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		<title>Copy Claps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
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		<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>
		<link>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/icebreakers/train-station-greetings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<title>Who! by Karl Rohnke</title>
		<link>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/icebreakers/who-by-karl-rohnke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[De-inhibitizers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice-Breakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting to know you game]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>Ice-Breaker Exchange</title>
		<link>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/icebreakers/ice-breaker-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ice-Breakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting to know you game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice-breaker exchange]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>Simon Says &#8230; Revisited</title>
		<link>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/funngames/simon-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FUNN Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warm-Ups & Stretches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[group games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice-breakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[icebreaker ice breaker]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>Simon Says Stretch</title>
		<link>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/funngames/simon-says-stretch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A golden oldie enhanced with several great variations. At A Glance Participants attempt to strictly follow a series of physical instructions on your command, or be eliminated. What You Need Flat, open space. What To Do Ask your group to stand directly in front of you, in a circle, in lines, or distributed evenly throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Is An Ice-Breaker Not An Ice-Breaker?</title>
		<link>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/general/when-is-an-ice-breaker-not-an-ice-breaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice-breakers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished writing an article for a new Squidoo lens I&#8217;ve created which focuses on getting the most out of your ice-breakers and group games. Click here to find out when an ice-breaker is not an ice-breaker. Even experienced practitioners will learn something from this post, because I identify five CRITICAL attributes every ice-breaker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acronyms</title>
		<link>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/icebreakers/acronyms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FUNN Games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey folks, just received a note from a long-time client describing his joy at using a wonderful variation of one of my all-time favourite arrival activities &#8211; ACRONYMS! He recently encountered your typical group of disengaged young people, and soon after he rolled out this exercise, he&#8217;d broken the ice and had them in fits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Car &#8211; Two Siblings</title>
		<link>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/icebreakers/one-car-two-siblings/</link>
		<comments>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/icebreakers/one-car-two-siblings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ice-Breakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting to know you game]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[** [note - if you've got a better name for this activity, please leave a comment here] ** Sitting in a train on my way to open a conference this week, looking for a novel opener, I came up with this fantastic idea (a twist to the wonderfully successful Commonalities) &#8230; and it worked a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip &#8211; How To Mix Large Groups</title>
		<link>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/leadership/tip-how-to-mix-large-groups/</link>
		<comments>http://inspireyourgroup.com/blog/leadership/tip-how-to-mix-large-groups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Collard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[categories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[group splitting exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice-breakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership tip]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I facilitated two very large groups of teachers (approx 120 people).  With each group, I chose to present one of my all-time favourite mixing activities, Categories (No Props, p31), and I quickly recalled a VITAL facilitation secret. With small groups, it&#8217;s pretty easy for people to find others who match a particular category, [...]]]></description>
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