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The Only Way to Learn from Experience…
Seth Godin wrote in a recent blog post that ‘… the only way to learn from experience is to have different experiences.’ This same notion could…
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How To Run an Effective Debrief
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode focuses on one of the most powerful tools of an experiential educator – the debrief, or as it often preferred to…
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What Do I Do With Diverse Group Needs?
A long-time playmeo subscriber asks: We have a large group of staff who comprise young, old, loud, shy and a few very disgruntled people. My…
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How To Calm Your Group
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode shares a number of useful tips and strategies you can use immediately to calm your group in preparation for their next…
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Can Play Save The World?
Followers of this blog and the work of playmeo will know that we have a fervent belief that play is an essential element in the…
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Stop an Activity Before it Wanes
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode explores what is involved in the judgement call to choose to stop an activity before it wanes. That is, if you…
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Activity Ideas
The Physical Movement
playmeo collaborates with many partners all over the world. From time to time, in the spirit of adding value, I invite some of them to…
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Are Elimination Games OK?
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode explores whether elimination games – in a group context – are okay to play. You know, I’m talking about those often fun, but…
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How To Brief An Activity
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode shares a series of simple steps to help you effectively brief or introduce an experience to fully prepare your group. It…
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Play Is A State of Mind: Podcast Interview
For most of us, we think of ‘play’ in terms of playing a game, an activity. It’s not – it’s a state of mind. And…
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Top Three Tips to Remember Names
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode reveals three of the most useful techniques and strategies to help you remember names. If you’re someone who works with groups all…
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Reflecting as an Individual
A question came in this week from a playmeo subscriber: “What activities or exercises can I deliver that will give each person the experience of…
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Remove Distractions
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode shares a series of simple, yet very powerful tips that will help you keep your group’s attention and/or focused for longer periods…
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Activity Ideas
Pachelbel’s Chicken
Happy new year. Here’s a fun little video that I’m sure will add a smile to your day. If you’re not into classical music, don’t…
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News & Events
The World Needs More People Like You
Thanks for choosing to turn up and do the work that you do. The world needs more people like you. People who are motivated to do…
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How To Cope with the I’ve Done This Before Syndrome
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode shares a number of strategies to help you manage the dreaded “I’ve done this before …” syndrome. We all want every part…
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News & Events
Legislating A Child’s Right to Play
Every child has the right to play. Did you know that this is enshrined under article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights…
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How To Keep Your Group’s Attention
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode shares a number of simple, yet powerful strategies that can help you learn how to keep your group’s attention. Just getting your…
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Leadership Tips
Research-Based Overview of Experiential Education
I subscribe to a select number of blogs related to education, and this recent article from Teaching Matters struck a chord. Anecdotally, I have always…
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How To Play Lateral-Thinking Games Effectively
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode discusses the presentation of lateral-thinking games and how to play them powerfully, sensitive to the needs of your group. Many people groan…
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Activity Ideas
No Props No Problem – New Book Out Now
“It’s fun to have fun, but you have to know how.” – Dr Suess If you’re passionate about using group games to make a…
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How To Engage Unwilling Participants
This week’s Facilitator Tips episode shares three of the most powerful strategies you can use to engage unwilling participants in your programs. This answers one of the…
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Top Five Most-Read Posts
If you’ve missed a few posts, or are new to playmeo’s blog, here’s a quick recap of our most popular articles for the past 12 months….
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