Meeting Icebreakers

Communication plays such a big part in our lives today. Yet sometimes we get busy and forget just how important communication is to our success, relationships and happiness.

Communication Activities, Icebreakers and Exercises is a great way to:

• Increase participants' awareness of how they communicate
• Help them to build expertise in a variety of essential skills and competencies
• Prepare them to deal effectively with the many types of communication challenges they face every day

Each activity focuses on some facet of communication and includes a description, time guideline, purpose, resources, presentation, debrief, difficulty rating and variations to make implementation easy.

The 50 activities are organized into three, quick-reference parts:

• Communications principles
• Communications icebreakers
• Communications exercises

Are you interested in focusing on silent messages, listening bad habits, the meaning of words or interactive listening? You’ll find powerful exercises in Part I that will help. Do you want to explore new icebreakers? Move on to the Part II activities on vanity name cards, introducing each other, nickname game and repeating introductions. The final part includes skill-building exercises on following directions, communications shutdowns, rumors, communications styles and other topics.

Each individual activity takes only minutes to complete. Together this collection contains a wealth of insight, tips and guidance to prepare employees to become confident communicators who enjoy stronger relationships and greater success and satisfaction on the job.

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Increase your understanding of facilitation and learn interventions and exercises you can use with others. This resource manual provides managers, trainers and consultants a format based on the core skills facilitators need to develop as well as the issues they will face at work.

The Fast Facilitator shows the difference facilitation skills can make in helping people learn, be more self-aware, be more flexible in their thinking and behavior and build their self-confidence.

The manual is organized into three parts covering a huge amount of groundwork: Essential facilitation, group and team facilitation and creative facilitation.

Topics include what is facilitation, the qualities of a facilitator, planning and structuring, understanding roles in teams, when and how to intervene, working with diversity and defense patterns. Key issues covered range from attentiveness and culture to emotional expression, openness and feedback.

Each of the 30 chapters is divided into four areas:

• The theory behind the topic to help you make sense of the activity and the issues you are facing
• Activities, games and exercises you can use with groups to build skills
• Coaching advice for working one-on-one
• Ideas and resource for self-development including traps to consider and difficulties you might encounter as a facilitator

This title is divided into five sections. Each section has ten exercises designed to stimulate discussion and promote inquiry regarding business ethics. The activities focus on Leadership, Corporate Citizenship, Salesmanship, Management, and Teamwork. Contributing to this collection is a range of trainers from a wide variety of disciplines and locations, including Europe, India, Canada, and a broad cross-section of the United States.

Training Objectives

• Increase ethics awareness among managers, teams and sales personnel
• Help develop values and guidelines
• Provide training activities to support organizational ethics policies
• Provide activities for practice in ethical decision-making

Training Methods

• Icebreakers
• Assessments
• Role plays
• Games

Time Guidelines: 50 activities vary in length from 15 minutes to 60 minutes.

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“Parker and Kropp have done it again. This is another great resource of powerful and easy to use teaming exercises. This is a must for anyone facilitating team building sessions. Update your library today.”
Steven L. Phillips, Ph.D.
Co-author of the best-selling The Team Building Source Book and Team Training: From Start-Up to High Performance

“Team Workout: 50 Interactive Activities provides a wealth of team activities that are both engaging and insightful. Be sure to add it to your list of favorite resources.”
Lorraine L. Ukens, Teaming With Success;
author of All Together Now! and Energize Your Audience

Two of the world’s leading team building facilitators bring you their best icebreakers, assessments, games, and exercises in a user friendly format. Team Workout is for facilitators, team leaders, trainers, and managers who want all the necessary materials and a step-by-step protocol for fast and easy implementation of effective team development. It’s all here?the goals, time required, room set-up, materials, and detailed instructions to ensure a no-fault experience. There are even debriefing questions to facilitate the transfer of learning back to the workplace.

Selected Contents

• Customer Delight: A data collection tool
  
• E-Handles: A closer for a mature team
  
• Respect: A feedback tool
  
• Virtual Brainstorming: Problem solving for a geographically dispersed team
  
• Characteristics of an effective work team
  
• Creating a team mission
  
• Forming new teams
  
• Improving team meetings
  
• Virtual brainstorming: problem solving for a geographically dispersed team
  

• Team Workout $149.99

Andy Kirby

Use these participative training techniques to rejuvenate, challenge, and motivate participants. This collection of over 145 group games will get participants involved in the learning process and add substance to new or existing programs on any training topic.

In addition to providing you with a substantial stock of games, the manual includes an in-depth discussion of the unique dimension that well-presented games add to a training session. It covers proper preparation for the use of games in training, techniques for providing feedback to participants, and methods for choosing a game that is right for your audience and subject matter.

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Activity Manual

Select from 75 quick exercises to break down barriers, increase motivation, and provide the best possible start to your training program. Compiled by a team of five trainers with a wide variety of experience, the games represent a rich mixture of styles and an extensive range of approaches. There is an index of activities by objective to help you choose the most appropriate activity for your application and fully reproducible participant materials are included to save you hours of preparation time.

