Last Updated on January 4, Ice Breaker — perfect for breaking the ice between participants to get them talking and to know each other, at the start of the training session. This is a fun activity and game that gets participants to communicate, interact and is a great ice breaker in that it gets people smiling and relaxes participants.
All participants will be given a piece of paper that will be taped to their forehead or onto their back if needed because of head-wear. On each piece of paper will be written the name of a famous person such as a sports star, movie star, TV celebrity and so on.
Including a photo of the celebrity on the paper is even better given that some participants may recognize the photo and not the name. Participants must walk around and ask each other questions to which ONLY a yes or no answer may be given. Allow fifteen minutes for this activity to conclude before asking each person to then identify themselves. Before the lesson, make sure you have a large number of pieces of paper with the names and photos if you can of famous celebrities.
This is true not only for Jack but for all of us. Play can actually be an amazing trick to gain undivided attention of learners in both offline and online learning environments.
The topics, gaming activities and outcomes can be linked to make learning happen, conquer fears and make new connections. So, if you plan interventions carefully and include training games in your online sessions, you can succeed in driving curiosity and creativity of your learners while also achieving your other training objectives. Combination of the right online training software and games are the ways to make your training more engaging and interactive.
In fact, there are all kinds of exciting and educational training activities to consider that you can apply to any industry.
Here I have listed 5 most common interactive games for training sessions that can consider when planning your next online session. Scavenger hunts are both fun and provide an opportunity for friendly competition. Think of a traditional scavenger hunt, where individuals or teams are on a quest for a list of items. Though this is played offline in an extensive area; however, it can be replicated in a virtual setting as well.
The items to be found can be chosen randomly. Depending on the size and locations of the people in your group, you can either separate your learners into teams or have them work alone. Use breakout rooms to make groups and allow them to discuss amongst themselves.
This is an opportunity for your group to learn more about the topic at hand. Keep in mind that you can continue the scavenger hunt until somebody has found all the answers.
Try this simple open book answering activity instead. With such an activity, you can have each of your learners access the specific training material within the platform. This could be something you e-mailed to them prior to conducting a training or webinar or even materials that are readily available for download on your company website.
At the same time, everybody has a chance to explore the training material and become more familiar with it.
If you divide learners in groups, this acts as a training icebreaker. This creates an environment similar to what you would achieve in a face-to-face training seminar. Figure out what works best for your needs. As a moderator, your role in this activity will largely be to facilitate conversation and discussion while avoiding conflict.
This may mean staying away from discussion topics that may interfere with religious, cultural, or political associations. Also, you must ensure that the participants refrain from making personal remarks. The moderator plays the most important role in this activity. The conclusions must be drawn and all points can be written on the whiteboard, so that at the end all participants have the deduction.
One other activity to consider when conducting a training session online is that of script writing. Success in the ABC game requires everyone's participation. You can't just decide to leave out some key stakeholder for political reasons or because you just forgot them. The Project Manager must determine the objectives of the project early on. Sounds like the project chartering process to me.
Sounds like stakeholder identification to me. Are not chartering and stakeholder identification key aspects of project initiation? Is this an omission? Shouldn't we hammer these key learnings into anyone receiving an introduction to the project management discipline? Shouldn't we ensure that seasoned project managers understand the subtleties of these processes?
We drive home these key learnings through participants' frustration with a fifteen minute game. These frustrations are not unfamiliar. We have all experienced them in projects.
Once the backbone of a game is created, the skillful designer can find ways to embellish it to add new learnings. With the ABC game, for example:. Like any information work assignment, creating a game that delivers a fun, but gut-punching, message requires understanding the requirements. What is the real problem in this organization and what is the best, fun way to hold that up to people so they can take a look at it and start to work on it?
In the virtual landscape of 21 st century the greatest challenge may be just getting a team together in the same room. Virtual simulations are wonderful challenges and can afford a break from the day's activities if they run over a one or two week period Also, as in any game, participants must have certain skills run, dribble, shoot in order to participate effectively.
Most adults don't like to be talked at for very long. An authoritative speaker can be a wonderfully inspiring experience. But once you get back to your desk, how can you apply that inspiration? Games and exercises allow adult learners to gain practical experience. They gather the confidence that their solution to a problem, while not the one coming from a recognized authority figure, nevertheless works.
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