The Game With No Name

Here is a neworking game I am making up and will try in a couple of weeks.

Everyone gets a sheet like a bingo card with 16 squares on it. As they listen to introductions they scribble down names in each square of the card.

Now the neat part is that I, the creator of the card, put words in the squares. When the listener thinks someone matches that word, they put that name in the card.

Following me so far?

Here are some words I might put in each square.

dynamic
compassionate
$$$
opportunity
refer on
humorous
powerful
creative idea
and maybe a few blanks where people put what they want in the squares.

I don't have a name for this game, but Ken Bellemare and I will try it out fairly soon and see how it goes.

Answer to next post - HOBO

To Do List

Here is a half-baked idea rattling around in my head. How about getting participants to create TO DO lists.
There are all kinds of ways you could use these.

1. Pick a theme. Let's say Leadership. Have people come up with 6 things on the TO DO list of a leader. Then compare them. My list:

- get hearing checked
- read the newspaper
-work on the front line for a day
-chat with my grandfather
- talk to a high school class
-let someone go

So this tells you a bit about me, yes?
When people compare their lists they can explain why they wrote each idea.

2. Look Back
What would a famous person have on their TO DO list?
Sir Isaac Newton - buy a bag of apples
Napoleon - appoint cousin to royal family
Einstein - buy more chalk

You get the idea. Fun, whimsical and a review of what that person actually accomplished. Could be all good, or could be bad and negative.

Head of _______________- Corporation - Sell stock before word gets out.

Anyhow that is my thought of the day.
I got the idea when I heard about a book that lists what famous people would have downloaded on their IPODS. Now these famous people are dead, but according to a pcychic, they have made their selections.

If you come up with a fun way to use this let me know.