Facilitators use games for a variety of different reasons, including helping people to get to know each other, increasing energy or enthusiasm levels, encouraging team building or making people think about a specific issue.

Below is an example of some "energisers" that you may use at some stage through your workshop/programme/event. It's good to know these whether you have them planned in your session plan or not. Sometimes you'll see energy amongst the group is low or sometimes it may be used to defuse or distract from a heavy topic or tense atmosphere.

100 Ways To Energise Groups

Keeping your group alert and engaged can be a struggle sometimes...especially after lunch breaks or heavy sessions based on theory.

At times, it may be necessary to get the audience to refocus or even move onto a new subject i.e. park the topic they've just went through.

A good facilitator should be able to feel the energy levels and keep the audience positively engaged.

A good support is a bank of energizer activities to recharge and refocus the group.

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