50 communications activities, icebreakers, and exercises / Peter R. Garber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garber, Peter R.

Series:

50 Activities Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal communication.

Communication in organizations.

Employees--Training of.

Employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Fifty communications activities, icebreakers, and exercises

Fifty activities

Place of Publication:

Amherst, Mass. : HRD Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Have fun presenting these activities and build your employees' communication skills in just minutes. Communication plays such a big part in our lives today. Yet sometimes we get busy and forget just how important communication is to our success, relationships and happiness. 50 Communication Activities, Icebreakers and Activities is a great way to: Increase participants' awareness of how they communicate; Help them to build expertise in a variety of essential skills and competencies; Prepare them to deal effectively with the many types of communication challenges they face every day. Each activ

Contents:

Preface; Part I. Communications Principles; Activity 1. Communications Is an Art; Activity 2. Communicating Time; Activity 3. Communications Is the Key; Activity 4. I Know You Believe You Understand; Activity 5. Communications Model; Activity 6. Listening Dilemma; Activity 7. Interactive Listening Tips; Activity 8. Listening Bad Habits; Activity 9. Listening Questionnaire; Activity 10. Seven Levels of Listening; Activity 11. Silent Messages; Activity 12. The Three Levels of Communications; Activity 13. Nonverbal Listening Test; Activity 14. The Laws of Remembering

Activity 15. The Laws of ForgettingActivity 16. Meaning of Words; Activity 17. Communications Circles; Activity 18. Attention Spans; Activity 19. Meaning of Listening; Part II. Communications Icebreakers; Activity 20. Vanity Name Tent Cards; Activity 21. Repeating Introductions; Activity 22. Circle, Square, Triangle, or Z; Activity 23. Introducing Each Other; Activity 24. Fantasy Career; Activity 25. Name that Participant; Activity 26. Story of Your Name; Activity 27. Nickname Game; Activity 28. Introduction Bingo; Activity 29. Card Match; Part III. Communications Exercises

Activity 30. Reading TestActivity 31. The Longest Line; Activity 32. Color Block; Activity 33. Following Directions; Activity 34. Train Story; Activity 35. Count the Ss; Activity 36. Communications Shutdowns; Activity 37. Complete the Statement; Activity 38. Quick Answers; Activity 39. Voice Inflection Exercise; Activity 40. The Wedding Story; Activity 41. Who done it?; Activity 42. Picture This; Activity 43. Creative Fairy Tale; Activity 44. Rumors; Activity 45. The Shoe Store; Activity 46. Two Moose Were Sitting on a Log; Activity 47. Communications Styles; Activity 48. "Oh"

Activity 49. Word GamesActivity 50. Trading Cards

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781599964393

1599964392

OCLC:

437125137