How to Become a Master Trainer by Learning from Master Gamers
Imagine delivering a training course to delegates who are half sleep. Is there any point in carrying on? Sure enough, you still get paid for the current session; but surely that’s not your only aim...
Team Building Exercise: Slowest Balloon
This team building exercise presents groups with challenges which require solutions to seemingly easy problems. Delegates need to plan, construct and execute their solutions quickly in order to bea...
Brainstorming Exercise: Brain Sketch
In this exercise, delegates practice a visual brainstorming technique known as Brain Sketch (VanGundy 1988). The aim of this technique is to encourage visual solutions in isolation and also facilit...
Giving Feedback Exercise: Avoid Destructive Feedback
When first presented with new ideas, many seem to be quick to highlight the potential problems with the idea rather than focusing on its potential. This attitude often leads to destructive criticis...
Time Management Exercise: Identify Time Wasters
This exercise encourages delegates to think about workplace issues that could potentially reduce their productivity. It is an ideal exercise for delegates who work together as a team and aim to inc...
Brainstorming Exercise: The Most Unlikely Solution
In this brainstorming exercise, delegates get to think about the most unlikely solutions or ideas in a systematic way. The aim of this brainstorming technique is to encourage out-of-the-box thinkin...
Storytelling Exercise: Suddenly…
This is a simple storytelling exercises that forces the delegates to think of a new direction for a story every time they want to contribute to it.
Team Building Exercise: You Can’t Touch My Palm
This is a fun activity that requires concentration and focus. It is ideal as a team building exercise or as an icebreaker to make people feel more comfortable with each other.
Motivation Exercise: The Power of Colours
Colour can change the mood. In this exercise you will immerse the delegates in various colours and encourage them to see the effect of each colour on their mood. You can then discuss various uses o...
Body Language Exercise: Observe People in Everyday Situations
Use this body language exercise at the beginning of a session before covering non-verbal communication. The aim is to find out how much delegates already know about this topic and effectively prepa...
Brainstorming Exercise: Rolestorming Technique
While brainstorming, sometimes people may feel reluctant to voice their ideas especially if they want to raise a concern or highlight a problem. This is particularly common when senior staff or man...
In this icebreaker, your aim is to help the delegates get to know each other more by answering a set of preselected questions. You have total control over the questions which allows you to customis...
Illustration Exercise: Collective Masterpiece
Use this exercise to get a group of people work on a common illustration exercise. This can be used as an icebreaker to make the group feel more comfortable with each other and also assess the comp...
Brainstorming Exercise: Rotating Roles
In this brainstorming exercise participants take different roles to contribute to the problem solving activity. This allows them to contribute without fear of being laughed at or criticised. The ro...
Motivation Exercise: What Word Describes You the Most?
In this exercise, delegates are forced to choose one word that described them best. The process they go through to find this one word helps them to better understand their own likes and dislikes as...
In this icebreaker, delegates get to know each other better by learning about their first jobs. The question is not too intrusive and most people are happy and sometimes excited to talk about their...
Brainstorming Exercise: Display Your Ideas
Purpose In this brainstorming exercise delegates learn to come up with ideas separately and then together as a large group. The brainstorming technique helps those who are more comfortable in sma...
Storytelling Exercise: Make a Grand Story Based on a Series of Objects
Use this exercise on storytelling to encourage creative and spontaneous thinking. This exercise is ideal for courses such as presentation skills and public speaking as well as any course that can b...
