The Leadership Training Activity Book: 50 Exercises

TRAINING METHODS

 Application

 Game

 Hands-on activity

MATERIALS

Buy a Koosh ball—the rubber ball that looks like porcupine needles—or a soft rubber

ball approximately the size of a baseball.

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Koosh ball (larger ones work best)

ROOM SET-UP

Enough open space for participants to stand in a circle

Comments

This activity adds the element of competition to the leadership program and will help

the facilitator determine if participants have learned what has been presented so far.

Trainer’s Notes for Activity 11

STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE

Step 1: Form a circle with participants, leaving enough room to throw a ball

back and forth. Participants should stand with their hands to their sides.

Step 2: Throw the Koosh ball to a participant and ask a quiz question. (If the

ball falls to the floor, give it to the person at whom it was aimed.) If

the answer is incorrect, retrieve the ball and throw it to someone else

so they can answer the question. If the answer is correct, the participant

can throw the ball to someone who hasn’t answered a question.

Step 3: Keep throwing the ball with every new question until each participant

has answered at least one question correctly.

Step 4: Remind the participants that a review is valuable because it means they

are more likely to retain and apply what they’ve learned. This could be a

good time to remind them to write some reflections in their journals.

VARIATION

Have each participant write down two or three questions for the facilitator to ask.

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