The New Encyclopedia of Icebreakers [Paperback]

The New Encyclopedia of Icebreakers -- the sequel to the best-selling  Encyclopedia of Icebreakers -- gives you 150 innovative activities to energize your training sessions. The book is filled with a variety of activities that will move participants through the stages of group development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Use this new collection to help people get acquainted, build teams, address team or group issues, develop effective working relationships, and improve learning and retention of new information. The final chapter presents specific adjourning activities to help you bring closure to your training or group work, increase skills and knowledge transfer, and transition the participants back to the workplace.Introduction: Getting the Most from This Resource.

Section 1: Forming.

Selecting Activities.

Why Group Participants?

Common Issues in Training and Group Work.

Planning Ahead.

Dear Diary: Getting Started

Letter Writing.

Shared Agreements.

Tuck Away.

Forming Groups.

The Continents.

It's a Puzzle.

Quotables.

Snapshots.

Synonyms.

True Colors.

Getting Acquainted.

Collectible Items.

For Sale.

Forced Choices.

Get Acquainted Quietly.

Give a Sign.

Head to Toe.

In the News.

It's in the Cards.

Keep It Up.

The Kid in All of Us.

Pals.

Sharing Information.