The Big Book of Humorous Training Games

by Doni Tamblyn

To produce changes that last beyond the classroom, training games must engage restless audiences, keep them interested­­and make learning fun! The Big Book of Humorous Training Games uses witty, engaging games to create memorable lessons in numerous basic training topics, including customer service, teambuilding, creative problem solving, time management, and more. Step-by-step instructions work with dozens of reproducible handouts and worksheets help trainers and speakers minimize preparation time­­and maximized training success.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Teaching, Humor

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 27, 2000

About the author

Born in the San Francisco Bay area, by a strange twist of fate I spent part of my childhood living in a log house on a cattle ranch in the Canadian Cascades. There I spent my formative years slinging hay and attending a one-room school with neighboring kids whose idea of a "spirited debate" was a snowball with a rock in it. It was during this time that I learned some very useful lessons, like how much weight a 50-pound kid can carry (about 35 lb, if you drag it part of the way); mammals that can be dominated and mammals that can't (dogs and bulls yes, cats and bears sometimes, brothers and sisters seldom); 3) what it means if the tip of your nose turns white (it's frozen, and you need to thaw it at once or it might drop off).

As soon as I graduated high school, I beat cheeks back to the nearest major city I could find (Vancouver BC), and continued to live in urban centers until I got married in 2005 and moved to the Jersey shore. Right now I'm listening to birds. Weird sound... VAGUELY familiar....

Happy times: Studying art in the 70s; performing cabaret in the 80s; arranging and singing a cappella in the 90s; discovering PHILADELPHIA in 2001 (do NOT tell anyone how cool it is -- we don't want to be another Seattle, thank you); the Summer of Love in 2003 (none of your business, but thank you for asking); spending 10 months in Shanghai with my husband in 2005.

Reviews

[Al Lock · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK, not great.

[Thai · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good book for the trainners :)