Human Scramble - Meet and Greet to find learning partner. Buddy chart. Wednesday, July 23, 2008 C. Gilbert and B. Egan

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2 Human Scramble - Meet and Greet to find learning partner. Buddy chart 2

3 Four Fact Card- List three truths and one false item about yourself. Meet up with another classmate and have them guess what is the false item. Switch several times. Table Tent name tag with fun points to share. After writing your name on the name tag, draw four items that describe you. Be creative, suggest other items for the four items: Job, Favorite vacation spot, Hobby, Secret wish. 3

4 Double Name Tag- Put name on one tag, put word to describe you or how feeling right now. Meet and greet someone new to you. Silence is Golden-Count off by 2 s. Meet and greet each other without talking. Use nonverbal communication. For example you could point to your wedding ring to indicate you are married. 4

5 State Vanity License Plate- Draw rectangle Add the URL for the state at the bottom of the rectangle. Have each person develop their own seven letter or number vanity plate. Meet someone new and them guess its meaning. 5

6 Looking at Perspective Add letters to change words and make a word Add one line to make this true number puzzle 6

7 Finding True North Paradigm Paralysis 7

8 State Vanity License Plate- Draw rectangle, add the www for the state. Have each person develop their own seven letter or number vanity plate. Meet someone new and have them guess what it means. 8

9 Different ways to form new teams Color of hair Birthday Your ideas. 9

10 Secret Roles- Participant s are provided a job description for the training in a sealed envelope marked Do Not Open and are assigned a specific seat, so each group has one of each job. Participant s can t divulge their job, but they must act it out during the training. Jobs include: Can Do Positive Attitude Team Leader Question Asker Time Keeper 10

11 The Paper Cup- have each person think of as many uses for a paper cup in 10 seconds. Then form teams and see how many ideas they can come up with in 30 seconds. Then have scribes record ideas from the entire group Candy Bars- Great way to form groups to enhance learning. Everyone selects their favorite candy, divide into groups by the kind of candy bar. 11

12 Window Panes- Drawing activity using icons or characters to represent areas of learning. Draw a rectangle and divide into 9-panes. Fill each pane with a drawing to help recall material covered in course. Sticky dots questions (can also use as closer) Give each participant or group a sheet of sticky colored dots. Dots are awarded for great ideas, helping others, etc. The number of awarded dots can be used at the end of the training as a reward system. 12

13 Start Stop Continue Chart List one thing will start doing List one thing will stop doing List one thing will continue doing Multiple Scribes- As the instructor don t tie yourself up with writing on the board. Ask for volunteers to record ideas. Use 2- flip charts and 2- scribes, they record every other idea. 13

14 Stand up when you are done- Stretch break at your seat. Balloon Break- Have balloons available, blow them up and break stress or tension breaker. Paper Hacky Sac- Make a hacky sac out of a piece of newspaper. Wellness and physical activity exercise. Field Trips - Move around the room to view activities or change groups. 14

15 Trivia Quiz - Develop trivia questions to break up the learning and re-energize the group. Mirroring- Partners should stand several inches apart with palms a few inches apart. The tallest person begins to move their hands, while the shorter partner mirrors the movement. After 3 minutes switch leaders. 15

16 Draw Your Watch-(also be an opener)- Have participant s remove their watch, turn it upside down. Have them draw the face of the watch with as much detail as they can remember. Then have the participant guess what % they think they got correct. Award small prizes or dots. 16

17 Dice Throw for Breaks- Have 3 large foam dice. Have 3 volunteers throw a die, total the number on each die. This is the length of the break. 17

18 Teach Backs- Use these to check for learning retention. Mind mapping- On poster paper have participants draw a circle. Then assign a problem. Draw smaller circles to solve the problem. All ideas should be recorded. 18

19 Candy Bar Paragraphs- Version I- Provide each group (3-5) members with the same candy bar. Have several kinds of candy depending on the size of the group. Working together have them write a paragraph that ties the candy bar name to what they have learned. Version II- Hand out an assortment of mini candy bars whose names lend themselves to the training. Each team member receives a different candy. The team must create a paragraph describing key points in the training, weaving all the names of the candy into the paragraph. 19

20 GOAL cards- Hand out 3 x 5 card. Learners write down these four words: Goal I will set as a result of the class Obstacle What you will need to overcome to accomplish the goal Action What are the action steps to over come the obstacle Learn What I learned to help me reach my goal Have participants share with their learning partner or in a small group. 20

21 Fighting the Gremlins- Brainstorming. Toward the end of the training ask this question, What can you do to make sure you won t apply anything you have learned or make any changes to your current behavior? Then brainstorm all of the ways you can overcome these obstacles. Spider Web-Form a circle, take a ball of yarn, toss the ball to one person who shares an idea, they pass the yarn to another person. Stress how the web is strengthened with ideas. 21

22 Mind Reader Close- Tell audience you are going to read their minds- then correlate the exercise to what they have been learning today. Tell participants to close their eyes First choose a number between 1 and 10, but don t select 1 or 10. Multiply that number by 9, this should give you a two digit number. Next add the two digits and then subtract 5 from that number. Next turn the number to a letter (A=1,B=2, and so on) Now think of a country in Europe that starts with that letter Next take the last letter of that country and use it as the first letter of an animal. Finally use the last letter of the animal you just thought of to name a color. Then announce, I think I am now reading your minds, folks, and there are no orange kangaroos in Denmark! 22

23 Junk Food Reminder- On sheet of paper write Name Nickname Favorite junk food Goal: 1thing from the class they will accomplish in 30 days Crumple paper and throw in the air. Person who picks up ball agrees to send to person. 23

24 ROI 9 - Great for large groups, one envelope, 2-3x5 cards. List 2 learned ideas on each card. Share idea with another classmate. Add ideas to your cards. Put cards in envelope and have someone mail to you in 60-days. Collecting Dots- Count up awarded dots and provide small prizes to learners 24

25 Have fun using these ideas in your next training or at your next chapter meeting!!! 25