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Thiagi Game Letter

The August 2009 issue contains:

• DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, fake quotes—and real ones
• FRAMEGAME, Exploring concepts through pithy sayings
• Guest Gamer Interview with Bruno Hourst
• NOVICE OR EXPERT? by Bruno Hourst Play with your weakness and strength.
• Guest Comment: How They Nearly Destroyed an Activities-Based Training Design by Patrick Dorpmund
• TWISTED PAIRS, a new type of anagram.
• SAY IT QUICK, The Best Holiday by Brian Remer
• Play by Stuart Brown — A book review by Brian Remer
• MIND GAMES by Brian Remer
• Go Play - Right Now! by Brian Remer
• Thiagi's Memory Trick — A magical jolt
• SURVEY: Social Networking Sites — Money makers or time wasters?

The September 2009 issue contains:

• PARTICIPANTS FROM HELL, a structured sharing activity that helps you handle disruptive participants.
• MISSING SENTENCE, an interactive lecture that requires participants to reconstruct a summary sentence.
• An interview with Boyd Watkins who progressed from microelectronic circuits to action learning.
• DISCOVER THE MAGIC SECRET, an inductive thinking activity in which your score depends on the number of clues you don't need.
• Information about the 2009 NASAGA Annual Conference.
• Various descriptions of upcoming events conducted by the Thiagi group.
• A 99-word article on seeing the big picture by Brian Remer. # Brian's review of a mind mapping software program.
• Ideas and activities by Brian Remer about outlining and letting your mind wander.
• Tracy's single topic survey about religion in the workplace.
• Results from the single topic survey on social networking websites.
• A video on how Thiagi did the card trick from last issue.

The October 2009 issue contains:

• STAGE DIRECTIONS, a structured sharing activity about growing a team.
• WORDS AND PICTURES, a textra game that uses two types of summaries.
• QUICK CHOICE, a rapid structured sharing activity by Rich Cox, Lisa Rowland, Chris Sams, Dominique Fredregill, and William Hall.
• An interview with Nigel Bailey about the joy of watching participants enjoying a game.
• BETTER CONNECTIONS, a dialogue game that helps build strong relationships in 6 minutes. # Information about the NASAGA 2009 Annual Conference, which starts on October 7, 2009.
• A 99-word article on management training by Brian Remer. # Brian's review of the X-Ball by Roger von Oech's.
• Brian's ideas about the language of hands, getting a handle on your job, and growing your brain by using your hands.
• Links to research reports on how playing Tetris boosts your brain power.
• Tracy's survey about going green in your workplace. # Results from last month’s survey on religion in the workplace.
• Information about Tracy and Thiagi in South Africa and other upcoming events.

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