Jolts! Activities to Wake Up and Engage Your

In Jolts! master trainer Thiagarajan introduces a brand-new set of powerful training activities specially designed to get participants to sit-up, listen, and learn. These interactive experiential games and activities give participants a powerful wake-up call, startling them into re-examining their assumptions and habitual practices, and encouraging self-reflection, problem solving, and fresh perspectives. The activities in Jolts! are interactive and emotionally charged--carefully chosen for their ability to make participants think, and think differently. Written for trainers at all levels and HR professionals.

Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan, Ph.D., is Resident Mad Scientist at the Thiagi Group, a Bloomington, Indiana–based organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. Thiagarajan has published forty books, including Thiagi's 100 Favorite Games and Design Your Own Games and Activities (both from Pfeiffer), as well as numerous games, simulations, and articles.

Tracy Tagliati, CPLP, is a Senior Associate at the Thiagi Group, where she specializes in designing and delivering training to international clients. Prior to working with the Thiagi Group, Tracy was a corporate trainer for Mercury Insurance Group and Mindset development, a franchise of Crestcom International.

On the Web.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part 1 What Jolts Are and How to Use Them.

Chapter 1 What Are Jolts and How Can I Use Them?

Chapter 2 Story of a Jolt.

Chapter 3 Types of Jolts.

Chapter 4 Conducting Jolts.

Chapter 5 Facilitating Jolts.

Chapter 6 Debriefing Jolts.

Part 2 A Collection of Jolts.

Introduction to Part 2.

Jolt 1 Alliances.

Jolt 2 By the Numbers.

Jolt 3 Clock on the Ceiling.

Jolt 4 Dear John.

Jolt 5 Decode.

Jolt 6 Dollar Auction.

Jolt 7 Don't Lift the Pen.

Jolt 8 Double Talk.

Jolt 9 Double the Money.

Jolt 10 Draw a Hand.

Jolt 11 Draw a Tree.

Jolt 12 Ears for Smiley.

Jolt 13 Enjoy and Learn.

Jolt 14 Excited.

Jolt 15 First Touch.

Jolt 16 Free.

Jolt 17 Free Time.

Jolt 18 How Fast?

Jolt 19 How Many Squares.

Jolt 20 Last Week.

Jolt 21 Limits.

Jolt 22 Long Words.

Jolt 23 Me and My Team.

Jolt 24 Memory Test.

Jolt 25 Mingle.

Jolt 26 New Word.

Jolt 27 Newton.

Jolt 28 Next Action.

Jolt 29 Palm to Palm.

Jolt 30 Paper Money.

Jolt 31 Photo Analysis.

Jolt 32 Positive Spin.

Jolt 33 Psychic Cards.

Jolt 34 Say it in Sequence.

Jolt 35 Scrambled Words.

Jolt 36 equencing.

Jolt 37 hapes and Colors.

Jolt 38 Six Tiles.

Jolt 39 troop.

Jolt 40 ynchronized Clapping.

Jolt 41 eam Planning.

Jolt 42 eam Power.

Jolt 43 eamwork.

Jolt 44 he Training Story.

Jolt 45 Visualize.

Jolt 46 What's Funny?

Jolt 47 What's Measured?

Jolt 48 Wobegon.

Jolt 49 Workers and Watchers.

Jolt 50 Your Choice.

About the Authors.

Index.

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Jolts! Activities to Wake Up and Engage Your Participants

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