50 creative training openers and energizers : innovative ways to start your training with a bang! / Bob Pike, Lynn Solem.

Banana Split -- Business Card Introduction -- Choose Five -- Coins -- Customized License Plates -- Double Circles -- Dreams and Nightmares -- Excess Baggage -- Eye Opener -- Five People -- Five Traits -- Four C's -- Four-Quadrant Name Tent -- Gift Opener -- Group Milling -- Hail to the Chief -- Hands Full -- Human Scavenger Hunt -- Interview the Trainer -- The "Intro" You Deserve -- Let's Get Acquainted -- Let's Share -- Lifeline -- M and Ms -- Metaphor Opener -- Musical Teams -- My Hopes -- My Life As a TV Show -- Name Tent Anchor -- Name Tent for Class "Ownership" -- Name Tent Interview -- Name Tent Spoof -- Name Tent Visual -- Nicknames -- Other Half Interview -- Personalized Coat of Arms -- Playing Card Introduction -- Ragged Start -- Random Numbers -- Silly Hats -- Silly Sentences -- Six "H" Name Tent -- Striptease -- Things You Carry -- To Be a Success -- "Tomorrow I'm Going to ..." -- Toothpick Confessions -- Twenty Questions -- Two, Three, and Four Things -- Uniqueness and Commonalities -- Unusual Props -- Unusual Request -- Vote Your Priorities -- What Can You Do with It? -- What Would Your Best Friend Say? -- What's Your Line? -- What's Your Role? -- Worst Day Ever -- Write a Commercial.

"According to training master Bob Pike, two of the most important learning concepts are 'primacy' and 'recency.' People don't remember middles; they remember beginnings ('primacy') and ends ('recency'). That's why, if you want your training to be a success, you have to gain their attention as soon as they walk in the door ... These lively, interactive session openers, ice breakers, and attention grabbers are what you need to inspire continued application, learning, and skill development. And you don't have to be a professional trainer to use this collection: business presenters and educators of all kinds can immediately incorporate these creative designs into their work"--Publisher description.