Training Objectives

• Break the ice
• Liven-up sluggish sessions
• Motivate participants
• Switch attention
• Prepare participants for the training at hand

Selected Contents

• Active Relaxation
• Anagrams
• Blind Balloon Relay
• Ego Ideal
• House and Garden
• I'm Somebody Else

• A Compendium of Icebreakers, Energizers & Introductions $149.99 [Add to Cart]

The 50 activities in this resource book has been tested with hundreds of participants to ensure their appropriateness and effectiveness for a variety of diversity training needs. Employees at all levels will be stimulated by interactively learning about cultural and gender differences and mastering new skills for communicating more effectively in our diverse workplaces. INCLUDES: 300 Pages, 3-Ring Binder

Activities Cover

• Diversity icebreakers
• Change
• Communication
• Conflict resolution
• Gender at work
• Culture and career transitions

Training Objectives

• Illustrate how cultural differences may impact behavior
• Increase awareness of the impact of culture in the workplace
• Demonstrate skills for managing a culturally diverse work force
• Address issues of gender in the workplace

Training Methods

• Ice breakers
• Participative exercises
• Role-plays
• Mini case studies

• 50 Activities for Diversity Training $149.99 [Add to Cart]

Today most executives and managers need to have an international business and cross-cultural perspective. Global Competence includes 50 training activities and self-development exercises to prepare your personnel for international assignments, and develop better understanding of cross-cultural communication. Compiled by a team of experts from around the world, these ready-to-use activities have been tested and refined for a wide variety of international businesses and organizations. They are ideal for both preparing people to work, market, negotiate, and otherwise do business with people in Asia, Latin America, and Europe and to prepare foreign nationals for working in the U.S.

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Ethics 4 Everyone beautifully illustrates the cause-and-effect of corporate and individual responsibility, offering do-able solutions, including how to make decisions that ensure a greater ethical response to business issues.

Discover what some of the world's most respected public and private sector concerns have learned about long-term organizational viability.

Ethics 4 Everyone teaches viewers:

• The Three Rs of ethics: respect, responsibility and results
• How to say 'no' with tact
• How to manage conflicting rights
• How to 'walk the (ethics) talk'

Program Contents: A 15 minute DVD or video, Leader's guide, PowerPoint Presentation on CD-ROM, 10 Participant Workbooks, 10 Copies of the book "Ethics 4 Everyone" and 10 Reminder Cards

Online Training Option: This program is also available for online training - click here for details

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• Ethics 4 Everyone - Workbook $14.95 [Add to Cart]
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Are you maximizing every opportunity to connect with participants before, during and after training? This is the key to optimizing the learning experience of every individual – and the focus of these 125 tested and proven-effective activities for trainers.

The activities are grouped under five critical points of contact trainers have with participants:

• Making Contact Before the Workshop includes activities a trainer can do after the participants are identified or selected.
• Saying Hello at the Beginning of the Workshop presents activities for introducing the trainer, clarifying objectives and expectations, helping participants get better acquainted and leading warm-up activities
• Making Transitions Within the Workshop offers activities for building on what participants have learned from the workshop and one another.
• Saying Goodbye at the End of the Workshop focuses on activities that help participants review what has been learned, develop a plan of action, celebrate and receive awards.
• Following Up After the Workshop includes strategies for reinforcing what participants have learned and ensuring continuous learning.

Based on the principles of accelerated and adult learning, the activities have sound objectives. But they are also fun. Some utilize all the senses. Many get participants on their feet and moving around. Others encourage participants to reveal what they already know and apply what they learn.

The activities are formatted for easy use with clearly marked objectives, best occasion to use them, group size, estimated time equipment and supplies needed and materials. Many of the activities have ready-to-use handouts.

• Compendium of Icebreakers Volume 2 Connections: 125 Activities for Faultless Training - Binder/Book $99.99 [Add to Cart]

Customer Favorite!

Add new life to your training programs! Here's a collection of 75 games that will reinvigorate any training session. There is something here for every trainer and every training situation - from light-hearted energizers to thought-provoking closure activi ties. The games are based on current trends in the world of training, so they're sure to be a relevant accompaniment to your current training programs on team building, diversity issues, leadership, change, and more!

Training Methods

• Attention switchers
• Case studies
• Energizers
• Questionnaires
• Introductions
• Evaluations
• Icebreakers

Topics Include

• Equal opportunities
• Stress management
• Group processes
• Leadership
• Team building
• Creativity
• Corporate ethics
• Assertiveness

• Great Games for Trainers $149.99 [Add to Cart]

Do Right II is an extension of the award-winning motivational video Do Right, starring Lou Holtz. Holtz recognizes teamwork as the cornerstone to every successful organization. To succeed in the nineties, everyone in your organization needs to be working together toward a common goal. Each employee in your organization must be committed to everyone’s success. With this as your goal, you can establish an effective means of communication, utilize your employees’ diverse talents and empower employees to make sound decisions.

