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		<title>The Clap Opening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wonderfully engaging non-verbal opener for large groups. At A Glance Without saying a word, a leader initiates a series of claps &#8211; each one slightly more complex than the one before &#8211; inviting the group to copy their moves. What You Need 1 minute A large group, the bigger the better What To Do Start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Train Station Greetings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An hilarious, silly exercise to energise your group. At A Glance Two people spy each other on opposite sides of the group and approach one another in &#8216;slow-motion&#8217; until they are within a metre of each other, and then suddenly they each turn away and look for a new person to start the process over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inspireyourgroup.com/blog/icebreakers/train-station-greetings/</link>
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		<title>Who! by Karl Rohnke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A name game you can play with a large group. At A Glance Standing in the centre of a circle of people, a person points to someone and yells &#8220;Who&#8221; inviting them to trade places, before the new person repeats the sequence. What You Need 5-10 mins What To Do Earlier this month, I visited [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inspireyourgroup.com/blog/icebreakers/who-by-karl-rohnke/</link>
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		<title>Taking Play Seriously</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi folks, I was sitting in a plane on Monday heading to Boston (to celebrate Project Adventure&#8217;s 40th anniversary this weekend), and read with interest the following newspaper articles from The Age (10/10/11): Exercise Linked To Higher Test Scores - in short, the more your students move and play, the more they learn in ALL [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inspireyourgroup.com/blog/general/taking-play-seriously/</link>
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		<title>Ice-Breaker Exchange</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simple, non-threatening game to get people interacting and sharing. At A Glance Starting with a question card each, partners ask each other the question on their card, before swapping cards and then seeking a new partner to ask their new question. What You Need Set of Ice-Breaker Question cards What To Do In advance, prepare [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inspireyourgroup.com/blog/icebreakers/ice-breaker-exchange/</link>
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		<title>Do Schools Kill Creativity?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Folks, please find time today &#8211; not tomorrow &#8211; to view this video of an address Sir Ken Robinson made some years ago for TED &#8211; I&#8217;ve been an avid viewer of TED presentations for some years now (it&#8217;s free), and it is nothing if not revolutionary. Click here to view Sir Ken&#8217;s address entitled: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inspireyourgroup.com/blog/general/do-schools-kill-creativity/</link>
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		<title>Simon Says &#8230; Revisited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No doubt you&#8217;ve played &#8216;Simon Says&#8230;&#8217; at some point. Maybe it features heavily in your repertoire already? If not, I&#8217;d suggest it&#8217;s time to add it back in. Here&#8217;s a couple of ideas that came up for me during Michelle Cumming&#8217;s recent workshop: Rather than eliminate folks who move or flinch when they shouldn&#8217;t, ask [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inspireyourgroup.com/blog/funngames/simon-says/</link>
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		<title>Playing with Michelle Cummings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi folks, I spent a training day &#8211; as a participant (something I rarely get to do) &#8211; with Michelle Cummings this week. Michelle was visiting from the USA (as a guest of the ACA), where she offers a variety of team-building programs and training resources. It was a fun day and I learned some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inspireyourgroup.com/blog/general/playing-with-michelle-cummings/</link>
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		<title>Tumblewing Glider</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guaranteed to engage your group, and keep them busy for ages. At A Glance Using a sheet of large cardboard to produce an updraft, an individual attempts to keep a lightweight paper-plane aloft for as long as possible. What You Need Tumblewing template (click here for pdf) Telephone book paper Scissors Large sheet of cardboard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inspireyourgroup.com/blog/funngames/tumblewing-glider/</link>
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		<title>Knee Tag</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quick, simple tag exercise for groups of four or more. At A Glance In pairs, individual attempt to tag the uncovered knees of thier partner as often as possible. What You Need An open, flat space. What To Do Divide your group into pairs, and ask each partnership to stand facing one another about a [...]]]></description>
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