact

This is a fun icebreaker/energiser for any group of people. This fun activity allows participants to become creative and generates a lot of laughter.

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Eye Contact

Eye Contact
:: Article Rating :: Exercises, Icebreakers, Communication Skills, Exercises for Kids, Body Language, Acting, Personal Impact

This exercise helps the delegates to understand the importance of eye contact and appreciate its social implications. People can also compare themselves with others in making eye contact which is usually an eye opener for some. The physical nature of the exercise and its light heartedness also makes it an ideal choice as an icebreaker.

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