A well-designed training workshop shouldn’t really need to include exercises purely to energise – the workshop should be energising enough! However, there may be occasions when due to the mix of delegates, environment, and time of day when you need to liven things up a bit!
Be mindful that some delegates will react negatively to energisers: They don’t see the point in doing exercises for the sake of doing them. Therefore, choose energisers carefully: link them to the topic if at all possible and keep them short.
The energisers listed here can be used as stand-alone exercises, but sometimes they have learning points that fit particular topics. It’s a good idea to identify one or two that you COULD use if necessary as part of your preparation.