Closing Workshop Activities

Magical Gifts

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In pairs, each person gives a "magical" gift to their partner that relates to what their partner has shared with them.

What will you tell who about what made your day today?

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At the end of a meeting, participants have to go back to their boss, organization, community or family. There they'll asked a question like "what did you do?". This prepares them to that question, informs them about what others will say - and who maybe the source of this message and it give them as well as you feedback on the session. It also reinforces commitment.

Rock, Paper, Scissors Championship

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Partners face off and losers become cheering squad for winners until the last 2 are left to face off.

Quick Reviews in 5 minutes

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Easy and fun way to review content or atmosphere at the end of a group activity (or in between) in 5 minutes.

Look and Scream

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Close eyes, then everyone looks across circle at another player and if they make eye contact they scream dramatically and leave the game.

Best Summary

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Asking listeners to summarize your presentation from time to time is a good technique for encouraging people to listen carefully, take notes, and to review the content. Best Summaries uses this basic concept.

Appreciations

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This activity helps participants value each other, by focusing on the tiniest actions of kindness. Could be used at the end of a session or workshop.

Dodgeball Review

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This is a simple game to engage participants in an interactive review of the content the just learned about.

Word at a Time / Sentence at a Time

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Story is told one word or one sentence at a time

Data Mining

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Here's a game that can be used in a content-heavy training session that relies on reference manuals. It is a combination of a textra game and an interactive storytelling activity.

Whispers

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You can use Whispers as a follow-up activity to any interesting experience among a group of friends. It's my favorite game to informally debrief my colleagues at the airport or during the drive back after a conference.

Workers and Watchers

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Blindfold half of the participants and ask them to lay a rope on the floor in the form of a circle. Conduct a quick debriefing involving the blindfolded workers and the watchers. Blindfold the other half and give them the task of laying the rope on the floor in the form of a triangle. Continue with the debriefing discussion.