1 The Name Game Energizer 2 The Perils of Preconditioning Energizer 3 True Confession Toothpicks Energizer 4 Sea If Ewe Can Find the Errers Energizer 5 Connect the Dots Energizer 6 Playing the Numbers Energizer 7 30 Seconds Energizer 8 Just-in-Time Review Energizer 9 Brilliant Brainstorming Energizer 10 Elementary Introduction Game 11 Hundred Word Introduction. Introduction Game 12 Great Expectations. Managing Expectations 13 Good Grief Self-perception 14 First impressions on Hot seat Self Perception, Self-Disclosure, Attribution 15 Wibble-Wobble Energizer 16 What’ll be my line? Energizer, Attributions, Verbal communications 17 Sweet Tooth Icebreaker 18 Pass the Torch Icebreaker 19 On the Hunt Icebreaker 20 Names & Adjectives Introduction Game 21 Names & Stories Introduction Game 22 The Napkin Game Energizer 23 The Stone Sharing Exercise Energizer 24 Ball Toss / Group Juggle Icebreaker for Day 2 of a multi-day training session 25 Ha Energizer 26 Toilet Paper Go-Round Introductions for an intense training 27 Two Truths & a Lie 28 Trainer/Participant Join-Up /Icebreaker Icebreaker 29 The Name Game Threat Icebreaker 30 All My Neighbors #1 31 All My Neighbors #2 (for more "sedate" groups) 32 Blob Tag Energizer 33 Honey I Love You 34 Hospital Tag 35 Person-to-Person 36 Secret Agent Energizer 37 Introduce Your Partner Introductrion 38 Take off from "...and the Cheese Stands Alone" 39 Alphabet Search 40 Who's Here? Introductions 41 The Perception Game Introduction 42 Team building Icebreaker 43 Winning Lines Icebreaker 44 Rumor Energizer 45 Who Am I? Icebreaker 46 Blindfolded Shoe Shuffle Energizer 47 Circle Delight 48 I’m Going Hunting 49 Balloon Head Race 50 Banana Olympics 51 Dizzy Basketball 52 Knot Race 53 Lemon Relay 54 Orange Eating Race 55 Ping-Pong Relay 56 Potato Picker 57 Rolling-Pin Race 58 Three-Legged Race 59 William Tell Race 60 Yay and Boo 61 Sentence Building 62 What did he say? 63 What would you do if…? 64 All Change 65 Pass the passive 66 Forced to finish 67 The words we hate 68 Tea Party Ice Breaker 69 The Wayward Flock 70 Drums and Planks 71 Balloon test for team formation 72 Bid and Build 73 Take the Challenge 74 Motion Machine 75 Up and Over 76 Twinkle Tower 77 Bridge Toss 78 Pass the Present 79 Baton Pass 80 Who Are You at the Zoo? 81 The Game of Life 82 The Memo Game 83 The Other Half Opener 84 Diversity 85 Personal Lifelines Opener 86 7 UP 87 Phrase Craze 88 Brilliant Brainstorming Energizer 89 True Confession Toothpicks 90 What am I like? Perception Game 91 Getting invited to the Picnic 92 Sentence Building 93 Say What 94 Common Ground 95 Group Scavenger Hunt - Outbound 96 2 Truths and a Lie ( Team Building – Longer Duration) 97 Screamer 98 The Magic Wand 99 The ADDIE Game 100 The Interview g Time Brief Description When to Use Link 20 mins See Comment Z/ 5 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ 10 mins See Comment Z/ 10 mins See Comment Z/ 10 mins See Comment Z/ 30 seconds See Comment Z/ 10 mins See Comment Z/ 5-10 mins See Comment Z/ 30 mins See Comment Z/ 20 mins See Comment Z/ 30 mins See Comment Z/ 30 mins See Comment Z/ 30 mins See Comment Z/ 7 mins See Comment Z/ 20 mins See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ 20 mins See Comment Z/ 10 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ 10 mins See Comment Z/ 20 mins See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ 5-7 mins See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ 20 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ 10 mins See Comment Z/ 20 mins See Comment Z/ 10 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ 16 mins See Comment Z/ 30 mins See Comment Z/ 20 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ 20 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ 15 mins See Comment Z/ 30 mins See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ 60 mins See Comment Z/ See Attachment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ See Comment Z/ Master List of Stories and Joke S. No. Story 1 The Buddha Story 2 $200 Bucks It Is... 3 A Day in Hell 4 A story about communications 5 Androcles 6 Anglo French Relations 7 Angry customer story 8 Aunt karen 9 Avaricious and Envious 10 Belling the Cat 11 Butlers Nite Off 12 CEO Party 13 Chickens 14 Clap and cheer 15 Eve and adam 16 False Premises 17 Funny Jokes 18 Human resources tale 19 Husband and Wife 20 It could get worse 21 Judging people can be difficult 22 Lipstick kisses on the mirror story 23 Microsoft tale 24 Monk Story 25 Mother and Daughter 26 Mother Mouse 27 No exit story 28 Old Hindu legend... 