Do you know someone who wastes his or her time solving Sudoku puzzles? (Could that be you?) * Attend this session to discover how the addictive and motivating aspects of puzzles can be leveraged to reinforce the learning-and-transfer process before, during, and after your training workshop. * Learn how to design and use instructional puzzles to train your participants and to assess their competencies. * Explore the instructional use of crossword puzzles, word puzzles, cryptograms, chunks, anagrams, triplets, logic puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, wire puzzles, and Sudoku puzzles. * Leave the session with a how-to handout, online tools, and a daily dose of instructional puzzles through Twitter. This is the first of 12 monthly webinars. Check this link periodically to register for additional sessions in this series as they are scheduled: http://www.trainingmagnetwork.com./topics/group/31 About Tracy Tagliati Tracy Tagliati, CPLP, has led a nomadic life: Born in Mildenhall, England, she grew up as a military brat in Europe, Japan, and throughout the United States. Settling in Los Angeles, CA, she founded T&T, an organization that specializes in activities-based training for corporate clients. Prior to that, Tracy was VP of sales and training at Mindset Development, a training franchise of Crestcom International, and a corporate trainer at Mercury Insurance Group. She is active in ASTD (both at the national and the local chapter levels) and the North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA). About Thiagi Dr. Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan is the Resident Mad Scientist at The Thiagi Group, an organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. Thiagi's long-term clients include AT&T, Arthur Andersen, Bank of Montreal, Cadence Design Systems, Chevron, IBM, Intel, Intelsat, United Airlines, and Liberty Mutual. On a short-term basis, Thiagi has worked with more than 50 different organizations in high-tech, financial services, and management consulting areas. For these clients, Thiagi has consulted and conducted training in such areas as rightsizing, diversity, creativity, teamwork, customer satisfaction, human performance technology, and organizational learning. Thiagi has published 40 books, 120 games and simulations, and more than 200 articles. He wrote the definitive chapters on simulations and games for ISPI's Handbook of Human Performance Technology, ASTD's Training & Development Handbook, and the American Management Association's Human Resources Management and Development Handbook. Thiagi currently writes a monthly online newsletter, Thiagi GameLetter. This newsletter, now in its fifth year, features Thiagi's training games and other creative interventions that deliver results quickly and effectively. He served as the editor of NSPI Journal and Performance & Improvement for more than 10 years. He currently edits the simulation/game section in Sage Publication's journal, Simulation & Gaming. He is also a contributing editor of the monthly journal, Educational Technology. Thiagi has made hundreds of presentations and keynote speeches at professional conferences. At ISPI, Thiagi holds the "records" for making the most presentations, conducting the most preconference workshops, and being invited to make the most Encore presentations. Thiagi is also a regular presenter at Lakewood's TRAINING Conferences and the annual conferences of American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA). Thiagi has been the president of the North American Simulation and Gaming Associating (NASAGA), International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), and Association for Special Education Technology (ASET). He has received 17 different awards and Presidential Citations from ISPI, including the society's highest award, Honorary Life Member. He also received an

1. Welcome to Today’s Event Thiagi (Sivasailam Thiagarajan) Resident Mad Scientist The Thiagi Group Puzzling Opportunities: How to Use Puzzles in Your Training Sessions Tracy Tagliati Chief Learning Officer The Thiagi Group

3. Welcome to Today’s Event Thiagi (Sivasailam Thiagarajan) Resident Mad Scientist The Thiagi Group Puzzling Opportunities: How to Use Puzzles in Your Training Sessions Tracy Tagliati Chief Learning Officer The Thiagi Group

4. NOON GOOD Good Afternoon

5. ME QUIT

6. BOJACKX

7. CARNREATION

8. ARREST YOU ARE

9. TIMING TIM ING

10. DEILST

11. DCTNRY

12. WORL

13. THER

14. TRN

15. I AM YOU

16. PUZZLING OPPORTUNITIES Thiagi & Tracy

20. Type in the chat box a short sentence that captures a key point in Thiagi’s pontification.

21. CHUNKS

24. APPLICATIONS

25. CHUNKS EXCHANGE

26. SERIES PUZZLE

28. APPLICATIONS

29. RIVER CROSSING PUZZLE

30. The farmer is standing on the bank of a river with a goat, a wolf, and a cabbage. He has a boat that can carry only one these three items besides himself. How does the farmer take everything to the other side?

31. APPLICATIONS

32. DOUBLETS

37. APPLICATIONS

38. TRIPLETS

39. What word appears before or after each of these three words to form common phrases or compound words: MAKER STICK TENNIS

40. APPLICATIONS

41. BLACK – PERTRIFIED – FIRE DOWN – GROUND – STAND BOOK – PAD – FOOT _ _ _

42. SANDWICH WORDS

43. What same word comes after SNOW and before HOUSE to form two unrelated common phrases? SNOW ? HOUSE

44. APPLICATIONS

45. TELEPORT

46. 1- (no letter), 2 – ABC, 3 – DEF 4 – GHI, 5 – JKL, 6 – MNO 7 – PRS, 8 – TUV, 9 – WXY, 0 - QZ Something that is more important than performance: 22266751746368

47. APPLICATIONS

48. TRICK QUESTION

49. What three common English words end with “-gry”?

50. Here are three English words that end with “-gry”: “I am hungry”

51. AMPERSANDS

53. APPLICATIONS

54. YES - NO

56. APPLICATIONS

57. Type the names of as many different puzzles as you can.

58. CRYPTIC CLUSTERS

59. YZF FOZ JUKZH CZNQY!

60. YZF FOZ JUKZH CZNQY! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

62. APPLICATIONS