Icebreakers / Games that Safety trainers play
Guest Post by the late George Robotham
Lots of interaction is the key to successful facilitation of learning and I looked at a few sources of information to try to improve my processes
The big book of icebreakers Edie West
Quick meeting openers Brian Miller
Even more gamers trainers play John Newstrom
I choose carefully from the techniques mentioned in the books. Ones I choose had to be simple, required a minimum of props and hard mental effort and engaging peoples values
1 contributor sent me the following links:
Hi George a few links to stir up you creativity:
http://www.presentation-power-tips.com/ice-breakers-for-presentation.html
http://humanresources.about.com/od/icebreakers/a/one-word-icebreaker.htm
http://www.emsvillage.com/articles/article.cfm?ID=1009
Troy Jeanes sent me his list of icebreakers, these are very specific to safety. I thank these people for their contribution:
Warm up before a meeting
If you were to be someone other than yourself, who would you be? Why?
If you were to be an automobile what would you be? Why?
Warm the group up and get them to know each other
Give participants 3 minutes to consider what they will be doing in 5, 10 and 20 years from now
Have each participant share his or her vision for the future with the group
Warm the group up and getting participants to connect with each other
Have the participants think silently about the best thing that happened in the last week
Participants share
Warm the group up and getting participants to connect with each other
Ask participants to share what was their best deal yet
Getting to know you
Participants interview others and then share
- Name
- Job title
- Hobbies
- Dream holiday
- Most significant achievement
- Most memorable moment
Contract with myself
The most ideas I have been exposed to at this seminar are?
As a result of those ideas, I intend to do the following things in the next 30 days?
By doing these things, I will achieve the following things?
Reviewing learning
Before we break for smoko please tell me the 10 main things you have learnt so far
Top 10 time wasters
Ask group to identify the top 10 management time wasters. Note- readily adaptable to a range of topics.
Managing change
Groups of 4-5
Identify a situation where some type of change was introduced in your organisation. Provide details
Was the change resisted?
Why or why not?
In retrospect, what should have been done to make the change easier?
Leadership pre post test
- Rate on a scale of 1-10
- How much do you know about how to motivate people?
- How good are you at talking to groups and communicating?
- How do you think others would rate you as a leader?
- How would you rated yourself as a leader?
- How good are you at dealing with difficult people?
- How likely are you to introduce yourself to people you do not know?
- How much do you know about leadership
- How much leadership experience do you have?
- How well do you work under pressure?
- How important are you to the overall success of the organisation?