29 Rocks in the bucket story 30 Startling Story 31 Tell a Joke 32 The Ant and the Chrysalis 33 The Ant and the Dove 34 The Ant and the Grasshopper 35 The Apes and the Two Travelers 36 The Army's Camel 37 The Ass and His Masters 38 The Ass and His Purchaser 39 The Ass and His Shadow 40 The Ass and the Frogs 41 The Ass and the Grasshopper 42 The Ass and the Lapdog 43 The Ass and the Lapdog 44 The Ass and the Mule 45 The Ass and the Old Shepherd 46 The Ass and the Wolf 47 The Ass Carrying the Image 48 The Ass in the Lion's Skin 49 The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion 50 The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion 51 The Ass's Brains 52 The Astronomer 53 The athiest 54 The Bald Knight 55 The Bald Man and the Fly 56 The balloon story 57 The Bat and the Weasels 58 The Bat, the Birds and the Beasts 59 The Bear 60 The Bear and the Two Travelers 61 The Bee and Jupiter 62 The Belly and the Members 63 The Birdcatcher, the Partridge, and the Cock 64 The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat 65 The blind golfers story 66 The blind men and the elephant 67 The Boasting Traveler 68 The bomb and the pilot 69 The Bowman and Lion 70 The Boy and the Nettles 71 The Boy Bathing 72 The brewery story 73 The Brother and the Sister 74 The Buffoon and the Countryman 75 The Bull and the Goat 76 The Bull, the Lioness, and the Wild-Boar Hunter 77 The Cage Bird and the Bat 78 The Camel 79 The chihuahua and the leopard 80 The Convict 81 The donkey story 82 The Elevator Cleaner 83 The Englishman and the Scotsman 84 The farmer and the boy in the bog story 85 The fish baking story 86 The Gorilla Story 87 The Greta Garbo Story 88 The Jesse James Story 89 The King and his adviser 90 The LAPD, the FBI, and the CIA 91 The Lesson of the Bamboo Seed 92 The Lexus 93 The Newly Weds 94 The old couple story 95 The Parrot and the burglar 96 The priest and the politician story 97 The sweet old couple 98 The Tifers nd the lawyer 99 The Wife, The Wasp, and The Doctor 100 US navy stand-off story Master List of Stories and Jokes for Training Moral/When to use This short story illustrates that every one of us has the choice whether or not to take personal offence from another person's behavior. Perils of greed Do not jump to conclusions communications, communications methods, relationships Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Perceptions funny customer service example relevance and reliability of lessons, morals and examples Vices are their own punishment. It is easy to propose impossible remedies Wrong perceptions Perceptions communications story positive attitude, taking pride in whatever you do Perceptions Humorous Story Humor Human resources tale It could get worse It could get worse Judging people can be difficult creative thinking, creative problem-solving, creative management techniques, avoiding confrontation Microsoft tale Let go of Conditioning Wrong information Changing the way we speak can make a huge difference different perspectives, viewpoints, how different perspectives cause one thing to appear as two different things Self realization Time Management Attitude is more important than facts President Reagan Appearances are deceptive One good turn deserves another It is best to prepare for the days of necessity Be pleased with what you have Jumping to conclusions He that finds discontentment in one place is not likely to find happiness in another A man is known by the company he keeps. In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance. Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes. Even a fool is wise-when it is too late! Clumsy jesting is no joke To be satisfied with one's lot is better than to desire something which one is not fitted to receive An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure In a change of government the poor change nothing beyond the name of their master. Do what you are adept at They are not wise who give to themselves the credit due to others. Clothes may disguise a fool, but his words will give him away False confidence often leads into danger Never trust your enemy Wit has always an answer ready. Never lose focus of the ground in your quest for the skies Clear communication Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame Revenge will hurt the avenger Business humor It is wise to turn circumstances to good account. He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends Clear communication Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost. As in the body, so in the state, each member in his proper sphere must work for the common good Necessity knows no law. He winds up friendless who plays both sides against the middle an ironic example of lack of empathy, and different people's perspectives perception, truth, perspective, empathy, communications and understanding He who does a thing well does not need to boast Wrong perceptions Be on guard against men who can strike from a distance Whatever you do, do with all your might Counsel without help is useless to challenge belief systems and assumptions, and the need for questioning pointless routine or policy Story with a moral Story with a moral It shows an evil disposition to take advantage of a friend in distress. The world is round Precautions are useless after the crisis Use serves to overcome dread creative thinking Perceptions positive attitudes, turning problems into opportunities Gaps in Communication Wit helping others, inspiration, gratitude and appreciation, good comes from doing good to challenge belief systems and assumptions, and illustrate pointless routine and the need for questioning understanding communications negotiation tactics, negotiating position, independence and the power of choice tactics, morality, good and bad in us all solve a basic problem Manipulations Consistent efforts bring result. 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