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Silver Series Thumballs: Emotional Intelligence

Lara — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:38:22 +0000

Emotional Intelligence, commonly referred to as EQ, encompasses five key skills essential for personal and professional effectiveness. By fostering awareness of motivations, evaluating responses to challenges, and refining strategies for managing emotions with empathy and social acumen, individuals can enhance their EQ. This not only aids in employee retention and engagement but also improves customer service, fosters collaboration, and strengthens crisis management capabilities.

Those 5 key skills are:

Self-Awareness [SA]
Motivation [MO]
Self-Regulation [SR]
Empathy [EM]
Social Skills [SS]

Example prompts:

“What contributes to distrust?” is followed by [EM] – Empathy
“How could someone regain composure after snapping?” lists [SR] – Self-Regulation
“What holds you back from being your best YOU?” has [SA] – Self-Awareness

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Silver Series Thumballs: Energy Break

Lara — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:38:14 +0000

Let’s get movin’ with this Energy Break Thumball. This item serves as an invigorating tool, offering 32 prompts to infuse energy into groups that have been sedentary for a while. Designed specifically for re-energizing, re-focusing, and getting the blood flowing during meetings and training events, this Thumball encourages playful movement, including stretching, dancing, balancing, and various physical activities.

Here are 10 examples of the Thumball’s prompts:

Strike a yoga pose
Do a few jumping jacks
Practice your golf swing
Twist your waist side to side
Rotate your arms in large circles
Moon walk, Michael-Jackson style
Pretend to run up a flight of stairs
Lift your knees to touch your elbows
Hop on one foot, then the other
Mimic walking on a tightrope

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Silver Series Thumballs: Shaped by Our Past

Lara — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:36:56 +0000

Our present selves are a tapestry woven from the threads of our personal histories and life experiences. Encourage your group to delve into their past—be it memories from school, friendships, family, hobbies, or overcoming challenges!

Facilitate deeper connections within your team by fostering an environment where sharing personal stories becomes effortless. The primary goal of breaking the ice is to cultivate a stress-free setting conducive to enhanced learning. These soft and secure 6″ Thumballs serve as an excellent catalyst for achieving this objective. Simply toss the ball to a participant and prompt them to share their thoughts based on the prompt under their thumb. The “Shaped by Our Past” Thumball is versatile for work, school, and home settings. It’s particularly cherished by older individuals, allowing them to reminisce about pivotal memories that have shaped their present selves.

Example prompts:

A high school regret
A memorable birthday
A memorable school vacation
A mistake or failure you learned from
A non-family member who had an impact on your life
A proud childhood moment
A scary thing that happened to you
A stressful experience you lived through
A time you got in trouble at school
A time you went to the hospital

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Silver Series Thumballs: Be A Leader

Lara — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:13:15 +0000

The Be a Leader Thumball sparks conversations on the essential skills that define exceptional leaders, encouraging introspection among players regarding their own leadership strengths and areas for growth. Featuring 32 panels comprising both reflective and forward-thinking prompts, this ball prompts participants to share their thoughts and reactions based on the prompt revealed under their thumb.

Example prompts:

I’d be a better leader if I spent more time on…
Talents I aspire to have on my team (that I don’t have)
When my workers disagree with me, I…
Making decisions is hard when…
The #1 leadership trait
I get honest feedback from workers when…
When an employee makes a mistake, I…
How do I get the best ideas from my team
What motivates me?
A risk I’d like to take

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Silver Series Thumballs: Team Dynamics

Claudia Restrepo — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:53:54 +0000

The Team Dynamics Thumball provides a playful way to ensure each team member feels heard, start conversations about how to support each other, and discuss ways to manage disagreements. Use this this 6 inch ball to help adults or teens communicate and collaborate at their maximum potential.

Example prompts:

1. How do we build trust among team members?

2. What if someone isn’t pulling their weight?

3. Give an example of a goal we are all working towards

4. How do we celebrate success?

5. How can we better support each other?

6. How can we make our meetings more positive and productive?

7. What’s been your most positive team experience?

8. How does our communication speed or slow our process?

9. How do we balance individual and team success?

10. What teams are you a part of in your life?

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Silver Series Thumballs: Getting to Know You

Claudia Restrepo — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:48:59 +0000

Looking to level up your how well you know your team? Our Getting to Know You Thumball works well in settings such as work, school, and at home.

