Crazy Paper Plate Pets

May 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Holding a puppet is empowering, puppets can allow you to explore new ideas and create endless different situations. Here is an excellent energizer to spark people’s imagination and get your meeting started in the right mind set.  It is also an icebreaker getting people to laugh and work as a team. With a puppet, your [...]

The Cartoon Character

May 11th, 2010 | No Comments

 
Re-creating yourself as a cartoon character could be the perfect icebreaker for your next meeting and a great way to catch your audience off guard and give them a good laugh. Humor is a great way to make your training or meeting more memorable!
Assignment:  Create a mask that shows how you would like to look [...]

Attack of the Blob!

May 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment

What are some of your favorite memories? Many of us have childhood memories that stand out more than almost any other. Remember some of those old games you played as a kid with a bunch of your friends? Why not bring some of those back to light and incorporate them into work. The Blob!, gets [...]

Great Spaces for Networking

April 28th, 2010 | No Comments

We’ve all attended multitudes of networking events throughout our working careers. Some have been more successful than others. Sometimes it’s easy to meet people, other times it feels awkward starting a conversation with someone you’ve never met before. I think few of us have considered the full effect that the choice of venue has on how [...]

Get the Creative Juices Flowing

April 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Sometimes you want to get people in a completely different mindset before you get to the meat of the business at hand. This is a great exercise to get them thinking about everything but your business – specifically a business they know nothing about. It’s also a great way to level the playing field amongst [...]

Six Trillion Stories in One Little Box

April 12th, 2010 | No Comments

I wanted to share with you this posting from Beth at Daily Grommet about this fantastic new game called The Storymatic. I think there’re some great possibilities here for application to exercises during meetings.
What happened to the amateur boxer who couldn’t get down from the roof? Or the neglected sibling who’s being followed by someone? [...]

Fill In The Blanks – Fun With Meetings

March 5th, 2010 | No Comments

 
Here’s a very easy and fun way to start a meeting, using the talents in the room to redesign the environment and give it some pizzazz.
 
Assignment: Draw the missing half of a face of a person.
Allotted Time: 5 minutes

Go through a bunch of magazines and cut out interesting photos of people.  Make sure that they [...]

Using Environment to Enhance Meeting Productivity

March 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Why do people say that they need a change of environment or some fresh air when they feel that they’re getting caught in a rut, a routine, stuck on a problem that they can’t seem to be able to solve?  Because a new environment has the potential to take the mind to a wondrous place [...]

Shoulder Toss Energizer

February 26th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Here’s a quick energizer game that you can play at your next day-long meeting that helps get the blood flowing again. It’s especially good mid-afternoon, when the after-lunch drowsiness is setting in. The whole point of energizers is to get people moving and laughing, clear the brain a bit. There’s no need to tie it [...]

Gain a New Identity and Break the Ice at Your Next Meeting

February 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Sometimes the best ideas can be found in children’s books. For example, you can find a great icebreaker by reading “Captain Underpants And the Perilous Plot Professor Poopypants,” by Dave Pilkey. One part of the story pertains to the evil Professor who forces everyone to assume new names. Now, who couldn’t use a new identity [...]