Open your next training session with a BANG! One of the hardest tasks you'll face as a trainer is pulling participants' thoughts away their daily duties long enough to engage them in your training. According to training master Bob Pike, two of the most important learning concepts are "primacy" and "recency. No one can establish a learning atmosphere without gaining audience attention, this book offers over 50 activities that trainers can use to start their sessions memorably. Matrix of Activities ix Introduction 1(10) Autobiography 11(4) Banana Split 15(1) Business Card Introduction 16(2) Choose Five 18(3) Coins 21(2) Customized License Plates 23(3) Double Circles 26(2) Dreams and Nightmares 28(3) Excess Baggage* 31(2) Eye Opener 33(2) Five People 35(2) Five Traits* 37(3) Four C's 40(3) Four-Quadrant Name Tent 43(4) Gift Opener 47(2) Group Milling 49(2) Hail to the Chief 51(2) Hands Full 53(2) Human Scavenger Hunt 55(2) Interview the Trainer 57(2) The ``Intro'' You Deserve 59(2) Key Questions* 61(2) Let's Get Acquainted 63(2) Let's Share 65(3) Lifeline 68(2) M & M®s 70(2) Metaphor Opener 72(2) Musical Teams 74(3) My Hopes 77(2) My Life As a TV Show 79(3) Name Tent Anchor* 82(3) Name Tent for Class ``Ownership''* 85(6) Name Tent Interview* 91(1) Name Tent Spoof* 91(2) Name Tent Visual* 93(3) Nicknames 96(2) Other Half Interview* 98(3) Personalized Coat of Arms 101(3) Playing Card Introduction 104(2) Ragged Start 106(2) Random Numbers 108(2) Silly Hats 110(2) Silly Sentences 112(2) Six ``H'' Name Tent* 114(3) Striptease* 117(3) Things You Carry 120(2) To Be a Success 122(2) ``Tomorrow I'm Going to...'' 124(4) Toothpick Confessions 128(2) Twenty Questions 130(3) Two, Three, and Four Things 133(2) Uniqueness and Commonalities 135(3) Unusual Props 138(2) Unusual Request 140(2) Vote Your Priorities 142(2) What Can You Do with It? 144(2) What Would Your Best Friend Say? 146(1) What's Your Line? 147(2) What's Your Role? 149(3) Worst Day Ever 152(2) Write a Commercial 154(3) About the Authors 157