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Let the Game(storm)s begin!
Not finnished reading yet, but I'm ready to start giving workshops (and games) by bringing this book in practice! I'm talking about the book Gamestorming, or as they like to call it: a "playbook". This book includes over 80 games to help you break down barriers, communicate better, and generate new ideas, insights and strategies.
The books starts with a short theoretical part, where you learn the basics and rules of a game. How to use the three fases of a game in your workshops and all possible combinations of game-fases. This part is written for beginning workshop masters, but is a nice freshing-up-your-memory for more experienced workshop guru's. After the basics, it's time for the fun part of the games itself.
Since the conference SxSW, the term Gamification has gotten a lot of buzz. So the authors of this book have a nice timing, since it's published in december last year. I think this book is a must-have for every consultant, who needs to solve things creatively. I can't wait to bring this book in practice.
The best games for me so far are:
1. Low-Tech Social Network
The object of this game is to introduce participants to each other by co-creating a mural-sized, visual network of their connections. I think this is an easy way to getting familiar to each other. I once used a litle game where the participants tagged theirselves and their neighbours. That gives them a good perspective on what you can reach with tagging, but with this low-tech social network you have a great visual way to see the connections as well. I hope to use this combination some day.
2. Empathy map
Quickly develop a profile of a customer or user is the object of this game. Very nice way to find al the aspects of a so called persona. On their own blog, the authors of this book wrote a blogpost about this game.
Gamestorm!
Maybe I will enrich this list as I go further reading this awesome book. But you should read it to. And if you already read it, please let me know what your best games of this book are. And I would love to hear your experience in bringing this book in practice.
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