Overview

Training dynamite! Training mastermind Arthur VanGundy, author of the best-selling Brain Boosters for Business Advantage, has assembled 101 original games and activities guaranteed to satisfy almost every conceivable training need. These dynamic exercises are accompanied by: * Concise objectives * Recommended uses * Suggested audience * Required time * Necessary materials * Detailed procedures * Potential discussion topics * Possible variations ...and more! Get VanGundy's best-selling game assortment and add these simple, practical, power-packed resources to your training arsenal today!

Full Product Details

Author:   Arthur B. VanGundy
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 28.60cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 29.30cm
Weight:   1.882kg
ISBN:  

9780787941383

ISBN 10:   0787941387
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   16 June 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Book
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Career Development; Myths - Doris J. Shallcross; Objects - Arthur VanGundy; Occupational Grab Bag - Arthur VanGundy; Road Maps - Frank Prince; Change Management; Broomstick Demonstration - M. K. Key, Blair Nickle, and Caroline Portis; Creating Aim - M. K. Key and Scott Fisher; Helping Others Deal with Change - M. K. Key; Turning Misery into Merriment - Anne Durrum Robinson; Clarifying Expectations; Guaranteed to Fail - Sivasailam Thiagarajan and Raja Thiagarajan; The Tie that Binds - Arthur VanGundy; We've Got Rhythm - Janice Kilgore and Arthur VanGundy; Wall Murals - Arthur VanGundy; Climate Setting; Bond and Connect - Robert Alan Black; Feather Talk - Deanna Berg; Perceptions - Roger J. Syverson; Rumperstickers - Anne Durrum Robinson; Vanity Plates - Robert Alan Black; Communication; Do You Hear What I Play? - Suzanne E. Jonas; Incredible Difficulty of Communicating Simple Ideas - Margaret J. King; Influence - Not Authority - Marlene Caroselli; It's Crystal Clear to Me - Leslie Berger and Nance Guilmartin; Language Bias - Melinda M. Morris; Creativity; Belt It Out - Roger J. Syverson; It Just Doesn't Add Up - Unknown; More Ideas Than You! - Arthur VanGundy; Promoting and Selling Ideas - Robert L. A. Trost; That's the Worst Idea I've Ever Heard! - Arthur VanGundy; Think About It - Rick Kirschner; Tripping - Suzanne E. Jonas; Diversity; Divided or Diversified? - Penny Hampton; I Believe - Merry C. Buchanan; It's a Man's World After All - Merry C. Buchanan; Mandalas - Doris J. Shallcross; Music Machine - Janice Kilgore; Under the Sea - Merry C. Buchanan; Valuing Diversity - Richard G. Wong and Kristin A. Poppenheimer; Energizers; Box of Life - Arie Maat; Go Team! RAH!Penny Hampton; Hands-On Networking - Robert Alan Black; Hugs and Kisses - Penny Hampton; Meet and Greet - Janice Kilgore; What's My Line?Richard Whelan and Robert Merritt; Evaluation; Benchmarking Team Feelings - Mary K. Wallgren; Phrase Phases - Arthur VanGundy; Pieces of the Puzzle - Penny Hampton; Showing What We Have Learned - Robert Alan Black; Stand By Me - Arthur VanGundy; Getting to Know You; Cartoon Time - Roger J. Syverson; Comic Relief - Melinda M. Morris; Let's Connect! - Leslie Berger; Let's Get to Know One Another - Robert Alan Black; Light, Medium, or Heavy - Sivasailam Thiagarajan and Raja Thiagarajan; Picture That - Arthur VanGundy; Puzzling - Arthur VanGundy; Who Are These People? - Robert Alan Black; Goal Setting; Goal Pictures - Arthur VanGundy; New Hires - Merry C. Buchanan; Personal Mission Statement - Melinda M. Morris; S.M.A.R.T. Basketball - Arthur VanGundy; Icebreakers; Boxes of Your Life - Robert Alan Black; Corporate Jester - Dave Gunby; Handshaking - Robert Alan Black; KNOWU Cards - Mary K. Wallgren; Implementation; Five Double You's - Arthur VanGundy; Mental Rehearsal - Suzanne E. Jonas; Sandwich To Go - Arthur VanGundy; Taking Ownership of New Ideas - Melinda M. Morris; Interviewing; Baptism by Fire - Janice Kilgore; Empowered To Know - Janice Kilgore; Group Interviewing Criteria - Janice Kilgore; More Than One Way To Skin a Question - Richard Whelan and Robert Merritt; Taking Charge - Janice Kilgore; Tri-Counseling - Gary Wagenheim; Leadership; Follow the Word Leader - Arthur VanGundy; It All DepAnds - Arthur VanGundy; Leadership Inventory - Melinda M. Morris; There Must Be a Leader in This Group - Robert Alan Black; Listening; Been There, Said That - Rick Kirschner; Say What? - Arthur VanGundy; Talking Stick - Maggie Dugan; Will We or Won't We? - Peter R. Garber; Negotiation; How to Win Over the Boss - Merry C. Buchanan; Lobbying - Kip L. Lilly; More Similar Than Different - Melinda M. Morris; Saucy Deal - Bill Lazarus and Arthur VanGundy; Problem Solving; I Never Thought of It That Way!Leslie Berger and Nance Guilmartin; Pipe Cleaner Challenge - Don Crane; Problem As Solution to Another Problem - Judith Morgan and Andre de Zanger; Things That Rhyme - Peter R. Garber; Whole-Brain Writing - Margaret J. King and Arthur VanGundy; Team Building; Composition - Janice Kilgore; Excuuuse Me! - Rick Kirschner; Get on the Soapbox - Arie Maat; Relationship Map - Mary K. Wallgren; Role Observation Illumination - Gary Wagenheim; Secret Coaches - Sivasailam Thiagarajan and Raja Thiagarajan; Six Pack - Doris J. Shallcross; Values; Identifying Cultural Assumptions - J. G. O'Boyle; Values Roll Call - Melinda M. Morris; Value Valuation - Janice Kilgore; Why? Why? Why? - Arthur VanGundy; About the Editor; About the Authors.

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Arthur B. VanGundy, Ph.D. is Professor of Communication at the University of Oklahoma and President of VanGundy & Associates, a creativity and innovation consulting firm. He has over 30 years experience in higher education and idea generation training and facilitation. His academic degrees are from Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A.), Miami University--Ohio (M.S.), and Ohio State University (Ph.D.). VanGundy is considered a pioneer in his work on idea generation techniques. He wrote the creativity training program for the American Management Association and the creativity chapter for The American Marketing Association's Marketing Encyclopedia 2000. He is an Associate of the Innovation Network, was editor of the Creativity in Action monthly newsletter for 11 years, and has received leadership service awards from the Creative Education Foundation and the Singapore government. He also served on the Commissioner's Education Roundtable of the U.S. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks. VanGundy has been invited to speak at organizations across the globe including the Administrative Management Society, American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Institute for Management Studies, and the Scandinavian International Problem Solving Institute. He also has been interviewed for such publications as Dun's Review, Business Week, Fortune Small Business, American Society of Training and Development Journal, Science Digest, Inc, Success, U.S. News & World Report, Sales & Marketing Management, and The New York Times.

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