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How to Find the Right
Session Builders Exercise
1. In the Exercise by Type table, read across the line to the type of exercise you
want. Types include assessment, discussion stimulator, case study, role play,
simulation, brainstorm, group activity, and icebreaker exercises.
2. In the Exercise Specifications table, check the exercises you have selected.
Information listed includes the name of the exercise, time required to run it,
recommended group size, and the number of handouts. Eliminate exercises
that don’t meet your basic criteria.
3. Gather the materials for the exercises you have chosen. Be sure to check the
Options/Variations section of the exercise to see if an alternative approach to
the exercise might better suit your needs.
Note: To locate the handouts you need for a specific exercise, use the code number in
the lower right-hand corner of the handout. In each code number (for example, SB
204 Handout 2), the first three digits indicate the Session Builder number; the last
digit is the handout page number.
Session
Builders
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Icebreaker
Group
Activity
Brainstorming
Simulation
Role Play
Case
Study
Discussion
Simulator
Assessment
Exercises by Type
Exercise
Number/Type
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
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Icebreaker
Group
Activity
Brainstorming
Simulation
Role Play
Case
Study
Discussion
Simulator
Assessment
Exercise
Number/Type
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
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Exercise Specifications
Number Session Builder
Time
(minutes)
Group
Size
Handouts
301 To Be...or Not To Be 20 Up to 30 1
302 What’s expected of me?
20−30
Up to 30 1
303 Why are we here anyway? 30 Up to 30 1
304 I’ll Know It When I See It
10−20
Up to 30 1
305 Rockwells We Ain’t 20 Up to 30 0
306 Go Team...Go! 20 Up to 30 0
307 Say Cheese! 30 Up to 30 0
308 It’s All in a Word 20 Up to 30 1
309 A Team by Any Other Name 20 10 to 30 0
310 Pop Quiz 15 Up to 30 1
311 Let’s Do Lunch 30 12 to 15 3
312 Positive Diversity 30 12 to 30 5
313 Who’s to blame?
30−45
12 or more 13
314 A Babbling Brook
30−45
8 to 30 6
315 Now there is an idea! 45 8 to 30 2
316 Team Conflict
30−45
12 5
317 Let’s Talk About It 30 12 to 15 4
318 Listening and Understanding 30 12 to 15 4
319 Give and Take 30 12 to 15 5
320 Question and Answer 30 12 to 15 4
321 Teams We Have Known 10 Up to 30 1
322 Diagram That Team 20 Up to 30 1
323 There is Something in the Air
10−20
Up to 30 2
324 The Team Leader 10 Up to 30 1
325 What’s your temperature? 30 Up to 30 2
326 I Promise To Do Better 20 8 to 30 1
327 Is your team effective? 20 Up to 30 1
328 What’s my mission? 30 10 or more 0
329 Whose values? 10 6 or more 1
330 Why don’t I feel empowered? 30 15 or more 5
331 Are you listening? 20 15 or more 1
332 And he scores! 20 Minimum of 8 0
333 Lost Trust
15−30
10 to 30 0
334 All for One, One for All 15 10 to 30 0
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