• Make a commitment to succeed
• Set common goals
• Communicate effectively
• Be the best you can be
• Utilize each individual’s talents
• Empower others to accomplish objectives

Includes: 35 minutes DVD or video

• Do Right II with Lou Holtz - VHS $595.00 [Add to Cart]
• Do Right II with Lou Holtz - DVD $595.00 [Add to Cart]

Produced - 2006

In 1988, Lou Holtz filmed Do Right an examination of the three values at the heart of his success. Shortly thereafter, Do Right became the best selling corporate film in America.

In Do Right The Plan, Lou Holtz illustrates the way to apply these values to achieve individual and organizational success. Through trial and error, victory and defeat, every success begins with two things: a vision and a plan.

Preview Clips

Change
Teamwork
Growth

Film Highlights

• Through trial and error, victory and defeat, every success begins with two things: a vision and a plan.
• A vision provides the direction necessary to achieve our goals.
• A plan is the vehicle by which we achieve our goals.
• Teaches audiences how to develop the vision essential to achieving their goals.
• Guides individuals, organizations and teams to consistent and lasting success.

Lou Holtz illustrates how many of America's most influential leaders nurtured success by focusing on these key elements, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Super Bowl Champion Jerome Bettis, and Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Do Right The Plan teaches audiences how to develop the vision and the plan essential to achieving their goals. Along with the enduring values illustrated in Do Right, the message of Do Right The Plan guides individuals, organizations and teams to consistent and lasting success.

Running Time: 35 Minutes
Formats: DVD and VHS
Subtitles: Spanish
Closed Captioning: Yes
Includes: One each of Trainer's and Participant's Playbooks
Additional Playbooks: $6.00 each

• Do Right! The Plan - DVD $695.00 [Add to Cart]

Three new simulations! Now there are six realistic adventure simulations in all! Set in America's most popular scenic wonder!

Take participants on an unforgettable learning adventure! Set in the Grand Canyon, these stimulating group activities provide an adventurous backdrop for enthusiastic participant involvement and memorable skill building.

Use Grand Canyon Adventures for active learning in:

• Creativity and Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Conflict Resolution
• Consultation

More than the usual consensus-building activities
The creative design of the participant scenario booklets gives these learning activities a distinct advantage over other consensus-building simulations by supporting participants throughout the activity with helpful techniques and key learning points.

Six related activities provide new training flexibility
The Grand Canyon Adventures package includes three interrelated activities on problem solving, collaboration, and consensus decision making, which makes the program extremely flexible. Use all six activities with your entire team, or split up your group to focus on individualized skill development with a single activity.

Inspiring DVD gets participants involved
Start your session with The River Song, an 18-minute video which sets the scene for the simulations. It is an all-original, breathtaking video tour of the sites within the Grand Canyon where the simulations take place. It will motivate and focus participants on the activities, and ensure high-impact learning.

Stranded in Grand Canyon
A Creative Problem-Solving Adventure: In this activity, set on the Colorado River, the group must find its way out of the canyon using the problem-solving method provided. 1 “2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code SIGC)

Incident at Elves Chasm: Action Plan
Consensus and Consultation In this simulation, set on the Colorado River, a crisis has occurred and the group must build consensus and create a plan of action. 1 to 2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code IECAP)

Incident at Elves Chasm: Priority Setting
Consensus and Consultation In this simulation, a crisis has occurred and you as an individual and then with the group practice prioritizing. 1 “2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code IECPS)

Hiking Out of Lava Falls
A Creative Problem-Solving Adventure This activity, based on an actual event and set on canyon trails, gives team members practice in using a proven problem-solving model to accomplish their survival mission. 1 '2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 Code GCHO)

Up Deer Creek without a Boatman
Collaboration Designed for two leaders or two teams, this exercise provides experience in working together and resolving conflict. Participants will assess their own effectiveness based on three measures of collaboration. 1 “2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code GCDC)

Overboard in the Roaring River
The Confluence of Crisis and Management This crisis management simulation, set on the Colorado River, gives groups practice in building consensus and action planning. 1 “2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code GCRR)

Grand Canyon Complete Package Includes:

• 10 copies of Hiking Out of Lava Falls simulation
• 10 copies of Up Deer Creek simulation
• 10 copies of Overboard in the Roaring River simulation
• 10 copies of Incident at Elves Chasm: Action Plan simulation
• 10 copies of Incident at Elves Chasm: Priority Setting simulation
• 10 copies of Stranded in Grand Canyon simulation
• Scenic 18-minute full color video, The River Song
• Comprehensive Leaders Guide which includes detailed debriefing suggestions, instructions for leading adventure simulations, and valuable tips on involving and motivating participants.

• Grand Canyon Adventures $499.99 [Add to Cart]

In today’s business climate, simply having an ethics policy in place isn’t enough. You must continually keep ethics up front and center to avoid the ethical violations—and erosion of confidence—seen in corporate America today.

This book contains 15 easy-to-use activities that can be used individually or as a whole to reinforce your company’s ethics and values. And inspire employees to recommit to responsible business behavior.

• 15 Activities For Reinforcing Business Ethics And Values $149.99 [Add to Cart]