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Quicksilver: Adventure Games, Initiative Problems, Trust Activities and a Guide to Effective Leadership | 
 enlarge | Author: Karl Rohnke
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $44.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 150899
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0787221031
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780787221034
ASIN: 0787221031
Publication Date: March 1, 1995
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 Awesome book! February 13, 2007
Karl Ronke is the man! I wish all of his books were still in print. If you are into team building/low ropes initiatives, or if you need to get your team communicating and working together this book is for you. Very well written, easy to read and the pictures from the '80s are hilarious!
Excellent Resource June 3, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have used many of the team challenges in this book in my work in youth ministry and public education. There are ideas for everything from ice-breakers to large group challenges that are very effective for building community and encouraging people to work together toward a common goal while having fun at the same time. While some of the ideas require more complex props, many can be done with items you have readily available around the house or office. All of the ideas would work as effectively with youth or adults in a variety of settings. Best of all, the text is written in Rohnke's witty style that makes reading about the games almost as fun as playing them.
 Another Rohnke Winner! March 11, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is another Karl Rohnke winner. If you work with experiential learning (either with kids or adults) this is a great book to have in your library. This book contains a lot of old activities as well as some new ones. As with a lot of experiential activities -- it's great to have the procedure written out. This book is well worth the price.
 Good on games, lacking on the rest February 6, 2002
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I was disappointed in this book. It becomes clear as you read it that it is written for an audience already familiar with the author's Project Adventure. Unfortunately this isn't made clear on the back cover or anywhere else. The first chapter advises telling the group about The Experiental Learning Curve, The Full Value Contract, and Challenge by Choice - but none of these are covered at all in this book - and worse still, the book doesn't even refer one to where one COULD find out about them, beyond a brief mention of another book ("Youth Leadership in Action") on the last page of the book. Also, if you have a basic knowledge of leading experiential learning, then you will not learn anything from the irritatingly chatty introductory chapters of this book. Buy this book based on the games only.
It Just keeps getting better March 29, 2001
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was just starting out leading a team building group and I found this book to be an incredible help. With some creativity, almost all of the activities can be adapted for adolescents and done in-doors. The section on leadership was good but a little simplistic. Regardless I consult this book almost every week and do not know what I'd do with out it!!! I highly reccomend it!
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