PFP: September 2002
PFP: September 2002 is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Thiagi: What advice do you have for getting acceptance for the use of games?
- Bill Matthews: Call them by an appropriate name: experiential learning activities, training events, or OD strategies. When people hear game , they think of wasted time. This is an unfortunate reality.
- Thiagi: What do you think are the most important characteristics of a facilitator?
- Thiagi: What makes an effective training game?
- Bill Matthews: Simplicity works best for me: Simple to set up, simple to explain, simple to conduct and simple for the participants learn from.
- Bill Matthews: That's easy, Barnga. I have found more applications for that game than any other I have ever used.
- Thiagi: Who are your favorite game designers?
- PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: September 2002 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
- Editorial Three Statements If you can teach it, you can play it.
- Checklist 10 Characteristics of Authentic Activities Does your training reflect the real world?
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Prompts to use +
Thiagi: What advice do you have for getting acceptance for the use of games?
Bill Matthews: Simplicity works best for me: Simple to set up, simple to explain, simple to conduct and simple for the participants learn from.
Bill Matthews: That's easy, Barnga. I have found more applications for that game than any other I have ever used.
PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: September 2002 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.
Editorial Three Statements If you can teach it, you can play it.
Checklist 10 Characteristics of Authentic Activities Does your training reflect the real world?
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: PFP: September 2002. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Thiagi: What advice do you have for getting acceptance for the use of games?; Bill Matthews: Simplicity works best for me: Simple to set up, simple to explain, simple to conduct and simple for the participants learn from.; Bill Matthews: That's easy, Barnga. I have found more applications for that game than any other I have ever used.; PLAY FOR PERFORMANCE: September 2002 SERIOUSLY FUN ACTIVITIES FOR TRAINERS, FACILITATORS, PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS, AND MANAGERS.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from The Thiagi Group; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including The Thiagi Group.)
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- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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