Kelley Phipps, a senior trainer at Indymac Bank, F.S.B. in California, submitted her idea collection for her MacGyver-moment training needs:
I actually have a plastic tool box, which I purchased at a hardware store. It is the kind with little compartments built into the lid, a lift out tray and a deeper compartment inside. In it, I always keep the following:
- Paperclips and binderclips
- Extra batteries (2 each of AA and AAA)
- A set of colored flipchart markers
- 2 dry erase markers
- 2 overhead projector markers
- A couple of pencils and ballpoint pens
- A small school-type pencil sharpener
- Masking tape
- A clean Handiwipe (can be used as a whiteboard eraser, among other things)
- Post-it notes
- A digital kitchen timer
- A wooden train whistle
- $1 in assorted change
- An extra cell phone cord
- An extension cord
- A mini stapler
- A staple remover
- A solar calculator
- A sample sized bottle of hand sanitizer
- A small sewing kit
- A few band aids
- One dose of benadryl and one dose of sinus medication in blister packets
- A few throat lozenges
I call it my “Classroom in a Box!”
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