Warming up the crowd! : 57 pre-session training activities

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Arch, Dave

Publication Information:

San Francisco, CA : Pfeiffer, 2000

ISBN:

9780787951412

Subject Term:

Employees -- Training of -- Methodology

Oral communication

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Meiss, Richard

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You'll get: Brainteasers Personality tests Jigsaw puzzles . . . and much more Before you plant a seed, you must prepare the soil. This one-of-a-kind treasury of warmups will help you prepare your participants for the session that follows.

Help your participants start the session right. Get them engaged and prepared the minute they arrive with these inventive warmups.

Introduction	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
About the Authors	p. xiii
1. Brainteasers?	p. 1
Beauty Brainbuster	p. 3
Between the Lines	p. 5
Birthday Baffler	p. 7
Birthday Baffler 2	p. 9
Build Your Own Brainteaser	p. 11
Calendar Craziness	p. 13
Coin Cups	p. 15
Creative Lifting	p. 17
Delightful Digits	p. 19
Five-Coin Touch	p. 21
Letter Elimination	p. 23
Letter Elimination 2	p. 25
Proofreading: Finding the Misspelled Word	p. 27
Relationally Speaking	p. 29
Relationally Speaking 2	p. 31
Secret Message	p. 33
Tricky Twins	p. 35
Tripping!	p. 37
2. Circle Cards	p. 39
Leadership	p. 41
Change Management	p. 43
Technophobia	p. 45
3. Jigsaw Puzzles	p. 47
Four-Piece Jigsaw	p. 49
Three-Piece Jigsaw	p. 51
Sphinx Jigsaw	p. 53
Four-Piece Puzzler	p. 55
Five-Piece Puzzler	p. 57
4. Find-a-Words	p. 59
Leadership	p. 61
Motivation: Personality	p. 63
New-Employee Orientation	p. 65
5. Board Games	p. 67
Cagey	p. 69
Baffling Blocks	p. 71
Carnival Countdown	p. 73
Letter Fold	p. 75
Skullduggery	p. 77
Snake Eyes	p. 79
The Race	p. 81
Thirty-One	p. 83
6. Tangram Tricks	p. 85
Introduction to Tangrams	p. 85
Tangram Teaser	p. 87
Tangram Teaser 2	p. 89
7. Crossword Puzzle	p. 91
Computer Crossword Puzzle	p. 93
8. Calculator Fun	p. 95
Introduction to Calculator Fun	p. 95
Upside-Down Displays	p. 99
Upside-Down Displays 2	p. 101
Upside-Down Displays 3	p. 103
9. Mix and Match	p. 105
New-Employee Orientation: Politically Correct Dictionary	p. 107
Communication: Say What You Mean	p. 109
Motivation: 15 Exercises We'd Be Better Off Without	p. 111
Computers: Just for Fun--A Farmer's Definition of Terms	p. 113
10. Fill in the Blanks	p. 115
Fun Warmups: Football Teams	p. 117
Fun Warmups: More Football Teams	p. 119
Fun Warmups: The Van Gogh Family Tree	p. 121
Initials Exercise	p. 123
Communication: The Power of Repetition	p. 125
Communication: Avoid Making Assumptions	p. 127
11. Toothpick Trickery	p. 129
The Trained Dog	p. 131
House Moving	p. 133
Toothpick Squares	p. 135
Toothpick Triangles	p. 137
Toothpick Triangles 2	p. 139
Toothpick Trickery	p. 141
12. Wuzzles	p. 143
Introduction to Wuzzles	p. 143
Wuzzles for Presenters: Management	p. 145
Wuzzles for Presenters: Customer Service	p. 147
Wuzzles for Presenters: Communications	p. 149
13. Read and Ponder	p. 151
Motivation: Something to Ponder Today	p. 153
Fun Warmups: A Cowboy's Guide to Life	p. 155
14. Personality Tests	p. 157
Personality Test 1	p. 159
Personality Test 2	p. 161
Personality Test 3	p. 163
Personality Test 4	p. 165
Personality Test Interpretations	p. 166

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