Note From Beth: Having good openers (and closers) are essential to the success of your training workshop. I always incorporate an icebreaker, a short exercise that lets people introduce themselves and tap into existing knowledge. I have a repertoire of icebreakers and always like to discover new ones. I noticed that Jen Bokoff from the Foundation Center was re-tweeted a photo of an icebreaker she used at her conference session on facilitation techniques. She kindly offered to … [Read more...]