Look under your thumb and share! This Session Thumball Set has all the prompts you need to Open, Debrief and Close your learning event.
Trainers Warehouse's Silver Series Session Thumball Set is perfect for running an entire meeting focused on getting to know your participants, helping them learn from the session and closing out with key takeaways. As with any Thumball it's super-easy to play. Simply, toss the ball and ask recipients to share their reaction to whatever prompt lies under their (right) thumb. Thumballs are soft 6" stuffed balls with loads of applications!
THE "SESSIONS SET" INCLUDES...
- Session Openers Thumball -- more than your standard ice-breaker, this one offers somewhat deeper prompts that explore participants' motivations, goals for the event or session that lies ahead.
- Session Debrief Thumball -- use this one reflect on experiential learning activities.
- Session Closers Thumball -- end the learning day by taking a moment to highlight key take-aways.
- Clear plastic tote - tote color varies and chosen randomly based on in-house stock
SESSION OPENER THUMBALL PROMPTS
The prompts on the Session Opener Thumball are intended to build relationships and tease out session goals, so that facilitators can get their learning sessions off to a good start. To this end, prompts primarily cover these three categories:
- Getting to Know You - dreams, peeves, wishes, decisions, frustrations, talents
- Learning Styles - best teachers, preferred learning methods, learning goals
- Work Styles - proudest accomplishments, creative contributions, strengths
SESSION DEBRIEF THUMBALL
For experiences to stick -- for them to move to long-term memory -- individuals must take time to think about what happened. They have to talk about it, relate it to something they already know, understand its importance, and consider when they might need to retrieve that learning down the road. After all, we only remember what we take time to think about (otherwise it's quickly in and out of our brains). That's the importance of a DEBRIEF!
You'll find the Session Debriefs Thumball useful for games focusing on:
- Team building
- Communication
- Leadership
- Process improvement
- Negotiations
SESSION CLOSER THUMBALL
End a learning session by taking a beat -- a pause to let the learning settle in and allow learners' brains to organize the new information so it can be easily recalled. Take time at the end of class to draw our key learning points and ah-ha moments.
The Session Closers Thumball offers a variety of memory-enhancing techniques. Understand that our brains aren't equipped to remember every single thought that enters. Instead, we remember what we take time to think about. Each of the prompts on this one-of-a-kind Thumball seeks to enhance retention by highlighting memorable points for participants, making them consider goals or challenges of implementation, heightening the emotional impact of the session, and more.
For instance, prompts help learners focus on ...
- Information and observations learned
- Top take-aways and AH-HA! moments
- Remaining questions
- Ways to implement or use information going forward
- People they can turn to for support and questions, or just to share what they learned.
- Challenges that pushed their comfort zone
THUMBALL FEATURES
Each Thumball™ is a soft 6" stuffed vinyl ball that looks like a cool soccer ball and has 31 panels pre-printed with questions suited for adults and teens. Safely toss it around in a group and ask participants to share their reaction to whatever prompt lies under their thumb.
- PHYSICALLY SAFE: 6" ball is safe to toss indoors
- 31 PROMPTS: With so much content, if someone wants to choose a favorite question... why not?
- EMOTIONALLY SAFE: Conversation prompts are vetted by industry experts.
- TIPS: The packaging includes facilitation notes to help ensure that the experience is positive for everyone.
