More Session Shakers

Many of our customers asked for a follow-up to the highly popular Session Shakers... so here it is. Like its predecessor, provides energisers and icebreakers at your fingertips which make an immediate impact on workshops, meetings and training sessions.
It's packed with ideas that are versatile, enjoyable, and really easy to use. This means you'll have new tricks up your sleeve whenever you need to shake up a session or liven up some learning points.
You can do any of these in under 30 minutes:
·Kick off with an exciting start
·Put energy into a flagging session
·Change the group dynamics
·Defuse a difficult situation
·Relieve tension
·Get a competitive spirit going
·Close a session on a high
You'll save time, be equipped for emergencies, and pack a punch into training sessions with these new energisers and icebreakers.

Author: Sarah Cook
Pages: 249
'OK to copy' pages: 50


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Contents1:Question marks???

Learning applications: Communication skills; questioning and answering.
Process applications: Building trust; relationship building.

2:Bingo!

Learning applications: Assertiveness; communication skills; conversation management skills; interview techniques; questioning and answering. Process applications: Building trust; facilitating feedback; relationship building.

3:The lottery game

Learning applications: Assertiveness; communication skills; conversation management skills; interview techniques; negotiation skills; questioning and answering. Process applications: Building trust; ice-breaker; reaching group consensus; relationship building.

4:Team performance

Learning applications: Barriers to creativity; organisational skills; presenting a case; self-confidence; team working. Process applications: Energising the group; equalising or levelling people within the group; examining team support structures; group cohesion; improving team communication.

5:Tented city

Learning applications: Communication skills; listening and following instructions; questioning and answering; team communication; team working; verbal instructions; working under pressure. Process applications: Building trust; energising the group; examining team support structures; forming or regrouping teams.

6:Internal customer care

Learning applications: Dealing with feedback; discovery skills; inter-group relationships; internal customer care; process improvement. Process applications: Dealing with groupthink; facilitating feedback; improving team communication; relationship building.

7:Meetings, Meetings

Learning applications: Chairing meetings; communication skills; dealing with difficult situations; discussion leading; observation; participating in meetings.
Process applications: Defusing difficult situations; facilitating feedback; managing conflict.

8:What motivates you?

Learning applications: Discovery skills; first impressions; motivation; self-presentation. Process applications: Defusing difficult situations; equalising or levelling people within the group; facilitating feedback; improving team communication; relationship building.

9:Problem solving

Learning applications: Barriers to creativity; problem solving; staying power; team building. Process applications: Dealing with groupthink; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion.

10:What car do you drive?

Learning applications: Dealing with difficult situations; discovery skills; managing change; problem solving; team communication. Process applications: Defusing difficult situations; facilitating feedback; improving team communication; managing conflict.

11:Getting to know you

Learning applications: Dealing with feedback (for variation); first impressions; self-confidence; self-presentation; team building. Process applications: Building trust; equalising or levelling people within the group; group cohesion; relationship building.

12:Compliments

Learning applications: Assertiveness; dealing with feedback; discovery skills; observation; self-confidence; stress management. Process applications: Building trust; closing the session; equalising or levelling people with the group; facilitating feedback; relationship building; relieving tension.

13:Tree of learning

Learning applications: Dealing with feedback; self-confidence. Process applications: Closing the session; facilitating feedback.

14:Team identity

Learning applications: Barriers to creativity; developing competitive instinct; leadership; managing a task; organisational skills; team building. Process applications: Awakening competitive instincts; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; relationship building.

15:Rope tricks

Learning applications: Barriers to creativity; developing competitive instinct; leadership; managing a task; organisational skills; team building. Process applications: Awakening competitive instincts; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; relationship building.

16:Tower of strength

Learning applications: Barriers to creativity; leadership; problem solving; team building. Process applications: Awakening competitive instincts; closing the session; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; improving team communication.

17:Stress management

Learning applications: Stress management. Process applications: Defusing difficult situations; relieving tension.

18:Listening counters

Learning applications: Active listening; communication skills; dealing with feedback; discussion leading; non-verbal communication summarising. Process applications: Building trust; facilitating feedback; improving team communication.

19:Paper cups

Learning applications: Active listening; communication skills; non-verbal communication; questioning and answering; verbal instructions. Process applications: Energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion.

20:Promote your team

Learning applications: Interview techniques; managing a task; problem solving; team communication; team working. Process applications: Closing the session; energising the group; examining team roles; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion; improving team communication.

21:Super Team!

Learning applications: Leadership; managing a task; organisational skills; team building; team communication; working under pressure. Process applications: Awakening competitive instinct; energising the group; examining team roles; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion; improving team communication.

22:The metaphor game

Learning applications: Discovery skills; first impressions; observation; self-presentation; team building. Process applications: Energising the group; equalising or levelling people within the group; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion; improving team communication.

