scenario, or are provided with a simple script
to read.
Game shows, pre-planned with quiz
questions and based on popular television
shows such as Jeopardy, Deal or No Deal,
Family Feud, Are you Smarter than a 5th
Grader, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?,
Let’s Make a Deal, Truth or Consequences,
The Price is Right, The Dating Game etc.
Icebreakers: human bingo, fact or fiction,
mixed-up nametags, truth or dare etc.
Conference and meeting games simulate
situations, problems, dilemmas and challenges
and by doing so, encourage creative thinking,
problem solving and involvement. And let’s not
forget some of the most important aspects of
any event: fun, relevance, enthusiasm, energy
and promoting a spirit of education that is
memorable.
Steve Gillick is the president of Talking Travel
and a former camp director. In 1991 he
founded Board of Life, a gamification company
that not only created staff training games, but
also the travel board game “Peregrinations”. In
his role of Keynote speaker and conference
presenter, Steve created the live Industry and
Consumer Conference Game “Are you Smarter
than the Average Traveller” to engage, enthuse,
enthrall and energize his audiences. Contact
[email protected] for details or to
customize gamification exercises at your next
conference or meeting. This article appeared in
a slightly different format in trade magazine
www.travelindustrytoday.com
A variety of games shown above: The Rope, Team Traversing, Log Cutting and The Trust Wave