Purpose: To motivate participants to complete a successful review session.
Time Required: 10 minutes.
Size of Group: Unlimited.
Materials Required: Slips of paper, each with one ingredient to making chocolate chip cookies written on it, prepared in advance by the trainer; a large mixing bowl; real chocolate chip cookies.
The Exercise in Action: Chocolate chip cookies are, arguably, the ultimate classroom motivator (as is any type of food, for that matter). Here’s how Lauren Irwin, training manager for FAA Credit Union, uses that idea during class:
Irwin places several slips of paper in a bowl, each listing an ingredient to a recipe for chocolate chip cookies. When participants answer questions correctly, they take an ingredient slip out of the bowl and pin it to a posted picture of a chocolate chip cookie. When a group answers enough questions to empty the bowl and complete the recipe, Irwin brings out a large tray of cookies as a reward.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Motivator
Have participants pin cookie recipe ingredients on a cookie drawn on a flipchart when they answer questions correctly. When all the questions are answered, reward the class with a plate full of cookies.