23:Closing time

Learning applications: Dealing with difficult situations; team building. Process applications: Closing the session; defusing difficult situations; equalising or levelling people within the group; facilitating feedback; relationship building; relieving tension.

24:Managing your time

Learning applications: Delegation; organisational skills; time management.
Process applications: Energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; improving team communication.

25:What do we delegate to whom?

Learning applications: Decision making; delegation; organisational skills; time management. Process applications: Energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; relationship building.

26:North, south, east or west?

Learning applications: Objective setting. Process applications: Energising the group; group cohesion.

27:Desert island

Learning applications: Barriers to creativity; developing competitive instinct; leadership; organisational skills; team building. Process applications: Awakening competitive instinct; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion; relieving tension.

28:Customer care quiz

Learning applications: Customer care; dealing with difficult situations; internal customer care. Process applications: Closing the session; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams.

29:Fact or fiction?

Learning applications: Discovery skills; first impressions; self-presentation. Process applications: Building trust; energising the group; equalising or levelling people within the group; forming or regrouping teams; improving team communication; relationship building.

30:Apples andOranges

Learning applications: Inter-group relationships; internal customer care. Process applications: Energising the group; equalising or levelling people within the group; relationship building; relieving tension.

31:Three by three and four by four

Learning applications: Delegation; empowerment; leadership; project management; team working. Process applications: Energising the group; examining team roles; examining team support structures; group cohesion; improving team communication.

32:Origami

Learning applications: Barriers to creativity; problem solving; team working.
Process applications: Energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion; improving team communication; relieving tension.

33:Mirroring

Learning applications: Communication skills; dealing with difficult situations; non-verbal communication. Process applications: Energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; improving team communication; relieving tension.

34:Triggering

Learning applications; Dealing with difficult situations; stress management.
Process applications: Building trust; defusing difficult situations; relieving tension.

35:Commitments

Learning applications: Assertiveness; presenting a case; questioning and answering; self-confidence. Process applications: Building trust; closing the session; examining team support structures; facilitating feedback; improving team communication; relationship building.

36:Different perspectives

Learning applications: Managing diversity; team building; team communication.
Process applications: Building trust; dealing with groupthink; improving team communication; relationship building.

37:Emergency rescue

Learning applications; Chairing meetings; dealing with feedback; discussion leading; negotiation skills; participating in meetings. Process applications: Energising the group; facilitating feedback; forming or regrouping teams; improving team communication.

38:Brain-teasers

Learning applications: Barriers to creativity; problem solving; self-confidence; staying power; team building. Process applications: Energising the group; examining team support structures; forming or regrouping teams.

39:Land's EndtoJohn O'Groats

Learning applications: Inter-group relationships; leadership; negotiation skills; problem solving; team working. Process applications: Energising the group; examining team roles; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion; improving team communication; relationship building.

40:What do we value?

Learning applications: Team building; team communication; self-presentation.
Process applications: Building trust; energising the group; equalising or levelling people within the group; facilitating feedback; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion; improving team communication; relationship building.

41:Move along the coach

Learning applications: Empowerment; leadership; team building. Process applications: Energising the group; equalising or levelling people within the group; facilitating feedback; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion; improving team communication; relationship building.

42:All change!

Learning applications: Leadership; managing a task; managing change; questioning and answering; working under pressure. Process applications: Energising the group; equalising or levelling people within the group; facilitating feedback; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion; improving team communication; relationship building.

43:Do you see yourself as others see you?


Learning applications: Dealing with feedback; first impressions; self-confidence; self-presentation. Process applications: Building trust; defusing difficult situations; facilitating feedback; improving team communication; managing conflict.

44:Dealing with difficult situations

Learning applications: Customer care; dealing with difficult situations; dealing with feedback; non-verbal communication. Process applications: Building trust; defusing difficult situations; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; relationship building.

45:Assertive communication

Learning applications: Assertiveness; non-verbal communication. Process applications: Energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; relationship building.

46:Practice makes perfect

Learning applications: Managing a task; process improvement; team working.
Process applications: Awakening competitive instinct; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams.

47:The perfect cut

Learning applications: Barriers to creativity; problem solving. Process applications: Closing the session; defusing difficult situations; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; group cohesion.

48:Strange shapes

Learning applications: Inter-group relationships; problem solving; team working.
Process applications: Building trust; energising the group; forming or regrouping teams; improving team communication.

49:Precious objects

Learning applications: Self-presentation; team building. Process applications: Building trust; defusing difficult situations; forming or regrouping teams; managing conflict; relationship building.

50:I'm going to sit right down

Learning applications: Communication skills; learning methods; summarising.
Process applications: Building trust; defusing difficult situations; relationship building.