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The Big Book of Business Games: Icebreakers, Creativity Exercises and Meeting Energizers Paperback – November 22, 1995

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Break the ice at your next meeting with The Big Book of Business Games!

In this exciting resource book, two of today's acknowledged games masters serve up a cookbook of activities that you can learn to use, guaranteed to generate a lively discussion, or simply give a group a "breather" from the monotony of a boring staff meeting or presentation. Each of the 75 group games and activities here is adapted from the best-selling Games Trainers Play series and shortened to suit the needs of managers and team leaders to use with their departments, staff, or committees.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 1st edition (November 22, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 170 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0070464766
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0070464766
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.2 x 0.51 x 9.1 inches
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    Dr. John W. Newstrom is a Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is the coauthor of successful trade books such as the popular Games Trainers Play series for trainers, Transfer of Training, and The Fun Minute Manager. He has jointly prepared The Manager's Bookshelf, Supervision: Managing for Results, Organizational Behavior, and Leaders and the Leadership Process. He and Bob Ford published the popular book, Leading With A Laugh: 101 Funny Stories with 300 Serious Lessons for Managers, Trainers, and Speakers. In total, Newstrom's books have sold over one million copies.

    Dr. Newstrom splits his time between his primary home in The Villages, Florida and summer homes in northern Minnesota. For recreation, he enjoys pickleball, golfing, playing cribbage, hunting, genealogy projects, practical jokes, and playing with his granddaughter, Ruth Lillian. He practices the art of neoteny (joyful living), and is an active funologist--someone who studies the nature and effects of fun work environments and personally advocates and uses various forms of humor at work.

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Cari Book
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2015
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Loved some of the new ideas.
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Debbie Terrill
3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, I think
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2000
I have used this book quite a bit, and do find it useful, although I find "The Big Book of Presentation Games" better for my purposes. I think the ice-breaker ideas are good, especially the bingo game, which I've used a couple times with success. I also think some of the problem-solving ideas are good.
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Doran Vaillancourt
4.0 out of 5 stars The Big Book of Business Games: Icebreakers, Creativity Exercises and Meeting Energizers
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2006
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The ideas and activities in this book were varied and somewhat adaptable to a variety of audiences and meetings. I am always looking for fresh ideas to use in my presentations and workshops and this book has become a valuable resource and also sparks new ideas in myself.
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Mark R. Kaser
1.0 out of 5 stars Another "Big Book" that doesn't deliver
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2002
I took a chance and purchased five selections from the "big book" series. I titled a previous review "The Big Book of Disappointment." Too bad. I ought to have saved it for this publication.
Chapter two of "The Big Book of Business Games" is titled, "How to Use This Book." My suggestion? As kindling or compost. In the book you will find 54 activities. The nine dot problem and the human knot are examples of the many common activities found in countless other books.
You'll also find suggestions for "presentation boosters." One "booster" example: Display two flip charts. On one ask what things were valued about how the meeting was run. On the other ask how future meetings might be improved. As part of the description you are reminded to "tear off the flip charts and return to your office. . .celebrate your success and change something needing improvement." In the book, the previous activity actually merits a two page description.
Applying their exercise to their book, I'd say I valued very little if anything. How might future books be improved? Provide NEW activities or suggest creative variations for the countless recycled exercises. Also, be certain the content is relevant to a business audience. A skilled facilitator will find a way to successfully use most any of the activities in this book. However, a skilled facilitator is also likely to have a number of better selections in her bag of tricks to choose from.
Once again if the price entices you to purchase this book, I'd suggest you keep exploring. You will find a number of resource books available on Amazon.com that are significantly better.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the Price
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2000
I've used a number of the games in this book and found they've helped me achieve my goals with the team. They stimulated converstaion and team building. One game I found particularly useful was the "Tie that Binds" in visually demonstrating how interdependent we are as a team. I found this book a real bargain and a good book for getting started at using games within meetings to build teams, emphasis concepts, and introduce topics.
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Christine from Philly
2.0 out of 5 stars Icebreakers Only
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2006
If I had the opportunity to flip through this book in a bricks-and-mortar bookstore, I wouldn't have bought it. I was looking for ways to communicate business and organizational lessons through the use of games and activities. This book is just a list of icebreaker activities without providing any of the "meat" of the lesson the activity should have delivered. Providing references for those of us seeking said content would have helped to fill that gap.

Many of the activities require visual aids. It would have been nice for the publishers to provide graphics to go along with these---perhaps a registration key for a website to download the visual tools? I would be far more likely to use the activities (and, of course, credit the authors) if the tools were easily accessible and not burdomsome to create.

I have every confidence that the book meets its intended purpose and the authors have done a good job. However, I don't feel that Amazon.com is presenting the book for what it is. I also believe the publishers could have done a better job of supporting this publication to make it truly useful to the purchaser.

In general, if you are completely at a loss for how to get people interacting with one another at a meeting or training session, this is a good "creativity sparker" to get you thinking.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The big Book of Business Games
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2001
Basically from the contents, it can be said to be a very practical book that any manager can use to liven up meetings and more importantly to get the members of the team to come together.
These exercises can be fun and purposeful for the the users and I think I would really like try out some of the great ideas put forth.I run meetings and workshops for my staff and certainly could use the ideas from the book.
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Amazon Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for adults.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2017
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Loved this book because I teach adults and many of this style of book can be aimed at young people.
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Ania
3.0 out of 5 stars It's... ok
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2017
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Its not the best book in the world but its not bad either. I bought it to see the quality of the series and I don't think it was inspiring or interesting enough to buy more books from this series.
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Wail A. T. Tarabzouni
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have in every executive's / team-leader's library ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2013
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A good book for ice-breaker & team-building games; offers a range of games that fit different purposes and timeframes.

Used many of the games therein and have bought a few for friends / colleagues too.
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1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2017
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Very disappointed in this book. It has nothing new to offer
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2015
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