Training Activity Bank

Fifty ready-to-run activities for the middle of any training session, each with timing, group size, materials, steps, debrief questions and ideas for six workplace settings and online delivery.

Who it is for

• Trainers and HR professionals who want more than explanation and slides in every session.

• Business owners who train their own staff and need practical activities with ordinary materials.

• Managers and shift leads running team training, huddles and onboarding.

• Subject experts asked to teach, who need activities that use their real materials and cases.

The problem it solves

Most training sessions explain too much and practice too little. People feel they understand until they try the task alone, and attention drops long before the session ends. Lists of activity ideas rarely say how long an activity takes, what you need, what to say or how to connect it to your topic. This bank gives you fifty activities organized by what learners need to do with the content: discover it, organize it, practice it, decide with it, review it and apply it at work, with a guide to choosing, running and adapting them.

What is inside

Training Activity Bank (PDF, 27 pages)

• Copyright and License, contents and how to use the bank (2 pages)

• Why activities make training work (1 page)

• Choosing the right activity, with a simple session pattern (1 page)

• Running any activity well: instructions, timing and the debrief (1 page)

• Adapting for six workplace settings, group sizes, online and accessibility (1 page)

• Activity chooser for all fifty (2 pages)

• Tips and combinations for each of the six groups, and session sequences (2 pages)

• Fifty activities: Discover (8), Organize (9), Practice (9), Decide (9), Review (8), Apply (7) (13 pages)

• Session activity map, blank and filled in for a bakery (2 pages)

• Common mistakes and building your own activity bank (1 page)

Training Activity Bank (Word, 29 pages): every activity in editable form, plus the session activity map, the example and a blank activity card.

How to use it

1. Read the four guide pages (about 20 minutes).

2. Find activities in the chooser by purpose, time and group size.

3. Plan your session with the activity map.

4. Adapt the activity to your materials and setting, and always run the debrief.

Formats and file types

• PDF (US Letter, print or screen), 27 pages

• Word document (.docx), 29 pages, opens in most word processors

• Licensed for use within your organization

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