STICKY POST --FREE Team Building Challenges for kids and adults

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Over there in the sidebar!
FREE Team Building Challenges for kids and adults
Where it says "Try these Challenges". Really!

Stress Relief!

Sometimes you just gotta have a little fun! Whether you're unpacking boxes - like me - or preparing a team for global finals or finishing up a school year, I give to you a fresh sheet of bubble wrap. All yours to pop. Enjoy!

Teens and Teamwork and Paperclips

I'm a bit behind in posting about this as I've been in the midst of a trans-Pacific move, but I'd like to direct you over to Moving From Me to We. Kare Anderson interviewed me about introducing teens to teamwork awhile back and the interview is now available as a podcast on her site.

Clever Idea or Unnecessary Invention?

Admittedly, this is a clever idea. A way to turn an everyday product into something new. This little invention required someone to think beyond the bottle's original use to come up with a nugget of an idea, and I think that's wonderful. But is this really necessary? I suppose the long neck is useful for tall, hanging plants, but beyond that it seems like a waste of plastic. The extra spout pours water. The plastic bottle, when tipped, pours water. I think this is a case of creativity meeting marketing.

Perhaps instead of inventing an attachment, the clever person who created this can work to come up with a way to utilize - or even eliminate - plastic bottles that doesn't require that more plastic be created.

Of course, I'm convinced that there are better alternatives to the plastic bottle myself.

What do you think? Clever Idea? Or unnecessary invention?

Teachers!

I'm gearing up for fall semester workshops in California's Gold Country. If you're a teacher and interested in hearing more about my classroom visits, shoot me an email at teamchallenges ~at~ yahoo.com.

Where in the World is Waldo?

Artist Melanie Coles figured these days people spend hours pouring over Google Earth images looking for things, so why not give them a Waldo to find? The story on NPR - complete with a slide show - is worth a read. This is the epitome of thinking beyond boundaries.


Blog Nod: DeepFun

Bloxes!

My friend Andrea sent me a link to the Bloxes site because she knew I'd think it was totally cool. She was right.

These interlocking cardboard Bloxes look like so much fun, though, as Andrea notes, they're a bit spendy. I wonder if they're made of recycled cardboard? That would make them even cooler!