Rating: Summary: Pretty Good stuff! Review: Good book with good activities. Some are more involved than others and require some hefty prep and set up (if that's a problem, check out Miller's Quick Teambuilding Activities book, it's similar, but only has short, quick activities for when you are on a time crunch). I especially liked the writing format here, easy to skim the activities and quickly grasp the essense so you can decide if this is the one you wanna use!
Rating: Summary: Pleasant Surprise Review: I did not have high expectations when I purchased this book. I honestly had hoped to discover at least three "keeper" activities. What a pleasant surprise. I have already used more than three solid activities and I have several more I plan on using in the near future. The downside: the descriptions lack the style of Karl Rohnke and there are no illustrations or diagrams. On the plus side: the descriptions are clear and understandable and the price is a bargain compared to other activity focused books. Whether you are an experienced facilitator or someone looking for your first resource book, this selection is a terrific value.
Rating: Summary: Pleasant Surprise Review: I did not have high expectations when I purchased this book. I honestly had hoped to discover at least three "keeper" activities. What a pleasant surprise. I have already used more than three solid activities and I have several more I plan on using in the near future. The downside: the descriptions lack the style of Karl Rohnke and there are no illustrations or diagrams. On the plus side: the descriptions are clear and understandable and the price is a bargain compared to other activity focused books. Whether you are an experienced facilitator or someone looking for your first resource book, this selection is a terrific value.
Rating: Summary: Great for High School Counselilng! Review: I found this book the most creative of Alanna Jone's 3 team building activity books, although all have great ideas for working with groups of high school students. Although many activites were designed for team building, goal setting, etc., I was able to easily adapt them to other areas such as building trust, expressing feelings, resiliency, etc. I guarantee your students will find groups much more meaningful and enjoyable with this active approach.
Rating: Summary: A great book to use with leaders, youth, children Review: I have been a camp leader for many years, and I found Team Building Activities for Every Group to be extremely helpful in building community with adult leaders as well as helping youth and children campers to really come together as a cohesive group by the end of their camp time. I especially appreciate the discussion prompts which help me debrief the activities with participants. Highly recommended.
Rating: Summary: Great for Boy Scout Junior Leadership Training! Review: I purchased this book to supplement the team building games provided by BSA. I was extremely pleased with the games that are offered in this book. We decided to try "Cup Stack" at one of our first training sessions, and since then it has become a staple game for us. The variety of games available has enabled us to create a completely new variation of Junior Leader Training every time out. I have just ordered Alanna's second book to enhance our program even further.
Rating: Summary: Groups, not teams Review: I was looking for a book to provide team-building, but this book has more group familiarization activities. The activities seem to provide strangers the opportunity to get to know each other. For managers trying to provide team-building activites, I reccommend Quick Teambuilding Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes by Brian Cole Miller.
Rating: Summary: Very helpful book Review: I was really nicely surprised when I saw that such an unexpensive book can have so many great ideas. I truly consider Team-Building Activities for Every Group to be one of the best books available that promotes cooperative learning.
Rating: Summary: Excellent Review: Not a bad book... it is easy to follow, very easily adapted to many different audiences and I cant wait to use it this summer. Activities are well organized and practical. I am so pleased with this book, I am going to order more by Alanna Jones.
Rating: Summary: Excellent Review: Not a bad book... it is easy to follow, very easily adapted to many different audiences and I cant wait to use it this summer. Activities are well organized and practical. I am so pleased with this book, I am going to order more by Alanna Jones.
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