Example prompts:

1. Someone you’d like to dine with or meet

2. To Do list item that most reflects you

3. Who did you look up to as a kid?

4. What makes you happy despite any mood?

5. Greatest phobia/fear

6. A chore you absolutely hate doing

7. A new skill you’d like to have (with no effort)

8. An experience that made you a better person

9. One item on your bucket list

10. You can be invisible for a day. What would you do?

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Silver Series Thumballs: Stress Management

Claudia Restrepo — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:41:13 +0000

Start conversations while exploring stress triggers and relievers amongst team members with our Stress Management Thumball. Facilitate easy discussions about what team members can do to help each other reduce stress with different approaches and management tactics, using this 6 inch thumball that features 32 prompts. Perfect for use during meetings, trainings, employee relations, and more.

Example prompts:

1. Which “urgent” tasks most distract you from important ones?

2. For how long can you comfortably unplug?

3. What activities cause you to lose track of time?

4. When you’re busy, what’s first to get cut from your routine?

5. What most relaxes you?

6. What’s your favorite time waster?

7. How does your mood affect your stress?

8. Is trying something new more energizing or stressful?

9. Who or what makes you laugh?

10. Who do you hope will cut you some slack?

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Silver Series Thumballs: Get Happy at Work

Claudia Restrepo — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:24:05 +0000

Promote happiness at work and open the door for discussions about goals, challenges, accomplishments and more. Build relationships and spread happiness throughout your team by tossing the 6″ The Get Happy at Work Thumball around the group and asking the catcher to react to the prompt their thumb lands on.

Example prompts:

1. A good thing I accomplished last week

2. What are your personal and professional goals?

3. What risk would you take if you knew you couldn’t fail?

4. The best thing about our organization is…

5. Our meetings would be more productive if…

6. Something new I’d like to learn

7. What are you most grateful for?

8. The work that’s most meaningful to me

9. My top priorities for the day/week

10. Who deserves an office MVP award? For what?

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Silver Series Thumballs: Diversity

Claudia Restrepo — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:17:38 +0000

Make serious discussions fun! The Diversity Thumball helps to prompt thoughtful conversations about race, physical challenges, sexual orientation, mental health and more. This 6″ thumball can be used with adults and teens, featuring 32 pre-printed prompts for group members to respond to and share their own reactions.

Example prompts:

1. What are the benefits of diversity?

2. Describe a time you witnessed bias or discrimination

3. When did you first become aware of racial/ethnic differences?

4. Describe an instance when someone went out of their way to make you feel included

5. In what ways can we support people with physical disabilities?

6. What gives you hope that people are becoming more accepting of diversity?

7. What are some effective ways to address bias in ourselves and others?

8. What’s our biggest challenge when it comes to achieving social equality?

9. In what way is your world diverse?

10. What would make your community more inclusive?

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TeamBonding Icebreaker Thumball

Amanda Deiratani — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:40:10 +0000

Custom prompts designed by our Event Gurus!

This orange and blue TeamBonding Icebreaker Thumball encourages your team to share more about themselves by asking unique questions. Make stronger connections with your team as they answer these prompts.

Thumballs are small, easily packable, and deceptively powerful. Each soft, 6” diameter ball has 32 individual panels featuring phrases designed to jump-start conversation. Toss it, pass it, or roll it to the next group member. Discuss the phrase on the panel your thumb lands on for a story, a laugh, or even a personal insight. Or, give your own answer or ask someone in the group for the best in interactive learning and fun.

TeamBonding Icebreaker Thumball Examples

- The furthest place I’ve traveled
- Board game I would pick
- Favorite movie or TV show
- Biggest risk you ever took

What you receive:

High quality, soft, stuffed (not inflated), soccer-style balls
A flat fee of $8.50 for order shipped within the US.

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