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Open Book
Open Book is a quiz game that helps participants become familiar with the structure and organization of a reference manual. During the first phase of the game, individual participants review the manual and prepare 10 questions. During the second phase, participants form into teams and select their five best questions. During the third phase, you conduct a quiz program using these questions and some others that you have prepared earlier.
Energizer "Clowns' Maths"
Fun activation with serious background
Animal empathy writing exercise
Writing with empathy is all about inhabiting the shoes (or paws) of something that is not yourself. In this exercise, we ask participants to imagine the perspective of a fox and then write from the point of view of the fox.
Mnemonic Name Game
Help a group get to know each other better with simple mnemonics in this fast, fun game played in a circle.
Friend or Foe?
This n’ That
Creativity is connecting things. If you are looking to give your creative mind a workout with a simple concept mash-up, look no further. The more you do this, the better you’ll get at one of the fundamental skills that lead to new ideas, combining elements. We've found a simple online tool from Dave Birss that helps you to define random objects that can form the basis of your creative combination.
Less is More- an exercise in editing
This exercise is ideal for editing written content in a hands-on way. A simple and effective exercise for editing workshop content or presentation text for talks. Use it when you have to write for a specific audience and want them to stay focused on the most important information.
Dance therapy exercises part 2
The following activities are part of dance therapy methods. They allow the group to feel connected and explore body movement on their own and in pair.
KISS (Keep/Improve/Stop/Start)
Be able to take a step back on a topic and see how to improve it using KISS model.
The topics can be really different: Ways of working, Communication, Team meeting, ....
Special Olympics
Practice team-work in a small groups.