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Simple, Powerful & Fun Training Resources that Help People Connect

We love working with motivated trainers, group facilitators and teachers because, like us, they know that strong relationships amplify the results of whatever they’re trying to get done.

If this sounds like you, and you love using fun group games, you’ve come to the right place.

Where the Best Group Facilitators Get Their Games

  • 550+ group games & activities including ice-breakers, energisers, trust exercises & teambuilding activities
  • More than 100K subscribers and users access our online resources every month
  • Our 360+ video tutorials have attracted 15+ million views on our YouTube channel
  • We regularly produce content for 85K+ YouTube subscribers

Over the course of his nearly 40-year career, playmeo’s founding director Mark Collard has delivered 2,000+ training days for 100,000+ people in 12 countries and written 5 best-selling books.

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We Make Interacting & Learning Fun

Every idea starts with a problem, and ours was clear: we all long for social connectedness but need to be convinced that interacting with others is not going to threaten or embarrass us.

This is where fun can weave its magic.

You see, when there’s no fun, we all find it difficult to engage, and when there’s no trust, we pull back from participating.

At playmeo, we believe everyone has the right to feel valued and that they belong.

We are passionate about the use of fun group games & activities to facilitate this process because they are a powerful (and thankfully, attractive) way to help people interact, build trust and connect more meaningfully with others.

Everything we do is designed to inspireequip and empower you to use interactive group games & activities to help your groups connect.

Our programs and resources are etched from an intimate understanding of how hard it is to lead a group sometimes, from the unwilling participant to unproductive teams and always being expected to produce more with less (time, money, resources, etc.)

Our elite team of contributors – many of them best-selling authors and expert practitioners in their own right – have been there, done that, and share what they have found that works.

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How Can We Help You?

Our training workshops, subscriptions and books & resources are all designed to help you:

  • Engage your students & staff more effectively in their work and play;
  • Build strong and productive teams where people feel valued; and
  • Become an effective & confident teacher, trainer or group facilitator.

If you’re ready to learn how to master the use of interactive group games & activities to help your group connect, click the link below.

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The Difference We Make

There is no shortage of books, websites, videos and training practitioners who will teach you dozens, if not hundreds, of fun games and activities. And this is fine. Very few, if any, however, will help you learn the skills and strategies to understand how to leverage these activities – together with critical group facilitation skills – that make a difference.

Today, with school and corporate budgets under constant pressure to squeeze as much value from every dollar, every program has to justify its existence. Having fun just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Don’t get me wrong – fun is fundamentally related to your ability to engage a group and invite them to step outside their comfort zone – but it’s not often enough to make a difference.

All of playmeo’s resources feature a powerful approach to education and recreation, where well-being is the central character and fun is its most potent weapon. This approach is best known for its ability to engage people, connect them, strengthen relationships, develop team skills, etc.

Imbued with an experiential-based learning methodology, our resources are designed to help you learn the skills and strategies you need to make a difference in the lives and performance of the groups you work with.

Browse some of the testimonials below to learn what our subscribers have to say.

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Case Studies

People don’t trust brands; they trust people.

And one of the best ways to know what other people think about playmeo is to read their (real) stories & reviews.

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Getting Kids Excited About PE

“… I’m an experienced primary school PE teacher. I love physical education and totally get the health benefits of physical activity, but I just couldn’t seem to convey this enthusiasm to my students. For six years, I struggled to motivate many of my students, especially those who really needed it. In their words, all they saw was ‘skills and drills.’ Forcing my students to get involved was hard work, and the students resented me for this, often preferring to sit out than actively participate…”

– Sean, School Teacher (Australia)

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Engaging Training Participants

“… The two most pressing problems my corporate training company faced were (a) how to quickly engage training participants in their learning and (b) how to design and deliver programs that made a real and lasting difference to our clients. When both time and budgets are extremely limited, no one wants to invest in anything that does not generate a good return on their investment. To this end, it was a tough sell to convince any of our clients – not to mention me – that playing…”

– Arinya, CEO (Thailand)

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Improving Member Retention

“… The Girl Guides of Canada engaged playmeo to deliver a series of keynote presentations and trainings to try to curb a worrying trend of falling enrolments of young girls into the Guiding movement. We did this because girls were dropping out, and our leaders were getting bored. Over two years, we immersed 100s of our volunteer leaders in special training programs with playmeo to adopt a new way of building community in dozens of troops all over Ontario…”

– Jill, CEO (Canada)

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Hi, Mark,

I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for your kind help this morning. Your support was incredibly meaningful and made a significant difference.

As always, I am amazed by your versatility and expertise in facilitating training sessions. Your ability to navigate challenges and provide effective solutions is truly exceptional. I feel very fortunate to have you as such an invaluable resource.

Warm regards,
Sam HUI

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Brooke Haynie

2 years ago

I can’t say enough good things about Mark Collard and his company Playmeo. I have attended a training he facilitated, used his huge database of activities, and had a one on one consultation with him about programming. Hundreds of students, teachers, and people in my community have benefited from what I have learned from his programming. He embodies the spirit of community and always comes across as a genuine human being.

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Melkart Rouhana

2 years ago

Playmeo is my go-to site for spicing up workshops, jazzing up culture, and elevating engagement! It’s packed with unique activities that make every session unforgettable. If you could only subscribe to three sites in your business, this should be one. Trust me, it’s pure magic and a priceless resource!

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Stacy Greenberg

3 years ago

The playmeo team is attentive and creative, and I appreciate their quick personal responses. I highly recommend the Playmeo resources!

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Nelia Taimo

3 years ago

I cannot think of a larger positive or more transformative influence on my professional career than Mark and playmeo. Mark’s thought-provoking coaching and the incredible playmeo membership has helped me grow and develop as an educator/workshop facilitator and I would not be where I am today without them. The abundance of games has helped me connect thousands of students and adults over the years all over Australia and the world. The notions of the “Unofficial Start” and “Connection Before Content” are now embedded in every program, lesson, resource or meeting I design! Thank you for everything Mark and I would strongly recommend playmeo to anyone!

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Stuart Garland

6 years ago

Playmeo is an amazing resource and gave us lots of ideas. We engaged Mark to run an online workshop for our Volunteer Centre network, we all really enjoyed the session and found Mark to be an excellent presenter, knowledgeable with a broad range of experience and experience which he brought to the fore in his excellent presentation. Would not hesitate to recommend Mark to others.

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