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Dale N. Le Fevre started working with the nonprofit New Games Foundation in 1975 as a volunteer. By the start of 1976 he was office manager and associate director. In 1977 he formed his own project, Play Express, which took New Games into schools.

To date, Le Fevre has conducted more than 500 New Games workshops all over the United States and Canada and in 31 other countries, including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and India. His workshop participants have included Jews and Arabs in Israel in the early '80s; mixed races in apartheid South Africa; Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland in the early '80s and late '90s; and Croats, Serbs, and Muslims in Croatia and Serbia in '93 and '94.

Le Fevre's previous publications include New Games for the Whole Family (eventually published in five languages) and Parachute Games (published by Human Kinetics). He has also produced or coproduced a How to Play New Games: A Training CD-ROM , and several videos, including The New Games Video , New Games From Around the World , Rainy Day Games , Sunny Day Games , New Soccer (For Fun and Skills) , Cooperative Group Games , and Skill Games . Most recently Le Fevre has founded a new company, Playworks, which works with businesses to use New Games to improve communication, build stronger teams, and reduce stress.

Le Fevre holds an MA in education from New York University. In his free time he enjoys gardening, hiking, and camping. He and his wife, Wendy Moffatt, live in Mendocino, California.

To information about more resources from Dale Le Fevre, visit his Web site, http://www.inewgames.com.