A PowerPoint Presentation is that ubiquitous tool which is used and sometimes overused 
by all.
In my later posts, I will share about different ways in which this powerful tool can be used creatively and with great impact, as a support to connect with the audience!
In this post and the next few ones I will focus on the use of PowerPoint to create FUN FRAME GAMES.
“Frames” as you would be aware, are those skeletal frame-works which can be fitted into any content/situation/activity for a greater impact.
FRAME GAMES can be adapted to any content and used creatively to meet the varied learning objectives.The games can be simple ice-breakers, detailed concept notes or just a quick recap energiser.
GAME One : What’s the Good Word?
This is the simple childhood games of twenty questions which you ask, to get the key answer.
The key in this game is to get the WORD by asking questions.
Every question which the participant asks brings him closer or takes him further away from the word.Without realising the participant lists out key features of the word, uses descriptors which can be used to assess his knowledge or deepen his learning.
The enclosed examples of WHAT’S THE GOOD WORD ( WTGW) have been taken from an Insurance training where the answer were “Claim” and “beneficiary“.
Rather than asking the question to the participants like : ‘ What is a claim ? Who is the beneficiary in a Life Insurance Policy?’, WTGW was played with the participants which helped them all review the key features of the claim one by one…
viz a) it is a service which measures efficiency of life insurance companies
b) this is provided at the time of death in Term and Whole life policies etc. and so on….
Similarly terminologies/words/descriptors can be adapted to any content…key features which need to be recalled, memorised, listed or just stated differently can be done so playfully, yet with great impact!
Done in a competitive format this can generate high energy and can get the audience involved.
I have done WTGW as an ice-breaker in a MODULE II where I wanted to assess whether the participants remembered what had been taught in Module I, as a refresher. This has been effectively used in content heavy sessions for bankers where key elements of Banking ACT needed to be recalled, or in a pharmacy college where some 54 of key drugs in a particular DRUG ACT were to named.
The key point to remember here is that adaptability of and experimentation with the content will give you the best results.
What’s the Good Word? POWER POINT PRESENTATION
