Icebreakers & energisers

I’ve recently worked through Dr Lynda Shaw’s neuroscience programme as part of my ongoing personal development (and to build on my psychology degree and subsequent study into the subject). Reassuringly, it’s clear that there’s a Read more…

Thanks to Rosemary Williams for sending this idea (which will be great when we’re allowed out again): A teacher brought balloons to school and asked the children to blow them all up and then each Read more…

I spoke to Angela Dellar about using imagery, metaphors and storytelling in your presentations, to help leaders and teams to ‘pull together’. Among other things, we discussed: How to get senior people involved in childlike/playful Read more…

I had a lovely chat with David Gouthro from The Consulting Edge (based in Vancouver). As a meeting facilitator, keynote speaker and MC/emcee, he has been deeply involved with experiential learning for 40 years. Here Read more…

I spoke to Alex Owen-Hill recently. Among other things, he’s a robotics expert, a storyteller and a voice coach. Here are some of the topics we discussed: Why you should get more of your body Read more…

It seems to me that not many speakers use icebreakers to start their talks and workshops. Of those, even fewer are willing to share what they do with the rest of us. Paul Sloane is Read more…

I had a lovely chat with The Stuart Harris about icebreakers, energisers and games, including what we’ve learned from Alan Stevens, Will Kintish, Jeremy Nicholas, Sean Weafer & Jimmy Carr. We also covered: The importance Read more…

I had a fun chat with John Cremer recently – you’ve probably never heard two so-called professional speakers talk over each other so much, nor say ‘um’ so often. See the out-takes at 22:30 to Read more…